Sentences with phrase «of building the sector»

A growing percentage of the building sector is convinced that the Passive House (aka Passivhaus) building methodology is the key to accomplishing ultra-low energy and affordability.

Key resources need to be internally deployed onto the effort of building the sector focus.

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And Gillam notes that he's mostly avoided chasing after large - scale public - sector or tendered projects, although the company is part of a consortium that's signed on to build a $ 90 - million central campus for Barrie, Ont.

Landscape architects are seeking to take advantage of a long - standing business model operating in the building sector to broaden their service offering and boost their bottom line.

WESTERN Australia's construction sector is warning of impending labour shortages amid indications of a revival in the home building market.

And he or she must be supported by a senior political leader who serves as a public sector catalyst to build coalitions of governments, workers and training and research institutions and help to pitch investment proposals to head office decision - makers.

Even if the big public - sector research projects succeed in sparking up a fusion fire first, the cost of actually building power plants would be prohibitive.

Interest sensitive sectors of the economy, like home building, will likely deteriorate.

Carmakers might be concerned with threats from Trump on where they build new plants, but the CEO of Nissan believes the sector will adapt.

Western Australian property industry bodies say the fourth consecutive month of building approval growth and a burgeoning first homebuyer market are promising signs for the future of the local sector.

According to Breaking Travel News, Giuseppe Bono, chief executive of Fincantieri, said, «These additional orders bring the total number of ships we have built for Carnival Corporation to 61 and confirm Fincantieri's world leadership in the cruise ship sector even at a time of slowing demand.»

«The skill set of starting my presidential campaigns — and building the kinds of teams that we did and marketing ideas — I think would be the same kinds of skills that I would enjoy exercising in the private sector... The conversations I have with Silicon Valley and with venture capital pull together my interests in science and organization in a way I find really satisfying.»

The Omani - based company leads many different initiatives in a variety of sectors, ranging from higher education to solar energy to core testing for oil and gas, and even trying to build a «smart city» which may enable citizens to pay utility bills automatically, amongst other things.

Since then, the entrepreneur has built eight billion - dollar companies in eight different sectors and accumulated a fortune of approximately $ 5 billion.

Flush with cash withdrawn from the equity in their homes and other borrowed money, Canadian consumers have gone on a spending spree with gains spread across a wide variety of retail sectors, including vehicles, building materials, home furnishings, clothing and food.

Brookfield Multiplex has taken the top spot on the HIA - Cordell top 100 list of companies operating in the engineering construction, non-residential building and apartment sectors.

She'd also provide greater protections for contract workers in the «gig» economy, while supporting the innovations of companies such as Airbnb and Uber, which have built that new sector.

The move is part of Amazon's slow build - out of its «Fresh» program, targeting one of the largest retail sectors yet to be upended by online commerce.

A few years later, Rae transformed Syntenic into CloudOps when he decided to focus on the emerging cloud computing sector, leveraging many of his contacts in San Diego and Silicon Valley to build a customer base for the new firm.

The civil engineers and project managers who do the infrastructure building are less skeptical about the role of the public sector than privatization advocates.

The commercial building sector is currently responsible for 5 per cent of Australia's total energy consumption and approximately 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions.

And pricing power becomes a concern when it's Amazon (or another platform company) that owns the customer relationship, as evidenced in the retail sector, where big brands have sought to build their own direct - to - consumer sales channels to offset the impact of Amazon's pricing power.

«The future of the company is to make sure that we diversify, go heavily into private sector work, and grow nationwide and internationally,» says the entrepreneur, who's been able to focus his talent for construction and engineering on building a thriving business.

For example, private sector infrastructure builders may not see the benefit of building roads and bridges that we need, instead preferring a project that may not be necessary but offers a greater profit.

The food strategy of the world's most populous country is built on a «history of innumerable famines,» as a government planning document for China's agricultural sector put it.

But as if to advertise its success and thumb an unwrinkled nose at the government, in early November Allergan announced plans to build a US$ 12 - billion research facility in New Jersey, a state with a big pharmaceutical sector hurt by the recession — and home to lots of rich housewives.

