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July 4, 2012
Vancouver architect appointed to the UN
B+H BuntingCoady president and founder Teresa Coady has been elected to the advisory board of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Sustainable Buildings and Climate Initiative.
Coady was elected at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil.
The initiative is a partnership of public and private stakeholders promoting sustainable building policies and practices.
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These projects have been selected from 544 projects with a total value of $1,665,691,502 that Reed Construction Data Building Reports reported on Tuesday.
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| ALEX’S ECONOMICS BLOG |

Reed Construction Data Canada’s Chief Economist Alex Carrick discusses current developments in the North American economic environment with emphasis on the construction industry.
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