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COEUR d'ALENE - It's a tribute to the American worker, who Dean Haagenson said is very much underappreciated.

"You don't appreciate the electrician until the electricity goes out, and you don't appreciate the plumber until the sewer backs up," he told the city of Coeur d'Alene's General Services Committee on Monday. "Those are the people who make this country work and we need to appreciate them."

Haagenson, CEO of Contractors Northwest, Inc., is donating the $50,000 statue titled "American Worker" to the city, and wants the piece to be located in McEuen Park, which his firm is in the process of constructing.

He hired local artist Terry Lee to sculpt the bronze statue, which should be completed within the next few months.

Lee presented to the committee a "very rough draft" marquette of the piece he plans to sculpt for Haagenson, and explained the process he will use to create the bronze sculpture.

The statue will be a construction worker that stands a full 6-feet, 2-inches tall, and it will be placed on a 3-foot by 3-foot base that is anchored in concrete.

It will also include a plaque that reads: "To the farmers, loggers, miners, constructions workers and all who build America, thank you. You have made our country great and prosperous."

The statue will weigh 300 to 350 pounds, Lee said, and because it is set in concrete and reinforced with steel rods, it will be very difficult to remove.

Lee said he will send it to a welder this week, who will build the frame. Lee will begin sculpting the statue out of foam, clay and wax beginning next week.

That process, he said, should take somewhere close to two months, and then he will hire a mold maker to come to his place to make the mold so he doesn't have to risk damaging the clay and wax model in the shipping process.

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Second in a series that follows the creation of Charlie Was a Sinner, the curiously named vegan bar from entrepreneur Nicole Marquis, owner of the HipCityVeg quick-serve shops. Part 1 is here.

It's about five weeks till opening of Charlie Was a Sinner, and workers have turned the old Full Moon Saloon at 131 S. 13th St. into a "vanilla box" of drywall and brick. Electricians were wiring today. Next week will see the installation of French windows to allow the storefront, between Sansom and Walnut Streets, to reach for the sun. This will be a radical departure for the building, which operated in old-time barroom darkness.

Charlie Was a Sinner will be low-lit at night, said owner Nicole Marquis, but by day it will be a cafe "to take advantage of all the energy in this neighborhood."

Now that the drywall is installed, you can get an idea of the layout. Walk in, through a velvet curtain, and a Louis XIV-style armoire and old hotel front desk will greet guests. Next will be the bar and just beyond, a small dining room. The vibe? "HipCityVeg is 'yoga' feel-good," Marquis explained. "This is 'movie' feel-good."

There's a chef on board: Michael Santoro, exec chef and partner at The Mildred in South Philadelphia. Santoro, a Johnson & Wales culinary grad who came to Philadelphia as the first executive chef at Talula's Garden, is developing the menu out of The Mildred's kitchen.

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SINGAPORE: The push to raise productivity in Singapores construction sector is taking on a new focus this year.

New rules will soon take effect, pushing for greater use of productive technologies such as prefabricated components.

From the second half of 2014, developers will be required to use prefabricated bathroom units (PBUs) for all residential projects on government land sales sites.

Singapore Contractors Association said this is a significant step in getting upstream players like developers onboard productivity initiatives.

PBUs are like huge Lego blocks that are hoisted up by a crane and then stacked, one on top of another.

On average, prefab components already make up one third of each construction project by City Developments (CDL) which has been using prefab construction methods for over a decade.

That is the highest level of prefab adoption among private developers in Singapore, compared to about 50 per cent for public housing projects.

CDL said that with the new rules, more projects could have a prefab component in them in the near future.

Another developer, Frasers Centrepoint, said it has been using a mix of productive technologies in all their developments since 2007.

Cheang Kok Kheong, chief executive officer of Frasers Centrepoint Homes, said: "These include prefabricated railings, precast refuse chutes and dry construction options such as the use of drywall for some of the internal walls.

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