Insisting that the Government was on a bad legal footing and accusing the Holness administration of “selling out” the country as it sought to have China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) build the […]
Jamaica: ‘SELLOUT!’
Jamaica: Big plans for easier access into and out of Portmore via Mandela H’way
The Government has instructed the National Works Agency (NWA) to develop on a concept for easier access into and out of Portmore using the Mandela Highway. This is to involve a project […]
Jamaica: Gov’t to find US$134 million more for south coast highway project
The Government has been forced to cough up an additional US$133.9 million to cover the increased scope of the work on the ongoing Southern Coastal Highway Improvement Project. The highway, covering three […]
This company is 3D-printing houses in North America. Next stop? The moon1150
For those of us who still equate the word “printer” with a dusty inkjet contraption used to print your homework, the concept of printing a 4,000-square-foot house may be out of this […]
This inverted building saves energy because it’s 300 feet underground
A sprawling piece of land next to the Calumet River in southeast Chicago used to house the steel industry. But the area has been vacant since the steel plants in the area […]
This school teaches low-income students to renovate houses—and helps them become homeowners
When students graduate from a new kind of school in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 20 or 21, they could end up owning a house. The program, called Build UP (Urban Prosperity) […]
Bahamas: Contractors lavish kudos on financial services company for going all-Bahamian with $25M project
NASSAU, BAHAMAS — A Bahamian company building a new corporate office complex is being credited with being “the single biggest boost to Bahamian contractors in years” thanks to its policy of hiring […]
Old buildings are inefficient: This prefab kit makes it easy to retrofit them
Buildings have a giant carbon footprint: Generating the power needed to run lights, heat, and air conditioning is responsible for more global emissions than the entire transportation sector. New buildings perform better, […]
Suriname: Sabajo: “Government must inform DNA about donation construction school complex Marowijne”
NDP parliamentarian Claudie Sabajo is requesting the government to provide society and the National Assembly (DNA) with all relevant documentation about the construction of the secondary school complex in the Marowijne district. She […]
Jamaica: Gov’t provides $320 million to complete expansion of DPP offices
The Government has earmarked $320 million for the completion of renovation and construction works at Public Building West to facilitate the expansion of the Offices of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). […]
