Word: constructionism
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With two of the Big Three automakers on the verge of collapse and Detroit's unemployment rate a staggering 22%, the film industry is providing a rare economic boom. Community colleges now offer courses in set-building and stage-lighting for the out-of-work construction workers and electricians. Car...
Companies that are majority owned by the government include some familiar names, among them China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone company by subscribers, Baoshan Steel and China National Petroleum Corp. The role they play in China's hybridized economy appears to be expanding due to the global slump...
The CWP process, which addresses development issues in Allston not limited to Harvard’s expansion, has been conducted internally since late fall as city officials focused on the University’s future institutional plans and decision to slow construction in Allston due to financial constraints.
Tad Read, a senior planner for the BRA, followed Kroin’s presentation by describing possible improvements to public transportation in Allston. These included the construction of an MBTA commuter rail station at the southern edge of the neighborhood as well as the development of a circular rapid bus...
Alan Soh, a thirtysomething entrepreneur who runs his own six-person interior design firm, says his firm is coping too despite being closely tied to the recession-wracked construction industry. By temporarily switching his focus to aging buildings, where the volume is lower and margins are thinner, "I've managed...