Even if the healing agent adds 50% to the concrete cost, this makes up just 1-2% of the total construction cost.
Building them was a major headache at the time, and utilities and ratepayers paid dearly to cover construction cost overruns throughout the 1970s and 1980s.
The savings are arrestingly simple: Redesigning a standard pumping loop in one factory saved 92% of the pumping power--with lower construction cost and better performance.
This falls short of a government guarantee for its borrowings, but it does include paying for land acquisition (a fifth of the total construction cost).
Long known to stand above a geological fault, the stadium was declared unsafe in a seismic review, said Barbour, who added that about 70% of the project's construction cost comes from safety upgrades.
According to CEO Jamie Sokalsky, the increase in total construction cost at Pascua Lama can be split approximately equally between the impact of the delay of first gold production to the second half of 2014, increased labor hours and installation rates.
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Average rent for a two-bed flat in an older building costs around 5, 000 Danish kroner per month, while those in new construction can cost double that.
That is far below what most project-financiers would expect for assuming the risks of corporate bankruptcy, construction delays and cost overruns.
Mr. Katayama went on to discuss a new Japanese LCD plant which is under construction and will cost 380 billion, due to be ready for production in 2010.
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Ms. Yasmeen Lari presented Heritage Foundation s low-cost construction model.
Such low yields, in turn, do not normally justify the cost of construction.
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This seemed to happen in Florida early and I remember Brickell condos selling in early 2011 for well above the cost of construction.
Within a few years his little chips may help change everything from the cost of construction to how we fight forest fires--even the way we communicate.
After fourteen years of planning and construction, at a cost of a hundred and thirty-five million dollars, the gallery occupies one connected space in three buildings.
The arena itself is small, but included in the final cost of construction was Pennsylvania Station (beneath the arena), one of North America's busiest transportation hubs.
One single QBotix robot can manage 300 kilowatts worth of panels, reducing components, maintenance and cost but it also gives the solar farms another benefit, reduces the cost of construction.
Over the last two years, the government has raised downpayment and mortgage requirements, imposed a property tax for the first time in Shanghai and Chongqing, increased construction of low-cost housing and enacted home-purchase restrictions in about 40 cities.
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Cost overruns and construction delays sent utilities into bankruptcy, led to the cancelation of 63 planned reactors and set back governments and ratepayers billions of dollars.
For example, in Ohio arcane and extremely inefficient rules (insisted upon by labor unions) have raised the cost of public construction well above that of private sector counterparts.
In an open letter of advice to Gov. Cuomo's newly appointed executive director, Patrick Foye, Mr. Marlin urged Mr. Foye to reject Port Authority bureaucrats' cost estimates and construction timetables on new projects.
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Fluxman is cagey about cost breakdowns but allows that Steiner cedes 50% of its shipboard revenue to the host cruise line, which shares marketing expenses and absorbs the entire cost of spa construction, which can be considerable.
Integrating solar and solid-state lighting into homes during construction will also reduce the overall cost.
Mr. Fleming, Anguilla's chief minister, denied in an interview that government construction guidelines had led to the cost overruns.
The clean-up process might be hindered by pro-union rules such as the Davis-Bacon Act, which increases the cost of federally funded construction projects.
Meanwhile, Corinthians and Odebrecht are financing construction via bridge loans, which cost much more, especially considering the relatively high interest rates in Brazil.
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Will it allow for some mid-sized and smaller construction companies to go bankrupt at the cost of losing jobs?
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Not only will Transocean try to keep cash levels high to deal with any other Macondo-related liabilities, it will also be shouldering the cost of an expensive rig construction program.
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Thus, delaying carrier construction would allow some near-term cost avoidance, but over the longer term the service would end up paying more for each carrier and other combat systems such as the Virginia-class attack submarine.
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