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Yet another Traffic Study

Yet another TRAFFIC STUDY There have been many studies in recent years to improve the citya TMs traffic and public transport system.

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Related Topix: Construction

Fri Oct 10, 2008

The Almanac

ML picks project leader

Mt. Lebanon School Board has offered P. J. Dick Corp. a contract to perform construction management services for the $130+ million high school renovation.

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Related Topix: Construction, URS Corporation

Thu Oct 09, 2008

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Yadkin residents regroup to fight Hoots jail site

A group of Yadkin County residents who went to court this summer to block the county from building a $7 million jail on Hoots Road is fighting the planning board's decision to once again recommend rezoning the ...

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Related Topix: Winston-Salem, NC, Construction, Yadkinville, NC

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Hollywood Reporter

Madison Capital Takes NYC Retail Condo for $86M

O'Conner Capital Partners has announced the closing of the sale of the retail condominium portion of the Manhattan House to Madison Partners for $86 million.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home, Construction

Kansas City Business Journal

HNTB survey: More Americans are using public transit

More than 24 million Americans, or 11 percent of the nation's adults, use buses, light rail, commuter rail and other public transit options more than they did last year, according to a survey by HNTB Cos.

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Related Topix: Construction

Tue Oct 07, 2008

Green Car Congress

Survey Shows US Public Transit Use Increasing

High gasoline prices top the reasons for a shift to public transit; concern for the environment came in fourth at 4%. Click to enlarge.

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Related Topix: Construction

Burlingame Daily News

Burlingame council pans pricey underground garage idea

The Burlingame City Council on Monday rejected the prospect of an underground garage for a new Howard Avenue Safeway as too pricey at roughly $20 million.

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Related Topix: Burlingame, CA, Construction

Newkerala.com

Japanese firm to design Dubai's new USD 95-bn city

Dubai, Oct 7 : Japanese architectural firm Nikken Sekkei has bagged the contract to design a new 350-billion dirham city to come up within the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates .

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Related Topix: Construction, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, World News

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Yorkshire Post

WS Atkins buys Yorkshire firm

WS Atkins, Europe's largest design and engineering consultancy, has strengthened its position in the nuclear sector with the acquisition of MG Bennett & Associates, an engineering design company, from its ...

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Related Topix: Construction

Sun Oct 05, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Several options for Burlingame Safeway parking to be studied Monday

City officials are going to be presented with multiple parking options for the Safeway project at Monday's study session.

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Related Topix: Burlingame, CA, Construction

Sat Oct 04, 2008

San Diego Source

Rick Engineering garners awards

Rick Engineering Co ., a San Diego-based planning, engineering and surveying company, has been honored recently by two professional organizations for excellence.

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Related Topix: Construction, San Diego Metro

Fri Oct 03, 2008

Cbs5.com

SF Bay Tidal Power Not Cost-Effective, Study Finds

A consulting company representative advised the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission on Thursday that using an area of water under the Golden Gate Bridge for commercial tidal energy is not ...

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Alternative Energy, Tidal Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Construction, URS Corporation

The San Francisco Business Times

URS joint venture wins $120M nuclear plant contract

A joint venture between URS Corp. and Areva NP Inc. won a $120 million contract to help replace generators in a Louisiana nuclear power plant.

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Related Topix: Construction, URS Corporation, Nuclear Energy, Energy, Entergy

Thu Oct 02, 2008

The South Mississippi Sun Herald

D. Bruce Corkle, P.E., Appointed West Division Manager at MACTEC

D. Bruce Corkle, P.E., has been named West Division Manager at MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc.

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Related Topix: Construction, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, Inventions, Science / Technology, University of Tulsa

National Post

Stantec bumps up its credit

There is some good news out there, all of which means the credit crisis isn't affecting all companies to the same extent.

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Related Topix: Construction, Opinion

Wed Oct 01, 2008

PR-inside.com

Zacks Analyst Interview Highlights: Boeing, Fluor, KBR and URS Corp.

Today's interview is with senior analyst John Nelson Simon, who talks about Boeing , Fluor , KBR, Inc.

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Related Topix: Construction, Fluor, URS Corporation

PR-inside.com

ENGlobal Announces Acquisition of Advanced Control Engineering

ACE specializes in the design of distributed control systems , primarily for the downstream processing and specialty chemical sectors.

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Related Topix: Construction

Architect Online

HOK Sport Is a Free Agent

Practice responsible for more than 825 sports and event facilities becomes fully autonomous.

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Related Topix: Construction

Tue Sep 30, 2008

South Pittsburgh Reporter

Eighth StepTrek will feature veterans memorial and new scrim

Two parks - one a memorial to war veterans and the other featuring a signature representation of the South Side Slopes neighborhood in the fabricated canvas of a COR-TEN steel plate - are featured in the Eighth ...

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Construction, Real Estate, Carrick (Pittsburgh, PA), South Side (Pittsburgh, PA), Pittsburgh, PA

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Interiors & Sources

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Participates in Topping Out Trump International Hotel & Tower

The Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP recently participated in the topping out of the Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago, along with The Trump Organization's Donald J. Trump and Donald ...

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Related Topix: Architectural Design, Arts, Real Estate, Construction, Chicago, IL

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