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Yowsa – hot stuff presentation of power tools. Warning, this is totally sexist,  not safe for work, and lots of fun:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngYzQ3f875s

Archeologists and engineers have been arguing for decades about how the ancients may have actually built the pyramids.
Dragging quarried blocks to the building site is the generally accepted version, with various theories for putting the blocks in place ranging from hordes of slaves pulling them up ramps to ingenious crane schemes using sandpower and leverage.
Until [...]

How do you put up a skyscraper construction crane? You don’t – it puts itself up:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB91Sm-kGJ8

Man. That’s just cool.

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Low-cost buildings from found materials: "The Recycled Houses" New York Times [...]

Way too hot for TV – those rascals from This Old Home bring you choice outtakes:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyYToug2uuk

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So close, and yet… Building demolition goes really really wrong – YouTube http://ow.ly/oqRR #
@amishhome this market + new media, slow adoption. most ppl are on the jobsite, not in front of a puter. As tech evolves, [...]

One of the funnier construction industry commercials, surely a classic:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXhSAZsAkpM

Yikes, China snapping up big contracts everywhere: "China State Construction Wins $1.92B Contract for Resort in Bahamas" http://ow.ly/onaz #
@Thani_AlShirawi Isn't that interesting? It looks like they have a good plan for providing and controlling infrastructure worldwide. in reply to Thani_AlShirawi #
For all you Classic Steam Engine train lovers (that's you, Dave!), a really cool train [...]

Amazing counter-rotating dual bladed saw cuts through anything. Nice clean cuts, no kickback, no sparks. Pretty gosh-darned cool!
Not real crazy about the whole TV pitchmen thing, but thinking we might want one of these badboys! Watch this nifty high-tech sawblade slice through with the greatest of ease:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7SkiBJI3w

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Consider offering your customers ways to repurpose or reuse materials they already have for their remodel. News article: http://ow.ly/ofkh #
San Fran east bay bridge has big honking crack in it and won't reopen on time. News video at: http://ow.ly/ohbi #
When was the last time you checked the SBA as a resource? Small Business Administration – [...]