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Report: Mexican anti-corruption agency failed to oversee construction of wafer ...
Fox News
Previous comments by federal officials and contractors had revealed that the monument's construction was plagued with wrongdoings and overspending. But the audit also found that the Public Administration Department, the anti-corruption watchdog ...

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Local Business Embraces Construction
Fox17
Libby McDonald's business, Tropical Smoothie Cafe, sits on the side of 28th Street that's going to be torn up and resurfaced first. “Of course I am a little concerned about construction in general. It makes it harder for people to get here. However ...

For homebuyers, cash can be king
Ct Post
Dusan Dujovic, a Shelton-based commercial Realtor, has a client who recently bought a residential home at 4 Howes Ave. in Stamford. The investor group, which is renovating the house and plans to sell or rent it, bought the property with cash in what ...

How to Survive Construction of Expo Line's Venice Blvd. Bridge
Curbed
The building of the Venice Boulevard bridge for the Expo Line light rail extension to Santa Monica is so epic, the construction authority has launched a website solely devoted to the project, with everything including construction news and live traffic ...

Nearly half of Somerset County municipalities opt for new building inspections ...
Daily American Online
Under last year's rates, someone building a 1,500-square-foot home would have paid $1,328 for inspection services. A 300,000-square-foot commercial building owner would have paid $353,000 for inspection services, Halverson said. These inspections are ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota road construction season will mean 280 projects
Minneapolis Star Tribune
169 at 93rd Avenue in Brooklyn Park begins next week, kicking off an ambitious metro construction season involving 87 projects. They include repairs on a long segment of Interstate 35 and 35E from Lakeville to Eagan and a 5-mile stretch of I-694 ...

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Cost of DIA terminal project growing as construction progresses
Denver Post
Colorado construction costs are up between 3 and 3.5 percent over last year, wage rates for carpenters are up nearly 30 percent and other major construction projects are happening concurrent with STRP — such as FastTrax and the VA Hospital, which ...
Cranes Loom Over DIA During Hotel Construction

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Metal Theft: Copper and Robbers
Post Online
The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, which received Royal Assent this February, could have significant implications for commercial insurers and for society as a whole by helping combat the burgeoning problem of metal theft. According to the Association of ...

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Regions Field construction nears completion (photo gallery)
al.com
450 construction workers work all day and into the night by the light of the new stadium lights to complete the projection. In the next two weeks heavy landscaping and cleaning of the structure and grounds will take place along side final concrete ...

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Boulevard East in North Bergen closed for construction project
Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com
View/Post Comments. Boulevard East closed from 74th to 78th streets in North Bergen today for a four-month construction project, leaving some residents apprehensive about car, truck and bus traffic being diverted through neighborhoods. But there was no ...

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After Four Years Is BC Home Inspection Licensing a Failure? By Craig Hostland ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As a result, this new group began accepting for membership home inspector candidates who did not meet the high qualification standards of the two organizations initially recognized by Consumer Protection BC - CAHPI(BC) and the Applied Science ...

As construction of upgraded water system nears, Lake Oswego and Tigard ...
OregonLive.com
After nearly five years of studying, planning and designing for both Lake Oswego and Tigard's most expensive and largest infrastructure project, construction is set to begin this summer on expanding and upgrading the water system that will serve both ...

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MnDOT announces $1.1 billion road construction schedule
MinnPost.com
The Minnesota Department of Transportation has outlined $1.1 billion in road construction projects scheduled for this year around the state. They include 87 projects in the Twin Cities and 193 projects around the state. The department also plans 57 ...
MnDOT plans big Northland construction seasonDuluth News Tribune
MnDOT Construction Season Expected To Cost $1.1 BillionCBS Local
MnDOT announces summer construction planMankato Free Press
Northland's NewsCenter -Southernminn.com -Marshall Independent
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Househappy launches Pinterest-like home search platform
Inman.com
Portland, Ore.-based Househappy Inc. is betting that photos alone can drive home search with a new photo-centric site sporting a Pinterest-like layout and associated social network. Househappy.org, designed for brokers and home buyers and sellers, ...

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Phil Jackson: Proposed rental permit bylaw adds teeth to policy
Amherst Bulletin
Commercial rental properties and others regulated by state and federal law are exempted. Once an application is approved, the town issues a rental ... Inspections are not required. A registration application instead includes a self-certification ...

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February residential construction up 27 percent from last year
Kansas City Star
Tempering the resurgence in residential has been a decline in nonresidential construction. There were $79.9 million in those contracts issued in February, down 8 percent from the same month a year ago, and $126.3 million issued so far this year, down ...
County Construction Contracts Rose 9 Percent in Early 2013San Diego Business Journal
Future construction contracts up 53% in metro AtlantaAtlanta Business Chronicle
Home construction up in metro areaMyFox Atlanta

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Fannie Mae REO specialist allegedly asked for kickbacks
Inman.com
A former Fannie Mae sales associate who allegedly promised to provide listings to a real estate broker from the mortgage giant's REO inventory in exchange for kickbacks has been indicted on three counts of wire fraud. Armando Granillo, 44, worked out ...

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Pending home sales slip in February
Inman.com
Pending sales of existing homes dipped 0.4 percent from January to February, but remained at their second-highest level in nearly three years, according to an index maintained by the National Association of Realtors. NAR's Pending Home Sales Index, ...

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NEWS: Taveras unveils Providence economic development plan
WPRO
A commercial tax rate freeze: Taveras plans to enact a seven-year commercial real estate tax freeze with the intent to create stability for developers. 2. Fix the city's permitting process: In his FY 2014 budget, which Taveras will present to the ...

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Top Agent Network to complete Boston rollout
Inman.com
A social network designed to help top-producing agents share information about pre-MLS and non-MLS listings announced today that it will conclude its Boston-area rollout by launching chapters in the North Shore, South Shore and Cape and The Islands on ...

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