Archives for the 'General' Category
Ahead of the Bell: Pulte Homes
Pulte Homes Inc. faces an uncertain future, analysts said Thursday, a day after the company said it swung to a second-quarter loss amid a struggling housing market.
After the bell Tuesday, Pulte reported a loss of $2.01 per share on $2.02 billion in revenue. Sales dropped 40 percent for the quarter, and the company took almost [...]
29 July 2007 | Business, Construction, General | Comments Off
Inbox Zero from 43 Folders
Merlin Mann, a productivity expert of the highest caliber, and founder of the 43 Folders website, has a wonderful approach to dealing with the onslaught of email. Most professionals nowadays are faced with more than 100 email messages each day. Obviously spam factors into that count, but how many of us don’t spend more than [...]
29 July 2007 | Business, General, Technology | Comments Off
Judge: Blood promise can’t be enforced
A Nietzsche-quoting judge said a promise penned in blood by a businessman was not an enforceable contract. Superior Court Judge Corey S. Cramin ruled Monday that Stephen Son could not be forced to repay Kim Jin-soo more than $140,000 that Kim provided to Son’s companies, not to Son himself.
Son punctured his finger and drafted the [...]
30 June 2007 | Business, General, Litigation | Comments Off
Stucco Is Stucco, Except When It Isn’t
It used to be that stucco was stucco. And by that I mean a Portland cement plaster finish material. But the word stucco has been used in a plethora of products and so stucco is not always stucco.
The word stucco is Latin with Germanic roots, whatever that means. The Italian use of the word actually [...]
24 June 2007 | Construction, Consulting, Experts, General | 3 Comments
Investigation Reveals Homebuilders Failed to Pay Taxes on Undocumented Workers
(PRWEB) June 20, 2007 — Americas Watchdog is one of Americas premier consumer groups. For over two years it has been conducting a nationwide investigation focused on homebuilders using a “coyote labor broker scheme” to avoid the payment of local, state or federal taxes. According to Americas Watchdog, “in the last six years we are [...]
22 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Experts, General, Litigation | Comments Off
Construction and Construction Defect Links
Over the last week or so there have been several links accumulating with lots of good information. Rather than post a bunch of individual entries, we’ve compiled a list below. Some of these are related to legal issues involving construction defects, some have to do with inspections, and all have something to do with construction. [...]
20 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, General, Inspections, Litigation | Comments Off
Materials Matter Celebrates 2nd Anniversary With Home Improvement Outlet Half-Off Blowout Sale
CORONA, CA–(Marketwire – June 19, 2007) – Materials Matter (www.materialsmatter.org), a multi-faceted nonprofit organization dedicated to helping other nonprofits gain access to low and no-cost building materials, invites the community to explore its home improvement treasure trove by celebrating another successful year at the “2nd Anniversary 50% Off Blowout Sale” on Saturday, July 14.
This annual [...]
20 June 2007 | Construction, General, Green Building | Comments Off
20 Tips for More Efficient Google Searches
For millions of people, Google is an indispensable search tool that they use every day, in all facets of their lives. From work or school, research, to looking up movies and celebrities to news and gossip, Google is the go-to search engine.
But instead of just typing in a phrase and wading through page after page [...]
8 June 2007 | Construction, Construction Defect, Construction and Law, Consulting, General, Technology | Comments Off
Popularity of Hidden Deck Fasteners Validated by Major U.S. Decking Material Manufacturers
SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwire – May 30, 2007) – The use of hidden deck fasteners in the deck building industry is rapidly gaining acceptance as many of the United States’ top decking material manufacturers begin offering their own custom fasteners. TimberTech, Fiber Composites and Procell Decking Systems have launched hidden deck fastener products for composite and [...]
3 June 2007 | Construction, General, Technology | Comments Off
How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen Hot Dogs
Okay, so maybe this is a little strange on not entirely practical, but it seems fun and interesting. Most lay people associate construction work with a lot of banging, cutting, lifting and other tasks mostly involving more braun than brain. But in actuality, there is a lot of math and science that goes into construction. [...]
1 June 2007 | Construction, Experts, General | Comments Off
