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REUSABILITY BY DESIGN The U.S. waste stream from demolition and construction amounts to about 150 million tons (136 million metric tons) annually. About 92 percent of this waste goes into landfills. In other industrialized nations, architects, the building sector, and regulators are doing more than in the United States to create a culture of building construction that reduces the future waste stream.
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NEW BACK ALLEYS The urban alley was once a ubiquitous part of the American landscape. Now many of these alleyways have fallen into disrepair or — along with the milkmen who frequented them — disappeared altogether. Over the past few years, however, this unique streetscape has staged something of a comeback.
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More Building and Construction Containers Could Hold Post-Katrina Lives — Mobile Register, 2005.0907In Europe, High-Tech Flood Control, With Nature's Help — New York Times, 2005.0906 Car-less in the Eye of Katrina — Planetizen, 2005.0906 Pilot Project Illuminates Buildings' Facades — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005.0904 Building Industry Squeezed by Katrina — Mercury News, 2005.0902 Tying Down the Roof — New York Times, 2005.0901 Unsustainable House Price Appreciation To Start Winding Down — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0901 WWF Applauds Potlatch Corporation for Responsible Forestry — World Wildlife Fund press release, 2005.0901 BBC Publishes OJEU Notices for Construction Projects — BBC News, 2005.0831 Sustainable Concrete Construction — Portland Cement Association press release, 2005.0830 New Football Arenas Push Bounds of Stadium Engineering — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2005.0829 Parliament Facing £12,000 Bill as Heat Takes Its Toll on Doors — Scotsman Online, 2005.0829 70,000 Homes? Not So Fast, Say Activist Groups — Orlando Sentinel, 2005.0828 Remodeling Market Remains Strong in Second Quarter — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0823 'Pre-Fabs" Answer Demand for Lower-Cost, Quickly Built Homes — Town Talk, 2005.0822 Man of Recycled Plastic Transforms an Industry — Yahoo News, 2005.0822 What's the Best Way to Address 'Supersized Homes'? — Washington Post, 2005.0820 Murayah Launches New Form of Wall Art: Marble Tile Murals — PR Web, 2005.0818 New-Home Construction Continues at Robust Pace in July — National Association of Home Builders, 2005.0816 Iraq Reconstruction Forges on Beneath the Clamor and Din — ENR, 2005.0815 Engineering Is Key to Silence at New Nanotechnology Lab — ENR, 2005.0815
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