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Pending Home Sales Increase 55.3% in May

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The Pending Home Sales Index experienced its highest gain since 2001, with contract signings going from 44.3% Economists say the housing industry’s recovery shows a steady desire for homeownership. . in May, chronicling the highest month-over-month gain in the index since its inception in January 2001.

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Julian Construction Offers House Leveling In Los Angeles Area.

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House Leveling. Earthquake Retrofitting or House Bolting. Julian Construction Offers House Leveling In Los Angeles Area. House leveling is a very precise procedure. The house leveling process does involve using some heavy equipment, such as a hydraulic jack and steel beams for load distribution. Foundation Repair.

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Maryland Sidesteps LEED in Favor of the IgCC

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Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria for a silver rating,” a definition that has existed in state law since 2001. Maryland was one of the first states to incentivize green building in 2001 with a tax credit tied to LEED. 207 HB IGCC Kaplow LEED v4'

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Obituary: Alaska Rep. Don Young, 88, Was Long-Time Infrastructure Leader

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Long-serving House member led the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee from 2001 to 2007.

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Pending Home Sales Rose for the Second Consecutive Month in January After Steady Decreases in 2022

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from a year ago as the housing market continued to slow from a mid-pandemic buying frenzy, the National Association of Realtors reports. The 100 level is based on a 2001 benchmark and is consistent with existing-home sales above the 5 million mark. in January but were down 24.1% drop in the West followed by the 24.7% in the Northeast.

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15 Construction Documentaries & TV Series You Have to Watch

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How It’s Made (2001-present). How It’s Made is a documentary TV series that premiered in 2001 on the Discovery and Science Channel in Canada and the United States respectively. Five Master Houses of the World (2009). Building collapses, airplane crashes and other cases where technology lost the battle with nature.

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Lean methodology is ignored by the construction sector

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Lean principles in industrialized housing production: the need for a cultural change. An innovative supply chain strategy for customized housing. Design-Build Contracting Claims: Cumulative Supplement. NY: Aspen Publishers. Profitable partnering for LC. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing. L., & Li, H. H., & Shen, L. Howell, G.