Campaign group A Human Right, which is supported by the UN, has called on the Department for International Development to contribute a substantial amount to the engineering costs of connecting the island to the South Atlantic Express, a new superfast fibre optic cable being laid by South African firm eFive.
They were a tiny group of civil servants, far more fascinated by the precise details (weights, measures, sizes, costs) of the engineering feat they were attempting than the human courage that the project required.
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If all goes as planned, GM (nyse: GM - news - people ) hopes the coordinated global strategy will shave 30% to 50% off its engineering costs, which account for up to half of the costs of developing a new vehicle, according to James Queen , GM's engineering chief.
If all goes as planned, GM hopes that the coordinated global strategy will shave 30% to 50% off its engineering costs, which account for as much as half of the costs of developing a new vehicle, according to James Queen, GM's engineering head.
This approach, which has been repeatedly condemned by the scientific community, has discouraged the development of new pest-resistant crops, encouraged greater use of synthetic chemical pesticides, and limited the use of the newest genetic engineering technology mainly to larger developers who can pay the inflated regulatory costs.
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Factoring in the long life of the bulbs, the hotel made the upfront costs of switching to LEDs work, said Harry Hobbs, the hotel's director of engineering.
Airbus officials have said they might fit 7E7 engines on the A330, cutting the operating advantage, though questions have arisen over related engineering costs.
This saves plant engineering costs and helps each new plant learn from the mistakes of the plant before it.
Now, as it restores spending on engineering, its overhead costs will rise, but the new products are still a couple of years off.
Panelists argued that indirect costs in the form of lost focus by executives and critical engineering resources is much higher.
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Many colleagues in the industry have recognised that we face an exacting double challenge: to make good the huge investment backlog while restraining costs and building a company dedicated to engineering excellence.
The future impact this could have on life spans, health and health care costs as more and more people are able to ride and get the benefits of exercise from improved bicycle engineering, can have a powerful affect on many industries and socio-economic classes.
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