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Today's Real Estate News Homebuyer tax credit off the radar Economic genie is out of wishes Control your online destiny Fannie cracks the foreclosure whip Finding what clicks in real estate Agents and their tech thingies CEO of Sacramento brokerage on leave Pending real estate sales inch up in July Mortage rates still seeking a bottom 5 ways to stay positive in a down market Communities get 'First Look' at many REOs California forgoes new foreclosure law Roost unveils new business model Nominate real estate's 'Most Influential' Remembering Laurie Manny Construction.com: Latest Headlines Chicago Plans $4B Urban Village Stantec to Acquire San Francisco's Anshen + Allen Architecture Firm Expanding Horizons: Analyzing the Balfour Beatty/Parsons Brinckerhoff deal Virginia Tech Student Wins Yéle Haiti Competition Reviving a Modest Masterpiece: The Trenton Bath House Fatalities Down, But Rate Stays Flat NY Approves New Neighbor for Empire State Building Diller Scofidio + Renfro to Design Broad Museum A Golden Anniversary for a Philip Johnson Museum Fluor, United Rentals Form Jobsite Logistics Partnership Load-Pier Test at St. Louis Bridge Sets World Record Reuse or Build New? Group to Gather Hard Environmental Data California Cools Off Capitol Complex With Thermal-Energy Tank Fed Probe Leads to Wolff’s Likely Exit From Berger All Systems Go for Vinoly’s $1.5B Domino Project in Brooklyn U.S. Wind Power Surge Likely To Continue, Say Scientists Lack of State Budget Affects $3 Billion in Projects, Caltrans Says Agency Unveils 30-Year Plan for Developing Chicago Area Caterpillar Compiles Short List of GCs for $426M Winston-Salem Plant Plans Unveiled to Expand Terminal 4 at JFK Airport July Construction Rebounds 7% Gutsy Builder Took A 'Quantum Leap' for Crane Safety Louis Kahn Synagogue Expansion Stirs Controversy Facebook Adds Expansion to Massive Data Center Under Construction U.S. Presses Case Against Berger Group Over Alleged Overbilling EPA Toolkit to Remove Red Tape for Green Projects Acquitted Rigger Wants His Licenses Back Rafael Viñoly's Design of Kennedy Institute Unveiled Fighting Fines for Fatal Blast, Contractor Cites Safety Record Preservationist Named Head of SCAD’s Architecture School Turner Regains Army Contract After Court Reverses GAO Ruling June Construction Slips 3% Deal Sends Tishman Construction Into AECOM’s Arms Finally, BP Advances Effort To Stop Leak U.S. Architecture Schools Announce Leadership Changes Virginia’s I-495 Expansion Fast-Tracked Thanks to D-B, Infusion of Private Capital Interview with Alain de Botton, Architecture of Happiness Author Naval Station Great Lakes Completes $770-Million Construction Program LBJ Freeway Financing Secured, Project to Start by Early 2011 Engineer Rejects N.Y. State's 'Sling Theory' in Rigger Trial Communication Breakdown Lifts Price of Tacoma Ramp Groundbreaking for First TIGER Project Construction Industry Loses 22,000 Jobs in June Manslaughter Trial Begins For New York Rigger $1.4-Billion South Texas Powerplant Both Praised and Damned Speedy Runway Paving Job Means $5 Million Bonus University Of Alabama Debuts Disaster Response Study Track Affordable Housing Goes Green in the Bronx EPA to Modify Regulations on Sewer Overflows May Construction Grows 3% Special Report: Gulf Oil Spill Piano Conceives a Respectful Addition to Kahn's Kimbell Masterpiece Kinks in Supply Chain Produce Road Paint Shortage Finalists for 2010 Aga Khan Award Announced NYC Skyscraper Is First U.S. Commercial Tower to Earn LEED Platinum 2010 Hurricane Season Will Be "Active to Extremely Active," Scientists Predict White House Picks Architect to Head Preservation Board Did BP Skip Approval for Platform Engineering Design? Stern's Museum for African Art Set to Open in 2011 Nuns Celebrate LEED Platinum Certification OSHA Recognizes NCCER Program To Certify Crane Operators An Experimental Early Work by Renzo Piano Threatened USGBC Says Feds Can Do More for Green Building Debate Over Radioactive Waste in Texas Gets Hot April Construction Falls 9% ENR Names the Top 400 Contractors Gulf Oil Spill: Industry