29-11-2011 21:39 http://www.streamlineplumbingco.net Streamline Plumbing has repaired/replaced over 10000 sewer lines in the Bay Area since 1990. Our experienced sewer crews repair and replace damaged sewer pipes with minimum disruption. With our patented method and extensive experience with sewer construction and replacement, you can count on us for a good job. We have a solid BBB rating, excellent customer reputation, and we take pride in our work. Since 1990, we have replaced over 10000 sewers in the Bay Area, using low impact, lateral sewer replacement techniques. Most jobs are covered by insurance. We offer 24 hour/7 day emergency service for homes, apartments, hotels, office buildings, new construction sites, etc. Visit our website to request a Video Sewer Line Inspection. CA Contractor License #672250 Classification C-42 C-36 A Insured PL and PD

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05-01-2012 17:07 Some say that the tower crane operator has the most critical job in the construction of a high-rise building. At K2, a 34-story apartment tower under construction in Chicago's Fulton River District, Marie Spear is half of the team that operates the tower crane. She's a member of Operating Engineers Local 150. I've loaned Marie a camera and she has graciously agreed to shoot some photos and video to give you a sense of what she sees and hears from her perch in the sky. Marie climbs a series of ladders to reach the spot, more than 200 feet above the ground, from which these shots were taken. In the video you'll hear Marie communicating by radio with workers on the ground as the crane lowers a flying form for concrete into place. They also communicate via hand signals. Thanks, Marie.

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19-12-2011 18:40 http://www.MaharishiVastu.org Pre-cast, all natural, self-insulating, liapor outside wall elements go up 15 minutes per panel at the construction site of the Maharishi Vastu seminar and apartment building, the so called "Maharishi Peace Palace" (Friedenspalast) in Erfurt, Germany. These wall elements have been developed by architect Christian Schweizer at MERU, Holland and are also known as the MERU Master Builder System. Traditional Vedic pilasters, arches, entablature, pinth and ornaments are part of the mold and therefore cast as part of the wall panel. No decorating necessary later (when usually the funds are up anyway), but all is there in the most efficient and most lasting way right from the beginning. This system is especially perfect for Maharishi Peace Palaces -- centers of knowledge and peace creating technologies, such as the Transcendental Meditation and its advanced programs.

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11-01-2012 21:13 January 11, 2012 -- BEIJING -- A development firm in China has erected a 30-storey hotel in just 15 days, or 360 hours. The developer, Broad Group, came under the global spotlight last year when it built a 16-storey residential block in China in just five days. And their latest project, which is located in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha is no less impressive. The 'flat pack' skyscraper was 90% pre-constructed in factories and then put together onsite. It uses one-sixth the materials of a comparable facility and is also an extremely energy-efficient building, combining thermal insulation, triple pane windows, external solar shading, fresh air heat recovery, and LED lighting. It is also earthquake-proof and is said to be able to withstand tremors of up to 9.0. Having perfected their novel approach to construction the company now aims to build another 150 30-storey apartment buildings, hotels and offices in the same manner. It is hoped that the ability to build property so quickly will revolutionize areas where property is in short supply. The company believes that their approach could be used to quickly construct environmentally-friendly homes in over populated urban areas and could also be used in disaster relief to construct new buildings quickly and efficiently. No doubt some British builders could take a leaf out of Broad's book http://www.aplaceinthesun.com

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12-01-2012 23:55 This is going to become part of a much longer video. Showing the construction of this 3 story apartment building, owned by the City of Phoenix. I uploaded this by mistake, so I'll just keep it here. I'm the estimator for Sunbelt Electric and we currently have over 2.5 million in City of Phoenix electrical construction contracts going. This project electrical price is approx. $600000.

