Now, as the housing industry has begun to show signs of a recovery, Norfolk Southern looks to benefit as it is a major bulk shipper for construction materials.
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The traditional construction processes require both technical skills to design the building with consideration to its size, site and function, and aesthetic sense to select the lumber for the construction materials, cut and shape the wood, and assemble and interlock the separate wooden pieces without using nails, creating the so-called joints that withstand a millennium.
Hydrocarbons, helium, hydrogen, and volatiles in the solar system are important for human exploration and habitation because they will provide essential high-energy, high-density fuels and feedstock for off-world manufactured goods and materials for construction.
Prior to the latest easing of restrictions, Israel had allowed in construction materials for aid agency projects.
Construction materials for housing typically include lumber, wood, gravel, metal, iron, and steel.
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The minute control over materials made possible by 3-D printing could definitely make a difference in pre-fabricating materials for construction.
It was carrying materials for the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay - a project that has caused a huge rift between Uruguay and Argentina.
At present, some 500, 000 tonnes of slate a year is produced in the quarry for roofing, architectural materials and construction.
As housing starts surged at the end of 2012 so too did demand for Spangler's building and construction materials supplier National Gypsum's products.
But in the US, construction waste accounts for 50 per cent of all landfill material, according to the Construction Materials Recycling Association.
There was also real growth in furniture and construction materials, not bad for a country with a cooling housing market.
As the first major airliner to use lightweight composite materials for most of its construction, the 787 Dreamliner also promised 20% better fuel economy and 30% lower maintenance costs.
The rise in housing starts since the market bottomed last year "means more demand for construction equipment and steel and lumber and other materials that we haul, " Mr. Tennant said.
Many builders are facing higher costs for building materials and having trouble obtaining financing for construction.
Knowledge sharing led to extremely successful business opportunities for companies like GE and construction company Cemex (in green energy and building materials directed toward the bottom of the period in Latin America, respectively).
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His many other inventions -- including explosive materials like the smokeless powder Ballistite -- were used for militaristic, mining, construction and other industrial purposes.
"Acer took a fresh approach to the design and development of the Aspire S7, using premium construction methods and materials, " said Sumit Agnihotry, vice president of product marketing for Acer.
During the recent meeting, I shared some of the promotional materials that the association has produced for young people considering a career in transportation design and construction.
The risks to his recommendation and target price include weaker-than-expected new construction markets in the U.S. and China, higher-than-expected costs for raw materials and energy, and higher spending on new-product rollouts.
When Wessely started the business with one stitch-bonding machine in the shell of an old toweling factory in 1999, he found pretty good demand for "multiaxial reinforcements"--they're strong, stiff lightweight cloths used in boat hulls and construction materials.
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