Sentences with phrase «lower labor and materials»

Many cities with the highest rates of recovery were smaller — Jackson, Miss., and Billings, Mont., for example — which may point to lower labor and materials costs that are easier to recoup.

Not exact matches

The fees are one of many factors driving up the cost of buying or renting a home, including income inequality, restrictive zoning, low construction productivity, a historic slowdown in housing production, and high prices for land, materials, and labor.

Builders say they can't lower prices much or build cheaper starter homes because of the high costs of land, labor and materials.

The nonprofit received a lot of help from corporations such as construction company Hayner Hoyt, who engaged subcontractors to provide free to low cost labor and materials.

E Ink financial executive Lloyd Chen attributed the upswing in gross margin to a combination of factors: better product portfolio, higher yield rates, lower raw material costs and an improvement in labor and manufacturing costs.

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If this is the case, finding ways to lower the cost of materials and labor can help get the most value out of the effort.

Using low - tech (but labor - intensive) methods and material, sculptor Tristin Lowe (American, b. 1966) has created a moon to fill the Museum's lower Farago Gallery by covering an inflatable sphere, twelve - and - a-half feet in diameter, in white felt.

2016 «Construction Site,» McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY 2016 «Low Entropy,» 245 Varet St., Brooklyn NY * 2016 «Constructing Ornament,» solo show, Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY 2014 «Fluid,» Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Arts Center, Staten Island, NY * 2013 «Material Handling,» Solo show, Robert Henry Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY 2011 «Parts and Labor,» Abrons Art Center, New York, NY * 2011 Solo Show, RHV Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY 2008 «Infrastructure,» Vertexlist, Brooklyn, NY 2008 «Neo-Constructivism,» Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 2008 «Trellis,» Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ 2007 «Workspace Program 2001 - 2007,» Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY 2007 «The Building Show,» Exit Art, New York, NY 2005 Socrates Sculpture Park, EAFO5, Long Island City, NY 2005 Project Diversity, Rongio Gallery and Tastes Like Chicken Artspace, Brooklyn, NY 2005 «Subversion,» PS122, New York, NY 2004 «Artists in the Marketplace,» Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY 2003 «Formed to Function?»

Cement Trust wants to provide tools to Charities to help them overcome the low quality of materials and low skills of local labor (the poor concrete supply chain)....

State made several flawed assumptions in its environmental review, including 1) an unrealistically low cost for transporting tar sands by rail from Alberta to Texas, 2) an inaccurate estimate of tar sands production costs and 3) an unrealistic assumption that tar sands production costs will not increase with rising labor, material and energy prices.

Led continuous improvement projects to optimize material and labor costs, lowering material costs by ~ $ 120K annually and reducing labor costs by ~ $ 25K per year.

Life - cycle costs are the lowest of any materials, and these roofs can be warranted for 20 years (including materials and labor),» according to General Manager Jim Robinson.

«Life - cycle costs are the lowest of any materials, and these roofs can be warranted for 20 years (including materials and labor).»

Habitat uses non-government donations of funding, materials, professional services and volunteer labor to build simple, decent homes which are sold to qualified low - income families for a 1 % down payment, closing costs, and a zero - equivalent interest mortgage.

One is low supply, but rising building costs for lots, materials and labor will also boost new home sales prices.

«Meanwhile, the very low supply of new homes on the market is indicative of the difficulty that builders are having in keeping up with demand due to availability issues with regard to materials, credit, labor and lots for development.

Volume building makes it possible for the builder to purchase materials and contract for labor at a much lower rate than conventional home building methods.