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CanaData’s Summer 2008 Review of the Eng...

wsueb — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:38:24 +0200

CanaData’s Summer 2008 Review of the Engineering Construction Outlook

The Dollar Forecasts $85.5 Billion for Engineering in 2008

Engineering construction can only be measured in dollar terms. For example, it makes no sense to speak of the square footage of roadway construction or electric power work, Therefore, CanaData projects(from: http://www.building-materials-china.com/news/) investment or put-in-place numbers for this category of work.

In 2007, the total dollar value of engineering construction in Canada was $80.0 billion. In 2008, it will climb to $85.5 billion. There will be further steps upward to $92.2 billion in 2009, $99.5 billion in 2010 and $109.3 billion in 2011. The 2008 rise (versus previous year) will only barely cover cost increases. In succeeding years, the constant-dollar gains will be +2.8% in 2009, +3.9% in 2010 and +5.6% in 2011.

Roads and Highways, Sewers and Watermains

There are four major sub-categories of engineering work. In the first two roads and highways (including bridges) and sewer and watermain work reduced levels of residential construction will cut into the need for this work to some degree.

However, a long history of spending neglect in these areas, plus public safety issues on the heels of headline-making bridge collapses and water contamination cases, appear to be getting some action. In particular, the federal government has opened its coffers with respect to infrastructure spending, making money available to all of the provinces under its Building Canada investment plan.

Alternative Electric Power

The other two primary areas of engineering work are energy-related. There is normal growth in the economy that will raise the need for power generation. In addition, electric power, when generated without the use of fossil fuels, can be a prime means to lower carbon emissions. For example, proposals to reduce dependence on gasoline(from: http://www.building-materials-china.com/buy-gasoline/) mainly turn on developing hybrid cars that employ rechargeable batteries. Helping the environment is also the impetus behind a range of smaller electric power projects, mainly in the area of windmill farms, to generate electricity as cleanly as possible.

Also a New Era of Mega Electric Power Projects

Canada is also about to embark on a new era of mega electric power projects. The use of renewable and carbon-free resources is the touchstone for proposed hydroelectric projects in Newfoundland, Manitoba and British Columbia. Clean-burning nuclear will be the focus of projects in Ontario and possibly Saskatchewan and Alberta.

Fossil Fuel (from: http://www.building-materials-china.com/buy-Fuel/)Construction Projects

In fossil fuels oil, natural gas and coal there are ongoing massive investments in the Tar Sands and in the waters of offshore Newfoundland. There are also large liquified natural gas (LNG) projects underway or planned in the Atlantic and Québec.

Furthermore, in recognition of growing environmental concerns and the move to taxation (or a “cap and trade” system) as a means to curb carbon emissions, there are experimental projects in such areas as carbon capture and storage in Alberta and Saskatchewan that involve major dollar spending and advances in scientific expertise.

Total Construction Dollar Spending $219 Billion in 2008

As a final note, CanaData is forecasting that the nation’s total new construction market in 2008 residential(from: http://www.building-materials-china.com/buy-residential/), non-residential buildings and engineering will be $219 billion in current dollars, versus $208 billion in 2007. The figure will climb to $227 billion in 2009, $239 billion in 2010 and $262 billion in 2011. Due to the fact that inflation in construction is currently at a cyclical peak, the constant-dollar percent changes will be -0.8% in 2008 (versus previous year), -0.5% in 2009, +1.8% in 2010 and +5.7% in 2011.

Microsoft Sees UptickMicrosoft Sees Upti...

