Army blows up building
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The U.S. Army has tried hard for developing air beams with the idea of composing structures almost entirely of fabric elements that could be tightly folded into compact packages for storage and transportation and yet could be rapidly assembled. Advanced Fiber Innovation, using braiding technology, has manufactured straight length braided tubes from Spectra yarns for making Large Area Night Maintenance Shelter (LANMaS).
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2003
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When the chips are down, can 100-day arbitration cook on gas?
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Construction professionals find it difficult to answer when asked to choose between the dispute resolution procedures of arbitration and adjudication. Adjudication is too preemptory and arbitration too cumbersome and so the arbitration lobby has come up with proposals for a 100-day arbitration procedure allowing a realistic time limit.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2003
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