Waits for Cleanup Call AIA Announces 18 Winners of 2010 Housing Awards Seven Teams Picked For $4 Bil in Guam Milcon Work Caltrans Realizes Big Savings in Construction Costs Due to Economic Downturn Clinic Made of Freight Containers Heads to Haiti Profile Rises for Small Projects as Construction Market Tightens Corps Speeds Up Permitting For Gulf Coast Cleanup Integrated-Project-Delivery Boosters Ignore Many Flashing Red Lights Green Design-Build Model Crafted for Buildings To Achieve Net-Zero Energy Use Feds Seek Energy-Efficient Building Projects U.S. DOT Seeks Changes in Disadvantaged-Business Rules EPA Stiffens Coal-Ash Rules, But Proposal Allows Recycling Nashville Begins to Assess Damage From Epic Flooding Interior Dept. OK's Nation's First Offshore Wind Project AIA's Effort to Eliminate Retainage Fee Pays Off USGBC Launches LEED-Neighborhood Development Worker Killed as Crane Boom Collapses Haiti's Plan Includes New Ports, Highways Archives of WTC-Architect Yamasaki Saved from Destruction Chinese Drywall Remediation Standard Already Evolving ENR Reveals the Top 500 Design Firms AIA's Committee on the Environment Announces Annual Awards Tour of U.S. Embassy in Haiti Shows Small Measures Paid Off Big Time Controversial Plans by Viñoly for Domino Sugar Plant Now on View Construction Groups Sue NY DOT Over Pay Freeze AGC Study Finds No Scientific Reason for Calif. Emission Rule John Carl Warnecke, "Kennedy's Architect," Dies March Construction Holds Steady Southern California Quake Damaged Treatment and Storage Infrastructure While Dubai Stumbles, Abu Dhabi Marches On Next Round of Federal Regulations Has Suppliers Retooling Clean Diesel Green-Infused Modular Classroom Targets 'Grid-Neutral' Status in School Construction Last Piece of L.A. Live Opens – Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles NYC Unveils Sweeping Redevelopment Plan for Governors Island Florida Tribe Wins Ruling To Resume Everglades Construction Concrete Industry Fears Ruling May Stir Litigation Over Fly Ash Steven Holl on a Winning Streak Celebrated Architect Stirs Debate With Haiti Prefab House Idea Obama Signs Jobs Bill, With Highway-Transit Extension "Villa Libeskind" Takes Prefab to the Extreme Green Standard Efforts Merge February Construction Rises 5% AIA Announces 2010 Young Architect Award Winners Testwell CEO Tried To Kill Himself After Conviction Mayor Unveils Stimulus Plan in San Francisco January Construction Retreats 1% New Construction Starts in December Climb 5%; Annual Total for 2009 Drops 26% to $412 Billion Dubai Stands Tall as Skyscraper Debuts National Mall Plan Option Incorporates LEED Cintra-Led Team to Begin $2B North Texas Road Project November Construction Falls 9% October Construction Jumps 12% September Construction Slides 7% AIA Study: 2008 Billings Topped $44 Billion Housing Could Spark A Rebound in 2010 Leaky Libeskind Roof to Be Fixed at Last SOM Loses Top Architect to HOK Faulty Tower's Implosion Presents Many Challenges Who's To Blame for Faulty Foster Tower? Balfour Beatty to Pay $626 Million For Parsons Brinckerhoff Heinz Awards Highlight Environmental Leaders August Construction Rises 2% June Construction Retreats 7% The Top 250 Architecture Firms Gehry Trims Staff As Projects Hit Snags F&S Partners in Dallas Merges with SmithGroup May Construction Climbs 7% Brad Pitt Selects More Architects for "Make It Right" Project HUD and DOT Coordinating Efforts Nation's Largest New Public Transportation Project Moving Into Construction Phase Architects Plan Breathtaking New Skydeck for Sears Tower April Construction Slips 1% Peter Zumthor Wins 2009 Pritzker Prize Big Problems Continue With Drywall Made in China Top 10 Green Projects Named by AIA March Construction Improves 5 Percent February Construction Falls 8% Building in Cologne, Germany Collapses AIA Announces the Names of 112 New Fellows Federal Eco-Labeling Law Taking Shape Spanish-Led Consortium to Build $4-Billion Texas Freeway Project Architectural Billings Index Hits All-Time Low Gottfried House Earns Highest LEED for Homes Score to Date Healthcare Market Not Immune to Economic Malaise Virtual Design and