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18-01-2012 08:28 PLEASE, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN THE PETITION TO SAVE THE TEMPLE OF APHRODITE IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE. http://www.templeofvenus.gr templeofvenus.gr http://www.facebook.com Article by VASSILIS KRANIOTIS emmanouilpapas.blogspot.com A 6th century BC temple to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, may end up buried beneath new construction indefinitely, leaving it invisible to future generations. he Late Archaic period temple, 200 years older than the Parthenon, was originally built to honor the Greek godess of Aphrodite (Venus), the goddess of love, in the 6th century BC It was later moved during Roman times to another location, which was considered a sacred area where there was a concentration of temples and shrines. There it has since remained, a part of the ancient area of Thessaloniki and now resting within the municipality of modern Thermaikos in the city Square of Antigoninon. It is an example of the Ionic style of architecture that was a trademark of ancient Greece during the 6th - 5th centuries The temple was first excavated in 1936, after which it fell off the map during the invasion and destruction of the Nazi occupation and subsequent postwar urban development. In 2000, excavations were renewed under the direction of well-known archaeologist A. Tassios in connection with the demolition of an apartment building that overlaid the remains. He uncovered the temple, Grecian-Roman statues, and architectural fragments, at least some of which are now exhibited in the Museum. Like many of ...

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24-01-2012 14:48 Sam Rodriguez is Vice President for the Portland office of Mill Creek Residential Trust, having led the company's development efforts in this region since 2010. Sam also assists the firm's investment group in the acquisition of existing apartment properties. He was responsible from design through construction of over 480 units at Tupelo Alley and the Riva apartment Projects. Prior to working in real estate development he practiced multifamily architecture for 16 years, where he managed the design and entitlement of over a million square feet of housing.

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17-01-2012 14:01 Alan Schachtman is a principal in the Fifield-Wood joint venture that's developing K2 at K Station, a 34-story, 496-unit high-rise apartment building in Chicago's Fulton River District. Alan began his nearly 30-year career as an architect with SOM and Murphy Jahn, and has since overseen the development of major office and residential projects throughout the world. You'll meet Alan in the video and see an update on the status of construction at K2.

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By Matthew Bruce Correspondent February 7, 2012 1:32PM

Updated: February 7, 2012 11:08PM

Orland Park officials have given the go-ahead for construction of an 80-unit senior apartment building on Harlem Avenue.

Thomas Place of Orland Park would provide affordable housing for area seniors, according to the project’s developers, Ryan Cos. U.S. and Jim Bergman. Tinley Park-based Providence Life Services also will be part of the development team.

Construction of the four-story building, at the northeast corner of Harlem Avenue and Wheeler Drive, is expected to begin in the spring.

Orland trustees on Monday approved a pair of motions which finalized development agreements for Thomas Place.

Age-restriction guidelines require that at least one resident in each unit at Thomas Place be 55 or older, and income restrictions will apply, according to the developers. There will be 25 one-bedroom units and 55 two-bedroom units.

The monthly rents for the one-bedroom units will range from $355 to $895, and range from $422 to $1,095 for the two-bedroom units, the developers said.

Ryan officials have said the yearly earnings cutoff for eligible seniors will be 60 percent of the average median income. For single-family occupants, that amounts to an annual income of about $32,000, and roughly $36,000 for couples residing in the facility.

The complex will not accommodate assisted-living seniors.

The building is expected to be completed about a year from now, and pre-leasing will begin three months prior to occupancy, according to the developers.

The Orland Park development is the latest senior housing project in the Chicago area for Ryan Cos. and Bergman. They built Thomas Place apartment buildings in Fox Lake and Glenview, and are under way with a building in Gurnee.

The project was initially approved by Orland’s planning commission last March, but did not go before the village board until October, as Ryan awaited a state tax credit to help fund the development.

“The village has been great to work with,” said Richard J. Skrodzki, an attorney representing the developers. “They found us a good site, and have been nothing but helpful in bringing what I think is going to be a great project to the village. So we’re very pleased.”

Ryan Cos., which built the Brookside Marketplace shopping center in Tinley Park, previously had proposed a similar apartment building for that village, but plans fell through due to funding issues.

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30-10-2011 10:33 Take a tour of the new housing project of a local historic renovation of the Franklin School in Auburn, Maine. Todd Rothstein of Great Falls Construction will walk you through the upgrades being installed as the building is transformed into an apartment community.

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