Word: projectable
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...Almost lost amidst all the headlines about crisis aid to the automakers, the U.S. Department of Energy is now preparing to release $25 billion in loans appropriated last autumn to speed up the transition to more fuel efficient vehicles. The cash is supposed to be used for specific projects that increase fuel economy. Ford, for example, has applied to use some of the federal cash to convert an assembly plant in suburban Detroit from building trucks to building small cars and electric vehicles. The project costs $550 million and Ford hopes to use some of the DOE cash. GM, Chrysler...
...spokesman for the David Rockefeller Center. Barron said he could not say for certain whether the student would be allowed to keep his or her summer grant. According to Winnie, the OIP would help students secure an alternative placement and allow their grants to fund the new program or project in the event that a cancellation did occur. Harvard’s inaugural Summer Internship Program on Sustainable Development in Mexico has placed eight undergraduates in various rural communities in the southern part of the country. Barron said that as of last Thursday, all eight students still plan to attend...
...past when faculty requested new projects, the FAS would often engage outside professionals to design preliminary planning and engineering documents. Often, this occurred as part of feasibility studies and prior to any formal project approval. Going forward, outside professional services will only be engaged after written authorization to proceed with a project has been secured. There are two rationales behind this new approach. First, the FAS will now only spend its resources on designs that will be implemented. Second, this signals a shift to instead drawing on the University’s significant internal design competencies. These bright and creative...
...standards: 283 sq. ft. (one room, including kitchen plus a bathroom), 360 sq. ft. (ditto), and a 465-sq.-ft. model with a tiny bedroom. In addition to the modest proportions, Tata is relying on economies of scale and careful sourcing of materials to keep costs low. The Mumbai project, for instance, will get its steel from group company Tata Steel, which has plant at nearby Tarapore. Land-acquisition costs will be minimized by giving the original landowner a percentage of each project's returns. The homes will occupy cement buildings no more than two stories high, because construction costs...
...With the high end of the property market in a downturn, other developers such as Unitech, Puravankara and Ansals are now eyeing low-income housing. ICICI Ventures, the venture funding arm for India's largest private bank, has a project underway in Pune. The apartments, which come in 450 sq. ft. and 800 sq. ft. versions, are priced...