Home Builder Developer - Interior Renovation and Design

Houston, TX (PRWEB) January 01, 2014

MW Design is ready to help homeowners in their remodeling projects for the new year and points to an example of a custom home they recently completed.

Situated on almost a full acre of land, the home features a stainless steel pivoting door, coffered ceilings and vistas, a covered terrace, and a lap pool. The space contains low-profile furniture in order to maintain its openness. Theres also a free-standing horizontal fireplace and surrounding stone slab wall. The circular dining room serves as the heart of the home, as food is at the center of all celebrations. The semi-private kitchen is surrounded by large sliding windows which overlook the pool and waterfall spa.

On the houses opposite side, the family room features custom art created by family members and is surrounded by favorite photos, books and keepsakes on the wall-to-wall, built-in library. The west wing contains a gym and the bedrooms.

The best part of the home is its design with the latest energy-saving materials, equipment, and LEED construction practices. Therefore, its carbon footprint is small, and it uses the electricity of a house half its size. It is dynamic, peaceful, exciting, chic, grand, and cozy all at the same time.

MW Design delivers distinctive designs, dependable service, durable and green construction, and the best value for the money invested. They believe all projects deserve only the best, and delivers nothing but the best to all their clients. The business is located at 1211 Antoine Drive in Houston. For more information, please visit their website at http://www.mwdesigngroup.com, or call 713-622-0990.

About the Company: As a Houston custom home builder, MW Design's attention to detail begins at the outset. Through the oversight of a group of skillful contractors, MW Design & Construction brings beautiful, high-quality architecture to life when building a custom home. They also offer design solutions for more efficient, green home construction.

Read more here:
MW Design Recommends Remodeling for the New Year

South Haven, Minnesota (PRWEB) December 31, 2013

Combining superior quality rigid frame engineering with the proven benefits of tension fabric, Legacy Building Solutions now offers mining companies the industrys first line of tension fabric buildings to incorporate structural steel beams instead of open web trusses. This engineering concept provides a high level of flexibility for storage of bulk material or equipment, vehicle maintenance shops, portable or stationary soil remediation facilities, and other fabric structures used in mining or oil and gas operations.

Legacy buildings utilize a durable rigid frame in place of the hollow-tube, open web truss framing traditionally used for fabric buildings. Unlike hollow tube steel, Legacys solid structural steel beams are not vulnerable to unseen corrosion originating inside a tube. Additionally, the structural steel has multiple coating options, including hot dip galvanizing, red oxide primer and powder coat paint.

The strength of the structural steel frame provides several engineering advantages, including the ability to relocate buildings by towing or crane. The rigid frame also delivers the flexibility to customize buildings beyond the confines of standard shapes and sizes to the exact width, length and height required.

Legacys straight sidewall design allows for the inclusion of a variety of overhead doors, exit doors and dormers along the sides. Structures can be modified to provide desired eave extensions and interior columns. They also can be engineered to carry ancillary systems that need to be suspended, including overhead cranes, fire suppression systems, ventilation and lighting.

Legacy buildings feature high-quality polyethylene fabric roofs that eliminate the corrosion concerns associated with metal-constructed facilities. A wide variety of PVC fabrics are also available. The durable fabric allows natural light to permeate the structure, while insulation can be added when required.

Installation is faster than with conventional buildings, and the design can be adjusted for stationary or portable applications. Sidewalls can be customized and built with any desired material including steel, paneling or siding and then easily lined with fabric to prevent corrosion to the interior. Legacy steel components and fabric covers are backed by a 15-year warranty.

Legacy offers assistance from concept to completion, including renderings, foundation design, installation and project management. To date, Legacys in-house, professional installation crews have constructed more than 30 million square feet of fabric buildings.

Legacy Building Solutions specializes in the innovative design, engineering and construction of fabric-covered buildings for several different industries and applications. For more information, contact Legacy Building Solutions, 19500 County Road 142, South Haven, MN 55382, call 320-259-7126 or 877-259-1528, or visit the companys website at http://www.legacybuildingsolutions.com.

Read the original here:
Legacy Introduces Tension Fabric Buildings for Mining Operations

Dan Dahlgren of Rock Island hops inside his van, turns the ignition and blasts the heat.

