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This will drop world commodity demand below the early …  </td></tr> </table> <div class="post-more"><span class="post-more-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/jim-haughey/" class="clist">Read Full Blog</a></span></div> </div> <div class="blog-box"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="80"><img src="/web/20080828224904im_/http://reedconstructiondata.com/img/alex-carrick-small.jpg" width="80" height="85"/></td> <td valign="top" width="275"><h3 class="blog"> Notes from Alex Carrick<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/alex-carrick/rss/"><img border="0" align="absmiddle" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904im_/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/img/rss_trans.gif"></a></h3> <div class="blog-date">Posted August 28, 2008</div> <div class="blog-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/alex-carrick/post/industrial-construction-is-resource-related/" class="clist">Industrial Construction is Resource-related</a></div> </td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" width="355"> <div class="blog-text"><p>The sectors of the economy that industrial construction depends on are currently under siege in Canada. <b>There are three primary …  </td></tr> </table> <div class="post-more"><span class="post-more-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/alex-carrick/" class="clist">Read Full Blog</a></span></div> </div> <div class="commblog-box"> <h3 class="blue">Market Insights Community Blog</h3> <div class="commblog-post"> <div class="post-entry"> <img width="68" style="float:left;margin-right:6px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904im_/http://216.250.166.78/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_240.gif" alt="Samantha Vartiamaki's avatar"/> <div class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/blog/2008/06/greenwashing-know-what-to-look-for/">Greenwashing: Know what to look for.</a></div> <div class="post-date">Posted Jun 26, 2008 </div> <div class="post-author">by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/member/240/">Samantha Vartiamaki</a>, Reed Construction Data</div> </div> <div class="post-abstract"> Greenwashing is a new term being used to describe the false claim that a product is green. For a product to truly be green, it … </div> </div>  <div class="commblog-post"> <div class="post-entry"> <img width="68" style="float:left;margin-right:6px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904im_/http://216.250.166.78/images/avatars/uploads/avatar_1746.jpg" alt="Joe Macaluso's avatar"/> <div class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/blog/2008/06/factors-affecting-costs/">Factors Affecting Costs</a></div> <div class="post-date">Posted Jun 17, 2008 </div> <div class="post-author">by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080828224904/http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/member/1746/">Joe Macaluso</a>, </div> </div> <div class="post-abstract"> Check the "Factors Affecting Costs" section of Means cost data books. It provides a good checklist for overlooked items affecting costs. Most are project specific, … </div> </div>