Green construction on display in Floyd (New River Current)
Straw-bale building joins wind turbine and other displays on Jacksonville Center grounds. FLOYD — An organization that promotes green construction is building a 400-square-foot studio out of straw bales on the grounds of the Jacksonville Center for the Arts. Generally viewed as waste good for little but lining stalls, straw is a popular building material with environmental advocates because more.
Measure R key to business growth
Tulare Advance-Register - And, in addition to the construction industry jobs that will be created as the projects are built, the improvements identified will have a direct effect on our ability to attract new business and industry to our city in the future. Specifically . more.
Huntsman Advances With New Maleic Anhydride Plant
MSN MoneyCentral - . contract to CDI Engineering Solutions Inc. for detailed engineering and procurement in connection with the construction of . The plant’s design includes sizing certain equipment to accommodate a second 100 million pound reactor to be installed at . more.
Fire at downtown high-rise under construction (Chicago Tribune)
A heating unit started a small fire at a downtown high-rise under construction this afternoon, but no serious injuries were reported. more.
Stocks fall as Caterpillar overshadows Google (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. stocks fell on Friday after heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. reported earnings that missed Wall Street expectations, overshadowing a strong profit from Google Inc. more.
KABLAM! Have I made my point?
Boston Herald - A man in Williamsport, Pa., got so mad during an argument with his girlfriend that he stole a backhoe from a demolition site, returned to the lady?s home and used the heavy machinery to flip her car onto its roof. He was arrested. IS THAT A CLASS D . more.
