For example, a new roof can easily cost the homeowner thousands of dollars.
Sheffield Arena is to have its first major upgrade since it opened in 1991, with a new roof and seating planned.
Museum officials have been keen to praise the new roof of the revamped courtyard, which is built from three thousand glass panels.
Improvements will include the creation of a wood and bike storage area, double glazing, a new roof and the installation of solar panels.
Look, mister mayor, you say, the whole area knows who paid for that new roof on the school, and how much we put into community-development schemes.
The one-night event combines live music with food from some of their favourite Paris restaurants, and will take place at new roof terrace bar, Nuba, overlooking the Seine.
French Open organizers have ambitious plans to build a new roof on center court, similar to that at Wimbledon, but also to extend the present cramped grounds.
The torch started its morning in Dublin with a "skywalk" over a glass section of the new roof at Croke Park stadium, carried by hurling player Henry Shefflin.
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The hope is that the same customers will go back to reply.com when they need a new roof, life insurance or some other expensive purchase, generating a second lead that can be sold.
The 80, 000-seat stadium, which hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and the track and field competition at the 2012 London Games, will be downsized to 54, 000 seats and reconfigured with a new roof and retractable seats.
Writing down every dime that you spend on a latte, your favorite CD, or a much-needed manicure won't necessarily prevent you from falling into financial ruin, especially since most of the biggest financial headaches are those really big expenses like putting a new roof on your house.
That proof of residence is a critical document, and for many the only form of identification: Besides serving as proof of nationality and getting you a new roof over your head, it can help you get discounted provisions at government-run stores, a phone and utility hookup and a voter registration card.
Facebook and Instagram will be able to get a bit cozier under that new shared roof beginning early next year.
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The development is the latest Millennium Commission-funded project to be surrounded in controversy, following the financial woes of the Dome and the structural problems of the Millennium Bridge, which was designed by Lord Foster, the architect of the British Museum's new glass roof.
The new Centre Court roof will open in less than 10 minutes and will be see-through to allow natural light to reach the grass.
The house has brand-new flooring, roof, lighting, countertops and landscaping.
"It really makes a big difference when the kids walk into a building that looks like it's well taken care of, " says Ann Shorey, principal of the Louisa May Alcott Elementary School, where a new playground, roof and windows have been put in.
They updated the plumbing and electrical wiring and installed a new red-slate roof.
The new place has three roof decks, an outdoor-but-winterized pool, multiple bars and DJ-ready lounges, and a Lacoste retail store on the ground floor.
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If you've ever wondered who has the most splendid roof in New York (though I realize that's a subjective judgment), the most lushly planted, the prettiest pool, etc.
The new model, called the Lofthouse, resembles a classic New England home, pitched roof and all.
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Blank, 70, is trying to rectify that by building a new stadium with a retractable roof.
Work to install dozens of solar panels on the roof of the new Bristol and Bath Science Park has begun in Bristol.
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The president spent 35 minutes looking out the window as the aircraft passed over Louisiana and Mississippi and saw the damaged roof of the New Orleans Superdome and the city's flooded neighborhoods.
By 2011, the Red Sox completed a 10-year renovation plan for Fenway Park that included added seats to the Green Monster and right field roof, three new scoreboards beyond right-center field, and updated suites and luxury boxes.
This week Inhabitat shined a light on the future of high-tech architecture as we brought you 20 stunning sun-powered homes that are getting ready to battle it out in this year's Solar Decathlon - including Team New York's prefab Roof Pod, Canada's TRTL solar shell house, and China's Y Container home.
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Valuations for hot new companies is going through the roof, as VCs battle it out for the best deals.
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Perhaps my favorite image in that chapter, rather too solemnly titled "Collective Use, " concerns the crowded roof of the Standard New York hotel in the meatpacking district.
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