wsueb — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:35:34 +0200

Microsoft Sees UptickMicrosoft Sees Uptick in Use of 64-bit Windows Vista in Use"64-bit has some definite benefits, but it's about what kind of workloads you are pushing through your PC（from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-pc/）," he said. However, analysts warn the uptick may have less to do with customers' interest in a 64-bit OS and more to do with the fact that so few people have, until now, used a 64-bit client version of Windows. A post by a member of the Vista team, Chris Flores, on the Windows Vista Team Blog claims that the installed base of 64-bit Windows Vista PCs as a percentage of all Vista systems has more than tripled in the U.S. in the past three months. He also wrote that worldwide adoption has more than doubled in the same time frame. "Put more simply, usage of 64-bit Windows Vista is growing much more rapidly than 32-bit," Flores wrote, speeding up from the previously "glacial" movement toward the platform, driven mostly by "technology enthusiasts." "Based on current trends, this growth will accelerate as the retail channel shifts to supplying a rapidly increasing assortment of 64-bit desktops and laptops(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-laptops/)," he wrote. But don't be fooled by the numbers and think there is rampant interest among PC customers in 64-bit Vista, warned one analyst, who said that prior to Vista, use of 64-bit versions of the Windows client OS was virtually nil. "If you start from almost zero it's easy to triple," said IDC analyst Al Gillen. He said that true adoption of 64-bit Vista -- or any Windows client OS for that matter -- is still a couple of years out. "Two things have to happen: people have to begin deploying Vista in a broad way, and have to believe that all of their applications are fully compatible with a 64-bit environment," Gillen said. As for the latter, the inclusion of more peripheral drivers that are compatible with a 64-bit OS in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, released in April, may be responsible for the recent increase in 64-bit Vista users, said Mike Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft (from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-Microsoft/).This adoption may continue to grow as PC makers are more comfortable putting a 64-bit version of Vista on PCs and selling them to customers now that they know third-party devices will be compatible with the OS, he added. But he still doesn't see people necessarily being "thrilled" by the idea of using 64-bit Vista. "It's nice to see [64-bit use] tracking this way," Cherry said, then joked, "but I'm not going home to the wife and saying it's finally the time -- I have to go out and buy a 64-bit Windows [PC]. I just don't think people are excited by this kind of thing the way they used to be." He also noted that because 64-bit Windows has not had widespread adoption, "low expectations" for its use could also explain why a tripling in numbers is a big deal to Microsoft. Flores cited better overall performance and better responsiveness when many applications are running at once as the benefit of 64-bit PCs running 64-bit editions of Vista, which typically have 4 gigabytes (GB) of memory or more. In contrast, 32-bit systems top out at about 3GB of memory(from: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/buy-memory/), which limits their performance, he said. However, while a 64-bit OS means better PC performance, it wouldn't really be noticeable to the "average office worker" who only uses a PC for e-mail, the Internet and worker productivity applications, IDC's Gillen said. People are beginning to use 64-bit Windows Vista on PCs in favor of the 32-bit version of the OS faster than they have previously, Microsoft said this week.

NWFIC launched the production of various...

wsueb — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:27:48 +0200

NWFIC launched the production of various office paper under Office Paper brand

Last Updated: July 22, 2008: 5:52 PM CST

North-Western Forest Industrial Company (Sankt-Peterburg) launched the production of office paper under Office Paper brand name for Paper Impex company from Uzbekistan, NWIC Deputy Director for external relations Yuri Murashko said.

Paper is produced at the Nemansky pulp & paper plant (Kaliningrad region, NWFIC group of companies) and at the Paper Plant No. 3 launched in 2006.

Cutting and packing are completed at the fully-automatic E.C.H. Will SLK ProCut 6 line. Like the other NWFIC's office paper under brand names of Grand and Office Master - Office Paper production is chlorine–free.

Packages are of А4

（from:http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/News/Focus_News/20080722/4468500.html） format and contain 500 sheets.

Mikhail Vasin, NWFIC stationery paper sales Director, finds this contract natural for a firm that does not have production capacities of its own but would like to sell high-quality office （from: ttp://www.office-products-suppliers.com/） paper under its own brand name. Earlier on, office paper production started at the Nemansky pulp & paper plant under Komus Dokument, Iceberg, Simply Nova and other brand names by order of the biggest stationery paper sellers.

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Is the price of printer ink sustainable?

wsueb — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:26:56 +0200

I remember many years ago, Bill Gates saying that Microsoft would become paperless and yet today by all accounts, it uses more paper （FROM: http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/） than ever. In my case it was a conscious decision to ‘just say no.’ With more applications going online into the SaaS world, I don’t see the justification for keeping paper copies of everything we do. Perhaps now is the time for business to dust off those old document management strategy papers and re-evaluate the need for printers, the paper and ink (http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/) they consume. Even so, I took a sharp intake of breath when I saw a post from my old chum Vinnie Merchantman, setting out ways by which companies could mitigate their use of ink cartridges. At an alleged $8,000 a gallon, that’s a heck of a price to pay for the pleasure of holding a piece of paper. And that’s before we consider the costs associated with manufacturing the cartridges and the toxins they produce. I haven’t used a printer from more than three years. Part of that is because I’ve been conducting an experiment to see if I can ‘live in the cloud,’ part of it is because almost everything I do is digital in nature. The only time I really need to print something is when an organization insists on a faxed copy of a document and even that’s becoming quite rare. On those occasions, I drive 20 miles to the nearest place I know where there is a fax machine and make a day of it. It’s not efficient and hardly good use of increasingly scarce hydro-carbons but a good reminder that not everyone has jumped into the digital age. Welcome the office-products-supplier.com (----http://www.office-products-suppliers.com/) to buy the best office products & supplies. It makes your business easier.