He has spent hours climbing ladders installing satellite TV dishes to Quad-Citians' roofs.

Regardless of Tuesday's frigid single temps, business for Dahlgren, who works for a local DirecTV contractor, was no less busy than on any other day of the year.

And being that it was New Year's Eve only added to the number of service calls.

"Try to keep as much skin as possible covered," Dahlgren advises, as the wind chill makes the outside temperature feel like it's below zero.

One installation job takes at least an hour. Tuesday had him zipping from Bettendorf to Long Grove, Iowa, and back to Davenport.

He ascends a ladder with an ice scraper or a snow brush in hand. He clears away ice or snow from an area where he'll install a dish.

He points the dish south or southeast to get the best connection.

In conditions such as Tuesday's, he's careful about drilling into vinyl siding, as it easily cracks in the cold. Then he loops the wires through the holes.

He said working in the snow is the "fun part," and being originally from Minnesota, he's used to freezing weather.

Read more from the original source:
Layering up to work in the cold

By Jean Bartlett

Pacifica Tribune Correspondent

Photo by Jean Bartlett The Little Brown Church

Over the years there have been a lot of naysayers. The Little Brown Church on Francisco Blvd., built in 1910 by the Presbyterian Church, was too far gone to be made right. There were subterranean termites and wood boring beetles, a bee infestation. The roof needed replacing, the glulam beam supporting the roof needed replacing, copper gutters and drain pipes had to be installed, along with new metal flashing, and a new ridge vent. Then there was the repair and restoration of the bell tower, the replacement of the foundation, the repairs to siding and buttresses on the south side of the building, the removal of 14 bottlebrush trees holding moisture to the building, the north side exterior work, the dry wall, the paint, the trim, the baseboards, floors, electrical fixtures, the rough in plumbing and heating, the installation of a furnace and duct work and this was the short list of things to do. And before any of that, the Pacifica Historical Society, which decided to take this project on, had to campaign to their fellow Pacificans to save the Little Brown Church from being destroyed by the City.

The church, which was once a hubbub of activity with weddings, social events, meetings, and at times, student classrooms had housed the Pacifica Police Department for 18 years. When they vacated the building in 2001, the City pondered its options and by 2002, the City Council advised the historical society that there were no reserve funds to even develop a plan to show how this restoration projection could be accomplished. In 2003, the historical society consulted with an attorney who subsequently drafted an initiative to protect the LBC from being sold, demolished or moved to another location. And in 2004, the members of the historical society circulated petitions to place Proposition L on the November 4 ballot, and following the vote, the City of Pacifica agreed to let the Pacifica Historical Society assume the responsibility for restoration and financing of the Little Brown Church.

By 2011, with work proceeding as funds came in, the historical society had raised $298,447 in renovation fees. These fundraising events were through rummage sales, Bob Milne ragtime concerts at the Moose Lodge, Pacifica Islanders Football games, donation containers and "partnering" events at restaurants, spring teas, Sam's Castle tours, a prom at Winters Tavern, and the list goes on. Additionally, the Little Brown Church received $65,000 in pro bono donations of work and materials. Still, more money was needed.

American Disability Standards required a three-story lift in the church and handicap accessibility of upper and lower bathrooms, as well as handicap access from Salada Avenue. The gift shop needed expansion, work needed to be completed on stairways, hallways, front doors, room floors, storage rooms, the conference room, the warming kitchen. So the historical society's biggest constant fundraiser, their monthly rummage sales, continued with even more vigor.

"It has been a financial struggle for eight years," said Shirlee Gibbs, Restoration Chair of the Little Brown Church. "That's a long time to spend on a project."

But Gibbs, who is also the President of the Pacifica Lions Club, has a miracle to report. Recently the local Lions Club received an estate settlement from a Pacifican, and on the 11th of January, at a reception with the historical society at the Little Brown Church, 2 to 4 p.m., the Lions Club is giving the church $200,000. The public is invited to attend. The Lions Club donation will allow for the completion of repairs on the Little Brown Church, and it is anticipated the church will open its doors in early April.

