BIG JOBS HELP KEEP BUILDERS IN BUSINESS.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Building permits issued for new single--family homes throughout Lane County took a nosedive in 2007, dropping by 33 percent compared to the year before. However, thanks to some huge institutional construction projects - notably the University of Oregon's new education...

Differentiated Cinema.
'Does the museum fail?' was the question at the heart of the Kinomuseum project. The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen posed the question through a series of specially curated programmes reflecting on the ability of institutions to represent culture. To discuss failure is to emphasise what museums tend to...

No Dampening $25 Billion Cement and Readymix Concrete Market!
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a slowdown in the housing construction market, the market supply for cement and readymix concrete is expected to accelerate to meet demands in other end-use sectors, taking the market valued at approximately $25 billion in 2005 to $30 billion in 2010. ...

Williams Industries, Inc. (WMSI) Announces Major Project Awards For Steel Fabrication and School Construction.
MANASSAS, Va., July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: WMSI) today announced that several of its subsidiaries recently have been awarded new contracts totaling approximately $10 million for the fabrication of bridge girders and the erection of structural steel for educational facilities. This brings the company's...

Marxian economic theory and an ontology of socialism: a Japanese intervention.
Introduction The unceremonious crumbling of the soviet style experiments with socialism has left the profession of Marxist studies under enormous pressure to seek a new orientation. Instead of summarily rejecting all utopian blueprints as before, Marxists are now called upon to come forward with a more concrete...

Williams Industries, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Results.
FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: WMSI) today announced results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2001, which ended January 31, 2001. The company reported earnings of $74,000 or $0.02 per share on revenues of $11,103,000. For the corresponding quarter in the...

Williams Industries Completes Strategic Acquisition of Delaware Company.
FALLS CHURCH, Va., May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: WMSI) today announced the acquisition of an additional 28% interest in S.I.P., Inc. of Delaware, bringing its interest to more than 98%. The additional acquisition is in keeping with the company's long-range strategic and tax management...

Williams Industries, Inc. (WMSI) Announces New Analyst Coverage.
FALLS CHURCH, Va., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Williams Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: WMSI) today announced that Davenport & Company, LLC, a mid-Atlantic regional investment firm, is initiating coverage of the company with a "Buy" recommendation. Davenport also will be a market maker in the company's stock at the...

Lafarge dedicates cement plant. (CementTrends: news from the cement industry).
Lafarge North America dedicated a newly modernized cement plant in Calera, Ala. The Roberta plant is a state-of-the art facility where everything from the quarry to shipping is carefully monitored and controlled. A highly automated laboratory performs raw material, fuel and product sampling and testing 24 hours a day,...

Pinnacle Entertainment Taps Yates/Paric as Contractor for Casino.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-12 August 2008-Pinnacle Entertainment Taps Yates/Paric as Contractor for Casino(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Pinnacle Entertainment announced the selection of Yates/Paric as the general contractor for the company's River City casino project in the Lemay community of south St. Louis County, Missouri. Yates/Paric is...