Word: construction
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Residents of Millions Hill, a neighborhood adjacent to the Harvard-affilated Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), objected yesterday to the hospital's plans to construct a 16-story research facility, citing possible environmental and traffic hazards to the community...
That accord is part of the largest commercial deal ever made between East and West: an estimated $15 billion plan to construct a 3,000-mile gas pipeline that will stretch from the icy reaches of Siberia to the heart of Western Europe. The venture is basically a pipeline-for-gas swap. The West will provide the materials and technology to build the structure in exchange for the huge quantities of natural gas that the pipeline will carry...
...cold jets of air blast into every pore in the faces of stragglers making their way down the uneven brick sidewalks. Crossing Anderson Bridge the chill of the wind hits its peak. Billowing gusts whip down the Charles from the Atlantic, chilling to tears, and anyone crossing the construct stiff-leggedly because his joints feel frozen, wishes to hell he'd never dragged himself out of his humid sheets to face this arctic wasteland...
...company cuts costs at every step, beginning with the concrete slabs on which each home sits. Crews stretching out for four blocks lay foundations for a whole neighborhood. Construction hands then nail frames and panels assembled in company factories to the slabs, and add prebuilt roof sections and wood siding. The least expensive cottages take only 33 days to construct. Conventionally built houses, by contrast, may take up to 36 days. While one of the bedrooms in some models is too small for a double bed, the living rooms and kitchens have vaulted ceilings, giving an impression of spaciousness. Because...
...Until last July the price of the company's bestselling houses ranged from $60,000 to $80,000. Sales Manager Joseph Kantrell believes that cottage houses would do even better if more of them could be built. But some local zoning officials are not permitting the firm to construct the small homes because they fail to meet minimum square-footage requirements...