SunStar First Asean furniture, furnishing virtual show expects 8K visitors
VIRTUAL SHOW. Cebu-based Natures Legacy Eximport Inc. is one of the exhibitors in the first Asean International Furniture and Furnishings Show VX happening from March 9 to 12, 2021. (NATURES LEGACY)
+ March 07, 2021 THE first Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) International Furniture and Furnishings Show VX (AIFFS VX) will mount what it considers as the biggest gathering of furniture and furnishings decor designers and manufacturers from the region.
Organized by the Asean Furniture Industries Council (AFIC) and hosted by the Chamber of Furniture Industries of the Philippines, the show will start on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 and will feature a comprehensive range of furniture, furnishing, decorative accessories, interiors and fittings by a diverse portfolio of exhibitors from the region.
Knoxville Biz Ticker: Demolition of former Radioisotope Development Lab underway at Oak Ridge
The Knoxville News-Sentinel 2/25/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel
Demolition of former Radioisotope Development Lab underway at Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – DOE’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR have begun removing the two remaining structures at the former Radioisotope Development Lab at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
“This project launches our next phase of major demolition and cleanup at ORNL,” said Nathan Felosi, OREM’s portfolio federal project director for ORNL. “Our work is eliminating contaminated structures, like this one, that are on DOE’s list of high-risk facilities and clearing space for future research missions.”
SunStar JLL: Redesigning offices will cost more in 2021
DRIVERS. Labor shortages, health and safety considerations, material availability and higher delivery costs are the main price drivers in office fit-out. (SunStar file)
+ December 20, 2020 ORGANIZATIONS should expect to pay more to redesign or upgrade their workspaces in 2021, according to a report by real estate consultancy JLL.
The firm’s Asia Pacific Fit-Out Cost Guide 2020-2021 revealed that the average fit-out cost rose 4.7 percent year-on-year across the region with labor shortages, health and safety considerations, material availability and higher delivery costs as the main price drivers.
“Cities that rely heavily on foreign labor have struggled with labor shortages and governments have imposed stringent measures, including enhanced inspection routines and enforced health and safety protocols, for construction sites to reopen. These are important and necessary precautio