The Bee Whisperer
Richard Eagan describes himself as “kind of a codger, in terms of art ... of memories into concrete, brightly colored objects that look part-artifact, part-artifice. “Construction Paintings” is what he calls his work, an alchemical mix of the architectural, the sculptural [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 11:03:47
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From Vo’s Folly to Hall’s Hall: The Outsize Rivercrest Mansion for a Man Who Would Be Mayor?
Remember that crowd-friendly but vacant and unfinished mansion on Rivercrest that State Rep. Hubert Vo has been trying to unload since mid-2006? ... the revised listing still lists the home as “under construction,” the rooms now look . . . finished ... sorta-private with some controversial concrete barriers. First buy mansion, then run for Mayor [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 02:07:08
Thematic Photographic 33: "Surprise" v.1.0 - Stone Faced
When Carmi announced this theme, I got chills. Not because the theme was so exciting -- though it does seem promising -- but because of the photo he ... . One of the mandates for the construction of the Parkway when it was conceived was that it should ... concrete bridge ever constructed.I'm sure that this outcropping is near the viaduct [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 05:54:37
Frozen In Time
I started working in Chicago in the early ’90s. At that time, we had a hangover from the ’80s building boom, ... to be at least 1,000 feet high.) … the project is stuck on the 26th floor, its exposed concrete frame ... to finish the job. Here is a view of the construction of the Shangri-La from my window… note the other [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 03:33:57
Water in the Basement
There is nothing more irritating than a leaky or wet basement ... , concrete hollow blocks with plaster finish are used instead. However, even in the most well-constructed ... pump systems are installed inside the basement below the surface of the concrete floor, to reduce [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 14:22:00
Buy American And Drive A Piece Of Baseball History
Buy American And Drive A Piece Of Baseball History By Marty Padgett October 14th, 2008 Email this page to your friend: Your Email: ... being recycled are copper, aluminum, and concrete, the last of which will be used as road fill for construction and paving projects. In all, some 11.4 million pounds of steel are expected to be gleaned [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 18:42:00
America’s greenest hotel in 2009?
Are you planning on traveling green in America in 2009? ... ultra efficient materials and the latest construction technology.” • “The sun’s energy heats hot water ... % and staircase steel 50%. Concrete contains 4% fly ash (224,000 pounds), the mineral residue left after [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 17:11:06
Piling On the Scrap
It's like the legendary elephant's graveyard, but for the city's buses ... economy, a NYC auction house is beaming after an anonymous buyer paid over $1 million for a 3-cent stamp from 1868. |AP| A concrete-testing firm did not do it's job and over 100 construction sites [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 14:34:20
“How’d They Build That?” DVD Series Releases New Titles in February
For Immediate Release Come “Mix” It Up with How’d They Build That? ‘School Bus’ and ‘Concrete Truck’ Driving Into Stores February 24, 2009 From Marvelous Media ... . And with a giant onboard concrete drum constantly turning both en route to and on site at construction sites [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 20:00:20
On Spot Booking Pioneer Park Gurgaon
About Developer Roots is one of the emerging business houses in the NCR ... . * Construction & infrastructure development in roads, highways and flyovers * Manufacturing of Ready Mix Concrete in the NCR * Mining & Manufacturing of AggregatesOverviewPioneer Urban, presenting [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 07:53:48
The Orchard Gurgaon
About builderRoots is one of the emerging business houses in the NCR ... . * Construction & infrastructure development in roads, highways and flyovers * Manufacturing of Ready Mix Concrete in the NCR * Mining & Manufacturing of AggregatesRoots has developed a culture of superior [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 08:18:48
After Listening to Dr. Chu's Testimony, I have Concerns - He Thinks California Energy Policies Are a Positive Example
I have been spending the last couple of hours digesting Chu's responses to some very interesting questioning in preparation for an Atomic Show that I ... environment where real concrete gets poured (and may need to be chipped out and poured again ... construction, "like California did". Nothing could be more damaging for the effort to control [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 09:38:00
Obama Used Illinois State Funds To Help Friends/Relatives
Senator Obama claims that if he gets his hands onto the American economy he will protect Main Street USA ... , "today the garden site is a mess of weeds, chunks of concrete and garbage." State records show ... an additional $20,000 check to a construction company owned by Karen D. Smith, K.D. Contractors which [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 18:21:39
LIC Mystery Revealed: 10-17 Jackson Shines!
