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Innovation Gives New York City Sewer Project a Twist

ENR Construction

of Design and Construction interceptor upgrade in Manhattan involves the first use of spiral-wound lining in the five boroughs.

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Builders Pause New Projects as Home Sales Slow, but Experts Say the Time to Build Is Now

Pro Builder

Rather than forging ahead with new homes that won’t sell, many developers are slowing their pace of production and dropping their prices on completed units, but a slowdown in home building could prolong an existing shortage years into the future, The New York Times reports.

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OSHA urges safety during Sandy cleanup

Safety Services Company

“Recovery work should not put you in the recovery room,” said Robert Kulick, OSHA’s regional administrator in New York. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is urging hazard awareness and protection to workers and members of the public engaged in Hurricane Sandy cleanup activities.

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Want to be believed? Use the Baskerville font

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Like the “ mass flush” ordered by Bulawayo’s municipal government to clean out the city’s sewer system. (A From the New York Times. After all, they did flush quite a few toilets in Bulawayo to clear out the sewer system. If that’s how you hire an attorney, you are an idiot.

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Ten U.S. Cities with the Costliest Water | Management content from.

Contractor Magazine

New York City ($31.80) 8. Cities, Water Agencies Plead With Congress for Sewer Money. Plumbers Battle City Hall Over New Fees. Based on using 7,500 gallons of water per month, the study indicates these are the ten U.S. cities with the costliest water: 1. Seattle, WA ($56.18) 2. Boston, MA ($41.18) 3. Email: (optional).

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INDUSTRY FOCUS: The Process of Food

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Just an hour North of New York City begins a great expanse of farmland that extends hundreds of miles to the Pennsylvania border. They aim to make Genesee County the yogurt capital not only of New York State, but of the world. Genesee County, NY is a Food Processing Hub. Using the IDA and Empire Zone program, $3.3

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What were the "Experts" thinking?

PSMJ Resources

For example, Jefferson County Alabama (Birmingham) expanded and modernized their water and sewer system with a large investment in their system. Other counties, such as Suffolk in New York have run into the same situation. Some counties are already in financial distress because they didn’t follow this basic concept.

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