Mr. Hopper, a 52-year-old construction company co-owner, questioned the notion of training talented store workers, noting that nowadays, he no longer needs them to decide what he wants to buy.

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Jim Reis, owner of a construction company and a member of the board of education, is one of those who backstopped the loan.

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Many jurisdictions have mandated minimum green standards and incorporating those standards should not cost a building owner anything if their design and construction teams understand what is required.

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In 2001, a judge ordered construction to stop, pending an appeal by the owner.

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Its owner has sought for years to block construction of a new bridge.

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It could be the start of a much bigger round of nuclear construction in the U.S.--if the controlling owner of the site, Southern Co.

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However, very little new construction has been completed, and what has been built is almost all owner-occupied or build-to-suit.

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Wesley Rogers, president of Landmark Properties, a longtime owner and developer with about 5, 000 beds and 2, 700 under construction.

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The collection was assembled by owner Billy Bickford, a third-generation Guatemalan otherwise occupied with running the family businesses in construction, real estate, and finance.

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China Guangdong Nuclear will be the majority owner and operator of the first phase, and will take the lead role on engineering, procurement and construction (EPC).

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