Renderings Courtesy Of Studio VThis one has been on my plate for a while. It is the building at the intersection of Vernon Blvd. and Jackson Avenue ... and info, courtesy of architect Studio V.The building, by Times Square Construction, will rise 9 stories ... will have dark walnut floors throughout and exposed concrete columns. Bathrooms will include [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 17:30:00
China Stimulus Package
An interesting article in the NY Times today about the China Stimulurs pacakage ... , with the House bill allocating less than 5 percent of spending for the construction of highways, rail lines and mass transit programs, China is furiously pouring concrete and laying rails. And, unlike [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 16:15:06
Energy Technology News Roundup; New US nuclear reactor on track for 2012, ORNL zero energy house
1. The process for getting Unit 2 of the Watts Bar nuclear plant up and running by 2012 is on track ... to finish the project. Construction, including work on the high- and low-pressure turbines, already ... with concrete blocks that provide thermal mass to enhance occupant comfort because the heat-storing [more...]
Date: 2008-12-12 21:54:16
The Prayer Chapel / debartolo architects
Architects: debartolo architects ltd. Location: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Project team: Jack DeBartolo Jr FAIA, Jack DeBartolo 3 AIA, J ... engineering Contractor: arthur porter construction Landscape Design: michael boucher landscape ... on a pinwheel of four black-concrete monolithic walls. Each wall anchors a corner of the ‘glass box’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 00:00:06
Tending Your Software Garden
Software: do you write it like a book, grow it like a plant, accrete it like a pearl, or construct it like a building? ... on imagery and metaphor, and light on specific, concrete advice. Even as Steve McConnell argues [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 07:59:59
Florida Teeanger Dies in Construction Site Trench in Port Charlotte, Florida
In Florida, construction sites can be dangerous to children for a number of reasons ... to mix concrete. Unfortunately, the process of trying to get the water, he fell into a trench ... ? *What safety measures should have been taken by the general contractor? You can read [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 11:00:40
(PID) Personal Interior Design
Personal Interior Design (PID) is a website chocked full of many well-designed objects- from furniture to kitchen cutlery to children's toys ... is constructed from glas reinforced plastic with either a high glos finish or a concrete skin. Both [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 17:34:00
New float for kayakers due on the Foss Waterway?
It's a long shot, but the Foss Waterway Development Authority is rushing to get a regulatory paperwork jam cleared away so that it take the first ... done by Feb. 14 or the project could be delayed for months. That's the day the construction window ... will be held in place by elastic cords that tie is to concrete pads that rest on the bottom [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 23:33:27
House of the Week 005: McKinley Compound
The McKinley residence consists of four distinct two storey structures connected on the upper levels by bridges ... aimed - despite its 400 sm footprint - to be energy conscious in its construction and use with 70% of its energy coming from a solar array, recycled concrete, and the use passive ventilation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:24:00
Concrete Water Repellents: Excelllent Preventive Measures
When the work was finished on our home nearly three years ago, one of the extra features we wanted was applying Concrete Water Repellents to every exposed concrete and stone surface. This included the driveway, the stone walkways, our back patio constructed [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 03:12:32
When You Should Use Rubber Flooring
by Ryan David There are many circumstances where the usual line of flooring products simply won’t suffice ... in its construction. Rubber sold as gym flooring commonly has a great traction surface that prevents ... , where concrete and hardwood would shatter and splinter under this kind of impact. Commercial Mats [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 14:56:31
Law vs. Lives
In a recent article, Isabel Kershner of the New York Times wrote the following about Israel’s security fence: ... concrete walls, much of the barrier, which is about 57 percent complete, has been constructed on land [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 14:00:31
Scientists develop lunar bricks as first steps in lunar construction
A team of Virginia Tech students, under the advisement of Kathryn Logan, ... Resource Utilization materials and construction category award from the Pacific International Space ... that it was almost as strong as concrete under various pressure tests. This strength would enable it to withstand [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 14:20:57
More Mantle
Last weekend, I put the final coats of polyacrylic on the mantle and inserted the steel rods which will be supporting much of the weight of this big ... of the mantle with the best polyurethane construction adhesive I could find before we did the final ... will get a coat of concrete sealer after they go up.Tuesday, I applied wire mesh to the wall where [more...]