Construction Users Seeking Better Collaborative Tools January Construction Slips 3% New Construction Starts in December Retreat 5%; Annual Total for 2008 Slides 15% to $543 Billion Herzog & de Meuron Designs HQ for Major Bank in Spain Obama Delivers Promise to Unions By Reversing Bush Labor Pact Ban The Economic-Stimulus Bill, Sector-by-Sector Analysis What Does Stimulus Plan Mean for A/E/C Industry? AIA Announces 2009 Honor Awards for Architecture USGBC Members Approve LEED 2009 Revisions Zaha Hadid Chosen to Design Vienna Library Louisiana Gets $1.5-Billion Loan From Feds for Hurricane-Protection System 'Less Restrictive' No-Damages-for-Delay Clause Still Vulnerable Layoffs Sweep Architecture Profession as Economy Worsens Obama's Education-Upgrade Pledge Could Mean Lots of School-Construction Work Prosecutor Charges Safety Manager, Two Others in Fatal N.Y. Construction Fire Shanghai Skyscraper Named "Best Tall Building" Chicago Takes the Lead in Green Hotels Madrid's City of Justice Starts to Take Shape Report: Concrete Outperforms Steel as Bridge Material Florida's Highway Wish List Totals Nearly $7 Billion For Architects, the Job Axe Starts to Fall Despite Sinking Economy, Work Begins on Super-Tall Shanghai Tower States Seek $136 Billion for Infrastructure In New Stimulus Package Students Design-Build LEED Platinum Art Center for Tornado Ravaged Town Is the Dubai Bubble Starting to Burst? Overwhelming Public Response Extends Crane Rule Comment Period OSHA Releases Fatality Numbers U.S. Green Building Council Pushes Obama to Act on Green Promises Renzo Piano’s Design for Kimbell Museum Revealed Architects Hit Hard by Financial Crisis Lawsuit Possible Over Cracks At $146-Million Tampa Project Michigan Building First to Earn Double LEED Platinum Certification Garage Collapse Contractor Points Finger at Engineer Shopping Malls Not Below Libeskind's "Dignity" After 30 Years, EPA Sets Tougher Airborne Lead Standard AIA To Release New IPD and Design-Build Documents With Financial Rescue Signed, Contractors Hope for a Revival Architect Calls for Sustainability "Nutrition" Labels House for War Veteran Designed by Yale Students Gehry Designs First Big Project For Toronto, His Hometown Deal to Privatize Midway May Pay for Chicago Projects Gilbane Builds $156 Million Discovery Tower in Downtown Houston September's Financial Market Turmoil August Construction Retreats 3% Citing Dire Trust Fund Picture, USDOT Calls for $8-Billion Infusion Olympic Village Takes LEED Gold Yale Taps Stern for Major Project HOK's Sports Design Unit Set To Split From Its Parent Firm Department of Energy Focuses on Net-Zero Commercial Buildings AIA and USGBC To Form a Strategic Alliance Tishman Manager Pleads Guilty to Embezzling $2.8 Million Studio Pei-Zhu Tapped for Museum for Iconic Chinese Artist Cities Mandate LEED But Not Certification Jerusalem's Signature Span Robert A.M. Stern Handily Wins 10th Annual Vincent Scully Prize Bentley and Autodesk Agree To Exchange Keys To Sharing of Data London Revs Up Construction for 2012 Summer Olympics World's Second-Longest Ocean Crossing Opens Midwest Floods Wreak Havoc on Architectural Landmarks Nation's First LEED Platinum Affordable Housing Built in Massachusetts NYC Crane Inspector Pleads Not Guilty Adaptive Reuse Build Local, Price Global Record reveals: Beijing Downturn in Chicago's Downtown May Construction Holds Steady Gehry Designs NYC's Tallest Residential Tower NRC Considering 15 Nuke Plant Apps California Pumps $271 Million Into Construction of Stem Cell Labs USGBC to Outsource LEED Certification Tight WTC Schedule Unveiled AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education Gehry Downsizes Tower Design for Atlantic Yards Work Begins on London's Olympic Stadium National Trust Announces 11 Most Endangered Sites Contractors Subject to New Lead Paint Regulations Construction Starts for Houston CBD's First LEED Gold Building Penn Announces New Architecture Dean AIA Announces 2008 COTE Award Winners $1-Billion Jigsaw Puzzle Has Builder Modeling Supply Chains Federal 2009 Budget a Mixed Bag for Green Building BIM Companies Acquiring Energy Modeling Capabilities