The third reason she noted was that there was a build - up of «potentially serious financial sector vulnerabilities» and that there had been a «troubling» increase in debt across many countries.

In 2010, the brothers moved Groupe Atwill - Morin's headquarters from its cramped, pricey space in Montreal's Griffintown to an industrial sector of the Plateau Mont - Royal, where they built a new office with rooms to train masons.

As it builds its retail sector, Pawngo will also earn the difference between acquisition and resale prices of the items it sells.

«When I was a partner at WME,» he says, «I'd already started establishing myself and building relationships in other sectors as though I were the CEO of a company.»

The market for apartments and condos: So far, the main engine of the housing recovery has been the so - called multi-family sector, apartment complexes and condo buildings usually owned by investors and inhabited by renters.

HOW TO BUILD A SMARTER CITY IoT Track hosted by Flex We assemble experts from energy, transportation, government, finance, and other sectors to discuss the challenges and successes of connecting our urban areas.

In comparison, the building blocks of Ontario's cleantech energy sector — wind, sunlight, flowing water, biological waste — are not subject to this same market volatility, making them a platform on which to build and grow a stable sector.

This session will bring together experts and executives at the forefront of China's push for greener and cleaner urbanization, with a focus on opportunities for global business in China's green building sector.

Regardless of the sunk costs, though, how much more growth can the sector really take when current prices are telling companies it would make more sense to shut in mines as opposed to build new ones?

MaRS has secured a strong pipeline of private sector tenants that will bring the building to over 90 % leased in the coming months.

The original auto pact helped build a strong and smart vehicle manufacturing sector in Canada, one that takes advantage of the massive market next door.

«We look forward to working with our Members and Metro Vancouver on building an integrated solid waste management plan that will continue to increase diversion from landfill, maximize recycling rates, and harnesses the competitive power of the private sector,» he added.

Ontario's inclusion of domestic content requirements in its Green Energy Act — since revised as a result of a successful World Trade Organization challenge — explicitly sought to not just deliver clean energy electrons, but to build up its renewable energy manufacturing sector.

The BTB works in conjunction with members of the private sector — including the Belize Hotel Association, Belize Tourism Industry Association and Belize National Tour Operators Association — and is dedicated to building tourism in the most economically and environmentally sustainable manner.

Working with a number of our Operating Partners, who bring specialist sector and online distribution expertise, we aim to develop BSO to become the leading online distributor of building supplies in the UK.

«While it may be surprising to some, Canada's mining sector could prove an important supplier of resources needed for the technologies that will help address climate change — while helping build Canada's clean economy.»

Airobotics, a startup building autonomous drones for the enterprise sector that do not require humans to get involved in any aspect of operating them, has picked up $ 32.5 million in funding to expand its business into defense and homeland security, and to expand its business globally.

In this environment, policymakers would do well to not only be cautious and forward - looking in managing the level and structure of public borrowing, but vigilant about detecting and defusing potential build - ups of vulnerabilities in the private sector as well (and, as our unfortunate experience shows, off - balance sheets as well as on).

As part of its commitment to a build a more diverse workplace and address a gender gap within key sectors of the financial services industry, Fidelity has launched its Summit for Young Women, a day - long event designed to open students» minds to the wide range of career opportunities that exist within financial services, years before they are ready to begin their professional lives.

Aneesh Reddy, CEO of Capillary Technologies, said, «Both Sequoia and Norwest have amazing track records in helping build significant companies â $ «particularly in the Big Data and analytics sectors.

For the former Richemont and Coach executive who had built a career in luxury retail, this was his first taste of the coworking sector.

By combining the expertise of its numerous partners in the creative arts, design and technology sectors with MaRS» business - building experience, JOLT provides the selected companies with business validation, streamlined market entry and a greater opportunity for success.

Our careful market analysis enables us to build diversified bond strategies that include a range of issuers, regions, sectors, and maturities as we seek to generate income while managing risk.

Therefore, we believe that building a more competitive and innovative passenger transportation sector is vital to the prosperity of both our region and province.