Sentences with phrase «other infrastructure built»

An 8.8 - magnitude quake that struck Chile a little over a month later was stronger but ultimately did less damage because that country had buildings and other infrastructure built to withstand the temblors that frequently strike the seismically active country.

As the seams smoulder away, the ground above them becomes prone to collapse — taking with them any houses, roads or other infrastructure built on the surface.

Not exact matches

«We're helping [companies] use Ontario's academic and clinical infrastructure to build an incredible dossier or package of evidence that they can now use to walk into any other major player,» says Khayat.

«The other is to tap the capital markets to build and invest in infrastructure.»

IBM's decision to build out public and private clouds for infrastructure and application development won plaudits, but the researchers found that SoftLayer, which IBM (IBM) bought for $ 2 billion two years ago, has little to distinguish itself from competitors other than its mix of virtualized and non-virtualized bare - metal capabilities and broad geographic coverage.

Many of these nonbank institutions have financed risky infrastructure operations, like copper and coal mines or other poorly constructed buildings, by using a variety of unusual financial instruments, said Louis Lau, director of Brandes Investment Partners» investments group.

The accuracy is important if drones are to be able to send signals to and from each other, which would result in less Internet infrastructure needed to be built on the ground.

Atlanta stands out from other startup cities because its established companies and startup infrastructure focus on building businesses that bring in real revenue.

Developing the mine would have required building roads, buildings, and other infrastructure and excavating about 5 million tons of ore - bearing rock.

There are the obvious ways: building and constantly improving the infrastructure necessary to predict hurricanes and other extreme weather, collecting images of disasters to guide emergency response workers, and tracking sea level changes around the world that affect coastlines and the Navy.

Many cleantech entrepreneurs are building physical infrastructure products, while many others are focused on creating value and services with data and predictive analytics — and today more and more of them are doing both.

Because they're not directly responsible for building and maintaining mines and other costly infrastructure, huge operating expenses can be avoided.

Going forward, our early achievement in building a reporting infrastructure will make it possible for the partners to continue to track and measure their spend with women - owned businesses and other underutilized groups of suppliers.

They can only be made consistent if Washington also unleashes an infrastructure building program, a policy initiative consistent with either of the other two, on a truly heroic scale — which, as an aside, I suspect would be a smart strategy under any circumstances as American infrastructure needs are so great that the consequent productivity increases would fully service the associated debt long before they stopped adding value to the economy.

Since royalty companies avoid the costly rigmaroles gold miners must deal with on a regular basis — securing permits and building infrastructure, among others — they often receive a healthy return on their investments.

Weakening currencies will make it harder for Nigeria — and many other African governments — to repay China for loans used to build large infrastructure projects.

Instead of creating those brands itself, b8ta figured it would be more scalable to open up its store building and infrastructure processes to other entrepreneurs looking to open their own stores.

Tax cuts always effect assets prices, regulations are estimated to account for up to 35 % of building new construction costs for homes in some locations and though federal deregulation may not impact local regulations as much it does have a multiplier effect on the economy just like a tax cut does and anticipation of an infrastructure plan the scale of this administration's, though it hasn't been passed, would also have an anticipatory effect on leading indicators like stocks and other commodities that raise costs, which we have already seen.

McCabe, on the other hand, spent his time building a community and infrastructure for his product.

Much of the current strength in construction activity is coming from engineering construction — infrastructure, mines and so on — while non-residential building activity is quite broadly based across office, hotel, retailing and other developments.

The pillars of American infrastructure are made of steel, from office buildings to bridges; so are the cranes, excavators, and other machines that build those things.

Aren't you discounting the work of missionaries who left family and forsook more lucrative futures, traveled to distant continents, braved hostile societies, climates and disease to build churches, schools, hospitals and other infrastructure, all while sharing the Gospel?

I don't see Iran or the other Arab nations that seem to hate Israel so much sending over construction foreman, engineers, and communications experts to help build an infrastructure for the Palestinians.

While Wenger has overseen a substantial change in Arsenal's philosophy and played a major role in their move from Highbury to the Emirates Stadium, Dyche has also had a hand in how Burnley have built the foundations for future success of the pitch, with the # 10.6 million Gawthorpe training ground redevelopment progressing well and other improvements made to the infrastructure of the club, often at Dyche's behest, paid for by the Premier League cash he has played such a huge role in securing.