Date: 2008-11-15 10:13:00
Salt Waste Plant Gets Okay Near Augusta
The U.S. Department of Energy says construction can begin on a new plant near Augusta that will process radioactive materials for disposal ... is opened, presumably at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.The low level waste will be converted into a concrete ... preparation has already begun. The DOE's decision is the final stage of the construction approval [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:18:00
Expansion of Newly-rehab Glan Port Proposed
GLAN, Sarangani (December 21, 2008) - To further develop the emerging cross-border trading and people mobility between JAGS-CT ( ... job completed in April this year consisted of demolition of the existing reinforced concrete wharf ... efficient port facilities as the future expansion, according to Yap, also includes the construction [more...]
Date: 2008-12-21 16:18:40
Charter Square Rising
On Fayetteville St., two cranes loom out of a giant hole in the ground. Construction on the underground deck continues and is beginning to rise up to the street. Concrete has now met up with Wilmington and Fayetteville Streets, which are actually at different [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 17:00:03
Infrastructure To Nowhere
Infrastructure To Nowhere I'm a great believer in the idea that the United States needs to spend more money on our aging infrastructure, ... telephone wires; why gigantic construction boondoggles scar the countryside (roads leading nowhere ... ...or why Kyoto and Nara were turned into concrete jungles... Led by bureaucrats on automatic pilot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 15:21:39
Building A Cabin Affordably By Steve
By acquiring building materials from a materials list prior to starting construction you can save 60% ... container for use as secure storage of the materials to keep intact prior to construction. I modified ... of a regular foundation we put ours up off ground with 16" diameter concrete pillars because the area [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 11:00:00
Showroom H / Akihisa Hirata
Architects: Akihisa Hirata Location: Nigata, Japan Program: Showroom, Office Design Year: 2005 Construction Year: 2006 Site Area: ... by a very simple operation arranging a 5m grid of concrete walls, slicing them diagonally. However [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 11:53:17
Fed Policy Has Nation’s Feet Stuck in Concrete
For Release January 25, 2009 Citiwire.net ... Highway System, Uncle Sam has nurtured the construction of new roads and highways. The economic ... is being made on another much-needed project — the construction of a new $640 million bridge across [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 19:07:55
Report: Infrastructure Investment Can Create Thousands of New Jobs
A new report makes a strong case that rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure could go a long way toward helping ... per year (including $93 billion in public investment). While the construction and service ... the economy, with new jobs created in such industries as fabricated metals (38,000), concrete and cement [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 21:52:17
Green Home Prefab Cottage in a Day
We've been watching the prefab scene as close as anyone, and it seems the recreational variety is honestly taking hold ... the concrete pier foundation is ready to go. Cottage2 Cottage3 Some of the green materials used in the construction of a Cottage in a Day Home include Energy Star windows, efficient heating [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:57:23
Baby Nukes
by Richard T. Stuebi Although not popular to many in the environmental community, ... construction costs of at least $4000/kilowatt), implies minimum investments of several billion dollars ... they will be encased in concrete and buried underground." From Forbes: "Hyperion's design uses uranium [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 19:18:55
Caterpillar Inc. Funds Viterbi 'Print-a-House' Contour Crafting Technology
Caterpillar, the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment, is starting to support research on the "Contour Crafting" ... houses in hours. This is concrete-jet instead of inkjet printing technology. Printing buildings ... singularity The current state of the art is printing concrete walls. Printing buildings is a key [more...]
