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Making
Sense Of Green Building Standards And Rating Systems |
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Today’s
construction market presents a laundry list of challenges
for developers and other construction professionals. Keeping
informed and ahead of the many programs, rating systems
and soon to be released green building standards is a
full time job. More |
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Construction
Industry Is Poised For A Rebound |
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The
construction industry, beset by one of the biggest drops
in employment in the current economic downturn, could
be poised for a rebound under President-elect Barack Obama's
expected stimulus package. More |
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Green
Building Is Bright Spot In Otherwise Tough Economy: Multifamily
Projected To Spend $41B In Green Dollars In 2009 |
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New
York--The U.S. green building market is accelerating at
a dramatic rate, McGraw-Hill Construction’s Green
Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change report says. More |
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Steel
Industry Sets An Emissions Example |
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The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2008 Sector
Performance Report brings good news to the American steel
sector. More |
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October
2008 Crude Steel Production |
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Brussels
– World crude steel production for the 66 countries
reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel)
was 100.5 million metric tons (mmt) in October. This is
12.4% lower than the same month last year and 6.9% below
September 2008. More |
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October
Imports Up 1 Percent Vs. September |
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Washington,
D.C. – Based on preliminary Census Bureau data,
the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported
today that the U.S. imported a total of 2,964 ,000 net
tons (NT) of steel in October 2008, including 2,344,000
NT of finished steel (up 1 percent and down 5 percent,
respectively, vs. September final data). More |
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Non-Residential
Construction Index Falls: AIA |
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NEW
YORK - A forward-looking index of U.S. nonresidential
construction activity fell to the lowest level in its
13-year history last month as spending slumped on healthcare
and educational facilities, an architects' trade group
said on Wednesday. More |
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Outlook
Grows More Dire For Housing Market |
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The
financial shocks of September and October appeared to
dash any hopes for a quick recovery in the housing market,
where the precipitous declines in sales and prices —
the problems at the heart of the current credit crisis
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Lessons
Learned? The Steel Industry Hopes So |
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While
domestic steel producers hope for the best in 2009, they're
hunkered down now for a long, hard winter -- idling furnaces
and plants, cutting back on spending and laying off workers
as they try to ride out a nose-diving world economy. More |
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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January
12-14, 2009
Steel Doing It Right
Fort Lauderdale, FL More |
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January
20-23, 2009
Steel Central at the International Builders Show
Las Vegas, NV More
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February
4-5, 2009
Steel Doing It Right
Orange, CA More
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February
22-24, 2008
International Zinc Conference
Las Palmas, Rancho Marage CA
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February
24-25, 2008
2009 International Zinc Oxide Industry Conference
Las Palmas, Rancho Marage CA
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