Study of Fees Indicates Project Type Doesn’t Matter Cement Consumption To Grow 43% by 2030 March Construction Slides 8% Jean Nouvel Wins 2008 Pritzker Prize Architects' Billings Down Sharply in Early 2008 L.A. Mayor Moves to Speed Building Project Approvals Young Carpenter a Victim of Miami Crane Accident The Sagaponac Effect: Modernist Subdivisions Multiply McCarthy Starts $115M GSU Research Laboratory February Construction Rises 2% With the Architect of the Capitol Slot Still Open, AIA Urges Action Stern Will Design Bush Library at SMU House Clears $17.6 Billion in Renewable-Energy Tax Breaks Atlantic City Planning $20 Billion in Projects High Perceived Cost of Green Persists, Says Survey Engineering Firm Plans Tower Twice as Tall as Burj Dubai January Construction Jumps 8% The Economy and Construction: Review of Recent Indicators, February 2008 Nouvel Designs Towering Slender Neighbor for MoMA Glasgow Officials Close Bridge After Cable Connector Snaps RK Stewart Leaving Gensler for Perkins + Will Suncor Expansion to Stretch Labor Force Kansas Town Rebuilding as the Greenest in America AIA Names Recipients of 2008 Young Architects Award Green Buildings Boast High Occupancy Rates December Construction Unchanged from Prior Month; Annual Construction Start Total for 2007 Slides 11% AIA Names Winners of 2008 Honor Awards Safety Board Finds I-35W Bridge Plates Too Thin Zaha Hadid to Design MSU's Broad Art Museum Materials Innovators Engage Cradle to Cradle Protocol Crane Mishap Kills One at Trump Site Ettore Sottsass, Elder Statesman of Italian Design, Dead at 90 Richard Meier's Atheneum Wins AIA's 25-Year Award North America's Largest PV Powerplant in Service Chipperfield Unveils St. Louis Museum Wing New Orleans Waterfront Plan Takes Shape CH2M Hill Founder Burke Hayes Dies at 95 Oscar Niemeyer Designs New Arts Center in Spain New Gensler Office Earns LEED-Silver Certification USGBC to Revamp LEED Rating System Most A/E/C Spending Measures Pass on Election Day Clinton: Sustainability “Most Important” Cause Today I.M. Pei Designs $30,000/Night Suite for Four Seasons NYC I-35W Replacement Set to Start Pile Driving HOK Sport’s Design for the London 2012 Olympic Stadium Unveiled Conferees Hike Road Funds, Add $1 Billion for Bridges David Adjaye's MCA/Denver Opens LEED-for-Homes to Launch at Greenbuild AIA Forms Running Far Ahead of Rivals Utah Embraces Accelerated Construction Method Lifecycle Building Challenge Winners Announced Construction Slide Could Continue in 2008 21 Chicago Landmarks Honored for Preservation Home Inspection - Google News Ins and outs of home inspection - Seattle Times Inspection came as no surprise to nursing home - Chicago Tribune No place like home: HouseMaster franchisee sees pickup in business - Pasadena Star-News How to Become a Home Inspector Free Information Available from Accurate ... - PR Web (press release) Kathy Yamamoto: The real estate escrow process explained - The Salinas Californian Prepare to meet your builder - Toronto Sun New York State Home Inspection Council to Meet - ReadMedia (press release) Causes for housing checks when living on a military base - Helium Home inspection firm opens - Bradenton Herald Former MSU star's strange alleged scam - ESPN (blog) Construction - Google News Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction - MiamiHerald.com Construction Spending in US Fell Twice as Much as Forecast - BusinessWeek Zoning Law Aside, Mosque Projects Face Battles - New York Times Construction worker injured in fall from I-91 overpass - Brattleboro Reformer Metro-area homebuilders headed for fall ahead of year-ago construction - NewsOK.com Bridge Ave. bridge open, construction continues - Troy Record UK house prices fall, construction growth cools - Reuters UK house building recovery slows - Financial Times Construction to Start on U.S. 98 Widening Between Lakeland and Bartow - The Ledger Eat'n Park, Rite Aid staying through McKeesport construction - Pittsburgh Post Gazette These news feeds and topics are provided by A Precision Inspection as a service to our customers. 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