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India’s copper demand grew 27% in FY22: Report

New Delhi: Propelled by strong policy reforms across sectors, the post-pandemic demand for copper grew over 27.5% in India in FY22, according to a report released by International Copper Association India on Tuesday. “The demand for red metal stood at 12.5 lakh tonne in FY22, compared to 9.78 lakh tonne in FY21 on the back …

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EDITORIAL: New ESHS buildings light the way for Irma recovery

It’s about time. Kudos to the Recovery and Development Agency, the government, contractors and everyone else who worked together to finally complete the new Elmore Stoutt High School buildings. As a result of their efficient work over the past year, all ESHS students are finally back together on one campus for the first time since …

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Home Builders Association of Greenville Bridge Awards honorees

         There’s no place like home It’s always exciting to think about growth, and our beautiful community is nothing if not growing every day.  As with any business, the home industry has many outstanding components, but recently members of the Home Builders Association of Greenville and Sales & Marketing Council of the Upstate celebrated some of …

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SODIC’s unit inks facility with AAIB to finance The Estates: Egypt

Al Yosr for Projects and Real Estate Development, a subsidiary of Sixth of October Development and Investment Company (SODIC) (OCDI), has signed a medium-term facility worth EGP 2.75 billion with Arab African International Bank (AAIB) to partially finance “The Estates” project in West Cairo, according to a press release. The facility has been signed under …

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The NYT asks: In a housing crisis, is building ‘bland’ better than the alternative? | News

anchor A typical ‘5-over-1’ mixed-use development under construction in Hillsboro, Oregon. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons user M.O. Stevens. (CC BY-SA 4.0) The new developments look startlingly alike, often in the form of boxy, mid-rise buildings with a ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts and vivid slabs …

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Construction of condos on former school site in Fairfax City complete

The 137-unit Flats condominium building has been completed (courtesy Christopher Spillman) The construction of a 137-unit condominium in the City of Fairfax — The Flats at Boulevard VI — is officially complete. The condominium building is part of Boulevard VI, a mixed-use community by developer IDI on the former site of Paul VI High School …

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Tom Crane, retired architectural photographer, Peace Corps volunteer, and ‘obsessive handyman,’ has died at 82

Ralph Thompson Crane III, 82, of Bryn Mawr, retired prolific architectural and interior photographer, Peace Corps volunteer, and self-described “obsessive handyman,” died Jan. 9, of multiple system atrophy at St. Francis Center For Rehabilitation and Healthcare in Darby. Known professionally and by his family and friends as Tom, Mr. Crane’s photographs were published in many …

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Blanketed in dust, Dhaka people don’t see enough preventive measures

MORE DUST DUE TO CONSTRUCTION WORKS  Construction works increase in Dhaka during winter as builders prefer the season with less or no rain. Construction and repair of buildings and roads and other infrastructure lead to more air pollution and suffering of people.  Currently, drains are being constructed at Mohakhali-Gulshan Link Road. “Dust menace increased from …

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Op-Ed: 5 Ways to Improve the G Train

By Vincent DiPietra Vincent DiPietra is a lifelong Greenpointer currently working as a project coordinator for a building consulting firm in Manhattan. He had previously volunteered for the North Brooklyn committee of Transportation Alternatives. If the New York City subway can be described as a family of services operating together throughout the five boroughs, then the …

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