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ABCS OF VIDEOCONFERENCE ROOMS The technology of videoconferencing — two or more people at different locations communicating through video and audio — places new demands on traditional conference rooms. Each meeting location becomes, in effect, a broadcast studio, so once-simple conference rooms have become more complicated to design.
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IMPROVING TRADITIONAL BRICK An analysis of major earthquakes over the last 50 years reveals the preponderance of structural damage, building collapse, and fatalities to have occurred in the residential sector. This highlights a serious problem in the rural districts of Central Asia, where more than 65 percent of residential construction uses clay-based materials and methods.
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More Building and Construction Panic Boom? — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0402Construction Spending Jumps in Feb. — BDC, 2002.0401 Kitchen Confidential — Metropolis, 2002.04 Edition Two Ways of 'Modernizing' Handsome Old Libraries — Boston Globe, 2002.0331 Designer Builds a Case for Light — Miami Herald, 2002.0331 Job Monitor Architects Are an Important Block in Building Community — Los Angeles Times, 2002.0331 Edition Single-Story Houses Make a Comeback — Chicago Tribune, 2002.0331 Breaking Down Washington's Glass Wall — Washington Post, 2002.0330 Anatomy of the House — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0328 For Raising Skyscrapers, Bamboo Does Nicely — New York Times, 2002.0327 New-home Sales Rise 5.3% in February — AP at USA Today, 2002.0327 Steel Frame Makes Way into Residences — China Daily, 2002.0326 Large German Construction Company to Get Banks' Help — AP at Nando Times, 2002.0326 Billions in Federal Pipeline for Strengthened Security — ENR, 2002.0325 As Housing Goes, So Goes the Economy — National Association of Home Builders, 2002.0322 There's No Place Like Yurt — Wired News, 2002.0322 Europe Presses U.S. on Steel Tariffs — New York Times, 2002.0320 Housing Market Index Rises Two Points in March — BuildingOnline, 2002.0319 Anger at Parliament Building 'Scandal' — Guardian Unlimited, 2002.0318 Construction Cycles Are Alive and Well — AIArchitect, 2002.0315 Edition Governor Pataki Announces New York Has Adopted the I-Codes — International Conference of Building Officials press release, 2002.0306
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