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The economic and cultural ties of BC and Southeast Asia are an important part of the BC LNG Story. In addition this supports the BC Skills for Jobs Blueprint initiative to ensure skilled workers trained for the LNG sector.
While on the Spring 2014 Trade Mission, Premiere Christy Clark and Rich Coleman, Minister of Natural Gas, met with executives from India Oil.
(for further pictures and information please go to the end of page and by clicking on the link my modest promises will be fulfilled!)
Parliament building
The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.
Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.
Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.
Pallas Athene
Parliament Vienna
The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.
Meeting room of the former House of Representatives
The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.
Portico
The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.
One of the patch-workers and embroiderers at Janakala Centre. As a village based cottage industry, these skilled workers can fit in their work with their family arrangements.
Central vocational school
6th district of Vienna, 87 Mollardgasse
Plans: State Trade School Director Rudolf Hammel
Construction: The students of Otto Wagner Mahler and Michler
Architecture: Nutzstil (use style)
Between 1909 and 1911: Construction of a school building on the grounds of the former slaughterhouse Gumpendorferstrasse
Dimensions: 128 meter long, 79 meter wide, six stories and a flat roof, covers an area of 9,300 square meters
In 1911/12: The "First Viennese industrial training school" started its operation
Damage in World War II
1951: Reconstruction and commissioning as a "First Central Vocational School of Vienna"
A modern training center
Today is the first Central vocational school building a modern training facility. Here are five schools (1 and 2 electrical, plumbing, heating and air conditioning technology, information technology, metal and glass technology) housed, where the much-needed skilled workers of the future will be taught. The young people are trained in four IT, in six electrical, in five plumbing as well as in eight metal and glass engineering professions. In addition, a watchmaker's workshop is in the house.
In addition, offers the first Central vocational school building: a City Library (with specialist reading, multimedia data sources and magazines as well as internet access), a communication center and offerings for further education (preparation module to the College of Electrical Engineering Training Center Mollardgasse for courses in the field of advanced electrical installation, control and building automation).
www.wien.gv.at/mariahilf/geschichte-kultur/sehens1.html
School for professional formation, escuela de formación profesional, école de formation professionelle, scuola di formazione professionale (Berufsschule) - Metal and glass technology, Metal y Technología de Cristal, Métal et Technologie de Verre, Metallo e Tecnologia del Vetro
Skilled workers tacked about 25,000 pounds of steel rebar into each liner. The rebar will reinforce the final concrete lining of the tunnel.
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Not brought to the March 2018 meeting, but this famous Chad Valley puzzle 'Dragon's Land' had a complex box with three internal trays.
One BCD member brought along a famous, rare and highly sought after jigsaw from the 1930s, designed by illustrator Mrs Elspeth Eagle-Clarke for Chad Valley, and produced only their most skilled cutters. This copy is perfect - no warping or damaged pieces and my photo does not do it justice. There are only about 100 pieces, each one is a complete line-cut figure which fit together to form this rectangle. Apparently some examples exist where the largest figures are further dissected.
It was supplied in a box with nested trays, to lay the flat pieces in. There were other companion puzzles - Elfin, shown in the small photos, which is less common than Dragon's Land. Tom Tyler said that two others were produced - Peter Pan and Robin Hood, but he has never seen either, supposing that the novelty of the concept had worn off by the time they were issued.
You can see more details of a Dragon's Land on Jigasaurus:
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/chad_valley/dragons_land/
This information is from puzzlehistory:
www.puzzlehistory.com/chad.htm
Chad Valley in their Catalogue listed Dragon's Land as " Puzzle for the Connoisseur " its Cat. No. is 3036 and was described thus:-
"As some rare specimen is to the collector so is this puzzle to the jig-saw enthusiast - a puzzle of such unusual character that we, with our years of experience have seen nothing to equal it.
And how shall it be described ? Imagine Puck summoning all the Elfin creatures, the birds, the beasts and even Man, and arranging them in one glorious symphony of colour for the dedication of his queen, Titania.