Gibbs, who was installed as the 63rd President of the Pacifica Lions Club in the summer of 2012, said many people are unfamiliar with the world's largest service club organization. There are 46,000 Lions Clubs worldwide, with 1.35 million members. Each individual club's goal is to help their local community and to encourage service minded individuals to serve their community.

Read more:
The Little Brown Church - Miracle on Francisco Boulevard

Roseville Roofing Roseville Roofers
For "Roseville Roofing" "Roseville Roofers" "Roof Repair" "Roof Inspections" "New Roof" work by Roof Doctor Call 800 409 4910 for all of your roofing contr...

By: Ron Williams

See the rest here:
Roseville Roofing Roseville Roofers - Video

Roofing Contractor Services - Roof Repairs - Roof Inspections
"Roof Repair" "Roof Inspections" "New Roof" work by Roof Doctor Call 800 409 4910 for all of your roofing contractor services.

By: Ron Williams

Visit link:
Roofing Contractor Services - Roof Repairs - Roof Inspections - Video

Roofing Services - Westhill Slaters

By: yell

Visit link:
Roofing Services - Westhill Slaters - Video

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -

It is a story that sounds like it is a made-for-TV movie. But it is a real life, online love mystery that is blooming by the day.

In a bright pink running top and her dark brown hair pulled back in a ponytail, Courtney is getting ready for the New Year's Day "5K Resolution Run." On the top of her list for 2014? Find Ben.

"He is probably early to mid-30s, white male with brown hair, beard, brown eyes, average build, slightly athletic, she recalls.

They met December 23rd at The Light Horse restaurant in Old Town Alexandria. Courtney says they chatted for hours.

"Religion, faith, morality, culture, and how do you define culture in society, definitely not the things you just randomly talk to someone about in bar," she says. "It was an extensive conversation in the middle of a DJ playing, a hundred people dancing all around us.

But she left with her friends -- without exchanging numbers. So in this day of online dating and digital networking, Courtney resorted to the oldest tool of romance: the pen and paper.

In bold, black script she wrote:

She posted 60 signs up and down Old Town's main drag: King Street. They have tugged at the heartstrings of passersby.

Read this article:
After missed opportunity, Courtney posts signs in Old Town Alexandria in search of mystery man

Submitted by Holden Kurwicki on Wed, 01/01/2014 - 4:14pm.READ MORE:

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- While many of us celebrated the New Year with a glass of champagne, the nurses and doctors at New Hanover Regional Medical Center were hard at work delivering New Year's babies.

At 12:30 a.m. Allison Lopez became the second baby born in New Hanover County in 2014. Her mother Angelica went into labor around 2 p.m. Tuesday as the family sat down for lunch.

This is the Lopez family's second child. Dad Manuel says they are overcome with joy at the birth of their healthy little girl, who arrived five days early.

"I feel real happy, because I have a beautiful girl and a beautiful family," Manuel said. "Everything is good with my baby, my wife and my family."

Disclaimer: Comments posted on this, or any story are opinions of those people posting them, and not the views or opinions of WWAY NewsChannel 3, its management or employees. You can view our comment policy here.

View original post here:
New Year's Day brings new additions to some families

(PRWEB) December 31, 2013

Global Food Exchange (GFE) is excited to announce two new additions to its Board of Advisors. The first, D. Scott Robinson, J.D., is of counsel at Long Reimer Winegar Beppler LLP. Scott is known for designing creative solutions to complex estate and tax problems and was intimately involved in the ownership, management and operation of several closely-held family businesses. Scotts business experience provides him with unique hands-on insight, experience and education when counselling and assisting clients to design and implement practical solutions to achieve their goals.

The second addition is Duane Reed, CEO of CEO Focus Denver, who is a nationally recognized business consultant, trainer, author, and coach since 1986. Mr. Reed has consulted or trained thousands of organizations and 100,000s individuals, managers, executives and business owners in some 120 different industries.

Global Food Exchange, headquartered in Colorado, was founded out of the need to more efficiently provide emergency disaster relief efforts internationally. With the addition of D. Scott Robinson and Duane Reed in advisory roles, they hope to further their strides to establish a more efficient and prepared chain of action for international disaster response.

To learn more please visit: globalfoodexchange.org.

Excerpt from:
Global Food Exchange Welcomes D. Scott Robinson and Duane Reed