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They are calling on Ghanaians to vote massively for president John Dramani Mahama to continue building more schools and other developmental infrastructure to move the nation forward.

As a result, New York taxpayers won't get maximum value for their construction dollars, and thousands of non-union workers will be unfairly shut out of the competition for government contracts to build, overhaul and expand bridges, highways and other critical infrastructure.

«In every election, our party works with the Republican National Committee, campaigns and other allies to build the infrastructure that our candidates need on the ground,» said Pat Mullins, chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia.

«From building bridges to revitalizing our subway and rail systems, we have invested more in our infrastructure than any other administration, and now we must take t...

That would build better roads, more schools, and other infrastructure, physical and social.

They made them believe they were going to invest the money in building infrastructure in the form of railways and other stuff but after getting the money, they failed to do that and gave them out to individuals to enjoy.

Suppose, China invests money in Ethiopia to build, modernize, and upgrade their roads, hiways, railways, and other public infrastructures.

Currently Mr. Drummond is looking for campaign staff, which currently consists of his wife and son with occasional support of other Reform Party members, and building infrastructure necessary to win a political campaign.

He also highlighted resiliency measures like over $ 400 million to build armored levees and other protective infrastructure around Staten Island's East Shore to reduce future risk.

The hope is that we can begin to build a new infrastructure to bring together campaigners and activists so that they can learn from each other.

He began with the implementation of the Progressively Free SHS, implemented the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), built Community Day Senior High Schools - the largest addition to our school stock since independence, expanded infrastructure in hundreds of existing Senior High Schools among other interventions.

Other budget recommendations include $ 6 million for city - wide infrastructure reconstruction, $ 2.5 million for the demolition of city buildings and structures, $ 802,500 to improve the Genesee Gateway, more than $ 1 million for improvements near the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, and $ 1.2 million for the Niagara Street Gateway project.

Among her other previous roles, she was the Director of Operations at the Working Families Party, where she built organizational infrastructure and supervised the administrative department.

Other outstanding budget issues include the amount and type of public school aid, as well as a slew of proposals to build infrastructure that Cuomo is touting.

The committee oversees construction issues of major facilities across Erie County; as well as issues concerning the Erie County Industrial Development Agency and Industrial Land Development Corporation; acts upon the repair and maintenance of county roads and bridges, general county infrastructure repair on buildings and other physical plant facilities; and discusses ideas concerning economic development, job creation and workforce development.

«And I'm very proud that I've passed 13 bipartisan bills and I'm proud that they're focused on the middle class, on our infrastructure, on creating jobs, helping our farmers, and building this economy again from the center out, and doing it in a bipartisan way, cooperating, being civil, being thoughtful about good ideas that might come from the other side.

Tim Donnelly told reporters Wednesday that the state should ask voters to use high - speed rail funds to build dams and other water infrastructure.

The New York City Housing Authority «is moving forward» to use $ 500,000 from the city to install 15 cameras in the lobby of each building in the complex and create new infrastructure to allow for more cameras in the future, among other upgrades, a housing spokeswoman said.

Critics have warned that stripping money from a fund intended for infrastructure improvements like sewer repairs and river clean - up to build a bridge could set a national precedent if it is copied by lawmakers in other states.

That is the discussion that we are holding now, to see how we can use the proceeds from lean gas and from other gas sources to finance any infrastructure that is built and not put the load for such infrastructure on the tax payer and increase public debt,» Mr. Terkper noted.

When Fayemi was there in Ekiti doing everything, building schools and others, he provided a lot of social infrastructure.

It would halt the building of any new infrastructure for natural gas or other fossil fuels.

So although there are many infrastructure projects in other parts of the country, the stimulus from house building would mostly effect the south east, which is not where it is mostly needed.

The researcher team agreed that including extreme sea levels into coastal impact studies is imperative in helping vulnerable parts of the world effectively protect themselves by adapting through new or upgraded infrastructure such as dikes, pumping systems, barriers, or other tools like new building codes or flood zoning that prevents new infrastructure from being built in high - risk areas.

Infrastructure investments in new train tracks or fast - lane bicycle paths, for example, might not only reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, but also decrease costs in other areas, because less roads and parking lots have to be built.