Date: 2008-08-28 18:48:12
Businesses I’ve Tried and What I’ve Learned - Part 1: Construction
My first business out of college was, ‘Ophoven Construction’, operational from 1998 to 2001 ... of my brothers had worked the previous summer for a small residential concrete company, installing new cement driveways, sidewalks and steps. The work was labor intense, which was great because it limited [more...]
Date: 2008-09-09 14:00:00
Sweat Equity vs. Wish List for 100K Construction
We have been considering putting some sweat equity into the construction of the 100K House from the beginning in order to increase the value ... Kitchen cabinetry installation Concrete stain and sealing Plywood floor finishing with Low-VOC Poly [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 15:36:15
State Compensation Insurance Fund Building Goes Green
State Compensation Insurance Fund Building Goes Green ... from the nasty old landfills. Much of those materials included concrete and cork and rubber flooring. Not only did the architect HOK and Milpitas-based Devon Construction reduce waste by using [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 15:38:04
Air Defences of London
It is a sad day indeed when you come to understand the shocking lack of air defences of London, the true capital of Upper Canada ... headquarters.Flak Towers. London leadership should be demanding the immediate construction of a Flak ... into a deep bunker. Overhead protection should be at least five meters of reinforced concrete. The structure [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 23:59:00
Samuel Mockbee
Samuel Mockbee (1944-2001) was a very famous architect: not neccesarily for his own buildings but for the studio he created at Auburn University, ... Chevy Caprice windshields at the cost of $120Yancey Chapel interior, 1995, made from concrete and old ... . All of the recipients were so proud of their houses and many helped in the construction of them.the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:05:00
Summer in the garden
Clicking on the photos will enlarge them.It may seem strange to our northern hemisphere gardeners, and even to some in southern Australia, ... , we have more recycled metal in the form of concrete reinforcing steel that Hanno has secured with a metal star peg for the cucumbers to climb up. Garden construction can be very simple indeed.We had to buy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:30:00
over the construction fence: lapd motorpool facility
... Street between 2nd and 3rd. Steel and concrete is quickly filling in the under-developed site many ... described as a typical parking garage with a feather in its hat. Fortunately, 3,500 square feet [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 18:45:47
White Cave / Takao Shiotsuka Atelier
Architects: Takao Shiotsuka Atelier Location: Oita, Japan Client: Private Project year: 2006-2007 Site area: 419 sqm Constructed area: 132.6 sqm Contractor: Hokoku Co. Ltd Photographs: Toshiyuki YANO (Nacasa & Partners Inc ... have a rough concrete finish, and the openings express the thickness of the concrete that form [more...]
Date: 2008-10-19 16:32:23
Facts about hand railings
by Adam Peters This article gives information about the types of hand railings available in the market ... hand railings. If you have no technical expertise in the field of construction, your knowledge ... , the range of 34″ to 38″ is the prescribed height for handrails. Earlier, cut stone and concrete were [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 13:46:25
OTT Construction, Stonework, & Landscaping will help beautify your home
OTT Construction, Stonework, & Landscaping will help beautify your home and add to its value with a new decorative, interlocking concrete, cobblestone, or brick paver driveway, patio, walkway, entrance, pool deck ... pavers are a smart and elegant design choice. They are manufactured to withstand weight and weather [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 17:31:33
Tracy Trussell Named Birmingham Elementary School Principal
... my photo essay on its construction. The school is now black and yellow in honor of its new mascot ... . The entire structure is concrete, steel and aluminum studs, eventually covered by sheetrock. The roof [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 22:28:12
Maytas may bring city's elevated road down
aytas may bring city's elevated road downRohith BR. BangaloreThe crisis in Satyam Computers seems to have had a direct impact on the ongoing work on ... . A portion of the under-construction stretch (about 40 feet) near the entrance of Electronic City ... a visit to the site reveals the drooping concrete has caused serious damage to the metal support [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 02:39:00
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