It makes very little sense for governments to have their own construction outfit.
Geanina and Madelin Nistor had spent years at school in Saragossa, because their father had run his own construction business there, and they wanted to go back.
In the 1970s Lamb and Casey's founder, Donald Lamberti, started hiring their own superintendents to look over the shoulders of the contractors building their stores and even bought the construction materials, a practice that continues today.
Observers in China are reporting they do not actually see much stimulus although industrial companies are going ahead with their own expansion plans in anticipation of government-directed construction.
Over time they have created their own hugely successful economy in Miami, with banks, construction companies and trading houses all doing business in Spanish on an international scale.
The MeXvi product allows families to live in their own land while at the same time providing them with construction materials as well as design and technical assistance to build a high-quality home.
So, you've celebrated the landing of yet another construction deal by giving the whole crew their own Motorola Defy (except for Derick, who's saddled with a lowly i365), but there's still one problem: on-the-job entertainment.
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To attract commercial contractors, some of whom resent tripping over weekend amateurs in the orange stores, Nardelli is keeping some recently acquired construction supply firms (like White Cap Construction) as stand-alones operating under their own brand names.
California was able to achieve this efficiency by establishing building codes that require energy efficiency in new construction, and by stimulating private companies to improve the efficiency of their own operations.
The study also looked at tax compliance in different industries, and found that people who own construction companies or real estate rental firms may be more likely to fudge their taxes than business owners in other fields.
After local governments decided to pursue LEED certification for their own buildings, there was an uptick in the number of local architects, general contractors, and other construction industry professionals who sought LEED accreditation.
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