Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the …

SPEECH/12/331 Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Empowerment, innovation and efficiency for the health sector eHealth Week Opening Plenary Copenhagen, 7 May 2012 Ladies and gentlemen, Today I want to remind you how new eHealth solutions can transform our world.

Quakes commission turns to new building techniques

Published: 4:30PM Monday March 12, 2012 Source: ONE News A central Christchurch street after the February quake – Source: ONE News Related Scientists have been discussing future building technologies in a change of focus for the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission today.

Better Homes for Britain: Call for Evidence

January 20, 2012  |  Levent OZLERThe Future Homes Commission, chaired by British business leader Sir John Banham, is conducting a major national inquiry into the quality and delivery of newly built housing, and has this day announced a call for evidence, asking the public, housebuilding industry, architects, academia and policy makers to submit their views on the future of housing in Britain.

Amended Clark Hall plans approved

The Gahanna Planning Commission has approved an amended certificate of appropriateness for Clark Hall that includes two future building sites poised for retail and restaurants. The original site plan showed a phased project with a substantial portion of the old Kroger slab in place, stated Gerry Bird, principal of Bird Houk.

Thousands Of Homes Fail To Provide The Space Families Need

15/09/2011Business leader Sir John Banham is to lead a major new inquiry into British homes as the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) launches HomeWise campaign. The average new three bedroom home currently being built by the UK’s top house builders is around 8% smaller than the basic recommended minimum size, leaving thousands of people across the country short-changed.

Make buildings bounce

LOIS CAIRNS Engineers say cost-effective technology exists to combat earthquake damage and it should be used in all future building projects. As a Royal Commission of Inquiry continues its probe into why so many Christchurch buildings collapsed during February’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake, the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering is calling on the building industry to make more use of technology.

Make buildings bounce, say engineeers

LOIS CAIRNS Engineers say cost-effective technology exists to combat earthquake damage and it should be used in all future building projects. As a Royal Commission of Inquiry continues its probe into why so many Christchurch buildings collapsed during February’s magnitude 6.3 earthquake, the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering is calling on the building industry to make more use of technology.

Future building projects to be funded by EU-backed bonds

Future building projects to be funded by EU-backed bonds By Sarah Collins | Friday 01 July 2011 The EU intends to court private investors in a bid to fund essential energy, transport and broadband projects by underwriting a major part of their investment. In its proposals on the post-2013 financial framework, unveiled on 30 June, the European Commission revived the project bond idea, first mooted by Commission President José Manuel Barroso in September 2010, which would see the EU budget ...

Univest Corporation Declares Second Quarter Dividend

SOURCE: Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania SOUDERTON, PA–(Marketwire – May 25, 2011) – Univest Corporation of Pennsylvania (NASDAQ: UVSP), a full service financial institution with 135 years of experience in delivering financial solutions including personal and business banking, on-line banking, residential mortgages, insurance products, investments and wealth advisory solutions, declared this day a $.20 per share quarterly cash dividend to be paid on July 1, 2011 to shareholders of record as of June 9, 2011.

ENCINITAS: Art company seeks city money for mosaic testing

A Los Angeles art conservation company is seeking almost $2,000from the city of Encinitas to cover the cost of testing ways toremove a surfing Madonna mosaic that mysteriously appeared alongEncinitas Boulevard in late April. “The person (or persons) responsible for installing this muraldid so in such a way to where removal was not considered orinvited,” the report states.