Posts Tagged ‘Engineering’

Rogoff Sees Beginning of China Property `Collapse’: Video

July 6, 2010 - 12:36 am 2 Comments

July 6 (Bloomberg) — Kenneth Rogoff, professor at Harvard University and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, talks with Bloomberg’s Susan Li about China’s real estate market and economy.
Rogoff, speaking in Hong Kong, also discusses the outlook for European banks, the global economy and stimulus policies. (Source: Bloomberg)

Duration : 0:7:27

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Florance Says Commercial Defaults May Rise in 2012: Video

April 7, 2010 - 8:12 pm No Comments

April 7 (Bloomberg) — Andrew Florance, president and chief executive officer of CoStar Group Inc., talks with Bloombergs Mark Crumpton and Julie Hyman about the outlook for the U.S. commercial real estate market.
The CoStar Repeat Sales Index is a quarterly report on commercial real estate values. Florance also discusses vacancy rates. (Source: Bloomberg)

Duration : 0:4:16

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Construction industry trends — conference speaker

March 24, 2010 - 3:18 am 4 Comments

http://www.globalchange.com Lifetime use of carbon in buildings. Polymer concrete reduction in carbon use. Real estate development. Energy saving and construction of commercial offices, property development, factories and residential buildings. Commodity inflation. New materials, e-concrete and concrete polymers. Building techniques, architects, surveyors, planning approval and government regulartions. Life expectancy of commercial buildings. Building techniques and intelligent buildings. Retro-fitting of commercial buildings. Built-in redundancy in construction industry. Patrick Dixon, conference keynote speaker and futurist.

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