Yearly Archives: 2013

New York, NY - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Global Green USA (www.globalgreen.org), a national environmental organization, held its 13th annual Sustainable Design Awards last night at Three Sixty in New York City. Established in 1999 to recognize specific advancements in industry, building, media, organizations, and public policy, the Sustainable Design Awards honor those who are “tearing down the walls” that stand in the way of a sustainable and secure world through their innovative design. This year the organization honored Eve Ensler, William Rudin, and Greif for groundbreaking work in sustainability.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) on January 18 announced that it has designated 192,100 acres of public land across Arizona as potentially suitable for utility-scale solar and wind energy development. The publication of the Record of Decision for this initiative, known as the Restoration Design Energy Project, caps a three-year, statewide environmental analysis of disturbed land and other areas that could accommodate commercial renewable energy projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- AGC’s BIM Education Program is designed to educate construction professionals at all experience levels in BIM concepts and processes. The full program consists of four courses, which are intended to give participants a broad understanding of the new processes required in BIM. It is our pleasure to release the 2nd edition of Unit 1: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling, with additions that have made the course more robust, as requested by participants, instructors and sponsors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Join guest speakers, Brian Lightner, Process Improvement Manager at J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. and Mark Federle, Ph.D., The McShane Chair in Construction Engineering and Management at Marquette University, in the upcoming AGC webinar where the speakers will introduce participants to the application of lean thinking and film study techniques to construction operations. By participating in this 90 minute webinar, you will learn that opportunities for breakthrough performance and risk management are greater than what you may initially observe

Crownsville, MD - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- With wars winding down in faraway Military Focus Group 1.29places such as Afghanistan and Iraq, Maryland must find new and innovative ways to meet the complex housing needs of returning service p...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New residential construction in Connecticut was the strongest in four years in 2012, as demand for new housing units appeared to gain momentum, according to a report today.

ARLINGTON, VA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The number of people served in Arlington homeless shelters rose 6% in 2012, but the average length of time a person stayed in shelter decreased 28%. The biggest improvement was in housing homeless ...

Washington, DC - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Kay Hagan today announced that the Wade Community Fire Department will receive a low-interest loan for the purchase of a new fire truck through the United States Department of Agricul...

EATONTOWN, NJ - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- One of the world’s fastest growing data storage companies is staying in New Jersey and moving to the Fort. The State today reached a significant milestone in the redevelopment of the former mili...

BEDFORD, N.H. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Hampshire Housing’s Board of Directors recently approved a $750,000 loan so a residential building in Concord can be renovated to provide housing for people with disabilities.

BEDFORD, N.H. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Hampshire Housing’s Board of Directors recently approved $1.5 million in federal funding from the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for Woodbury Mills, a project that plans to renovate a h...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Seeking a solution to power outages caused by flooded electrical substations, Assembly Republicans Dave Rible and Caroline Casagrande have introduced a plan to require utilities to flood-proof...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assemblyman Sean T. Kean (R-Monmouth and Ocean) introduced legislation yesterday that requires electric public utilities to implement flood mitigation plans for certain substations and prohibits...

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Yesterday, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA), a Member of the House Armed Services Committee, inspected the damage at Beale Air Force Base’s 9th Civil Engineer Squadron buil...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Falk to its Affordable Housing Advisory Council (A...

ATLANTA - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U. S. Small Business Administration has extended the deadline for Hurricane Sandy survivors in New York to return their low-interest loan applications for physical damage to Feb. 27, 2013. Also, SBA...

L?HU‘E, HI WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Mayor Bernard Carvalho, Jr. today announced the appointment of Steven A. Hunt as the county’s new director of finance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- I come to the floor of the Senate today to speak about one of my favorite topics—transparency. It’s no secret that I’ve worked to bring greater transparency and accountability to all par...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Sign up now for the Economic Outlook program with Elliot Eisenberg, January 31, 12:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Hear a nationally recognized economist discuss the impact of proposed regulations, tax po...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) today announced that two projects in Maine will receive $1.3 million in national coastal wetland conservation grants from the U.S...