This fantasy reproduced in glowing hues by a gifted artist, has been cunningly cut from wood by skilled workers. Every, elf, swan, mermaid and fish, is a picture in itself, colourful and complete, yet each dovetailing together into the brilliant design we illustrate.
" Every piece a picture " ( Supplied to Her Majesty the Queen)
No. 3036 DRAGONSLAND 10/6 No. 3035 ELFIN 7/6
Patent No. 407185 "
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
A fishing boat on the south side of St. John's harbour. With the current election one would expect the fishing industry to be front and center. Sadly, it is not. For most people in the larger centers it's about oil and gas along with mining. The avaerage age of people working in the fishery is about 48 and very soon finding skilled workers will be a major challenge. Pictures of small fishing boats and fish plants will be replace with factory freezer trawlers.
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
(for further pictures and information please go to the end of page and by clicking on the link my modest promises will be fulfilled!)
Parliament building
The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.
Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.
Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.
Pallas Athene
Parliament Vienna
The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.
Meeting room of the former House of Representatives
The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.
Portico
The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
(for further pictures and information please go to the end of page and by clicking on the link my modest promises will be fulfilled!)
Parliament building
The original intention was to build two separate buildings for the Imperial Council and the House of Representatives of the by the February Patent 1861 established Reichsrat (Imperial Council). After the Compromise with Hungary, however, this plan was dropped and in the year 1869 the architect Theophil von Hansen by the Ministry of the Interior entrusted with the elaboration of the monumental project for a large parliament building. The first cut of the spade followed in June 1874, the foundation stone bears the date "2nd September 1874". At the same time was worked on the erection of the imperial museums, the Town Hall and the University. Theophil Hansen took - as already mentioned - well thought out and in a very meaningful way the style of the Viennese parliament building from ancient Greece; stem important constitutional terms but also from the Greek antiquity - such as "politics", "democracy" and others. Symbolic meaning had also that from nearly all crown lands of the monarchy materials have been used for the construction of the parliament building. Thus, the structure should symbolize the confluence of all the forces "of the in the in the Reichsrat represented kingdoms and countries" in the Vienna parliament building. With the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy ended the era of the multinational Parliament in Vienna.
Since November 1918, the building is the seat of the parliamentary bodies of the Republic of Austria, first the National Assembly and later the National Council in the until its destruction in 1945 remained unchanged session hall of the former Imperial Council holding meetings. During the Second World War, the parliament building was severely affected, about half of the building fabric were destroyed. On 7th February 1945 the portico by bombing suffered serious damage. Two columns were totally destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and a magnificent frieze painting, which was 121 meters long and 2 meters high and the most ideal and economic roles of the Parliament representing allegorically, were seriously damaged. During reconstruction, the rebuilding did not occur in the originally from Hansen originating features: instead of Pavonazzo marble for the wall plate cover Salzburg marble was used. The frieze painting initially not could be recovered, only in the 90s it should be possible to restore single surviving parts. In addition to destructions in the Chancellery Wing at the Ring Road as well as in the portico especially the Imperial Council tract was severely affected by the effects of war. The meeting room of the Imperial Council was completely burned out, in particular the figural jewelry as well as the ruined marble statues of Lycurgus, Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Sophocles, Socrates, Pericles and Demosthenes appearing hardly recoverable. In this circumstances, it was decided not to reconstruct the old Imperial Council hall, but a new hall with a businesslike but refined and convenient furnishing for the National Council of the Republic of Austria to build. During the reconstruction of the building in the years 1945 to 1956 efforts were also made the yet by Hansen envisaged technical independence further to develop and to perfect. Thus the parliament building now has an emergency generator, which ensures, any time, adequate electricity supply of the house in case of failure of the city network, and a variety of other technical facilities, which guarantee a high supply autonomy. Not only from basic considerations in the sense of seperation of powers but also from the possibility of an extraordinary emergency, is this a compelling need. National Council and the Federal Council as the elected representative bodies of the Austrian people must at all times - especially in case of disaster - the material conditions for their activity have guaranteed. This purpose serve the mentioned facilities and many others, sometimes very complicated ones and the persons entrusted with their maintenance. To the staff of the Parliamentary Administration therefore belong not only academics, stenographers, administrators, secretaries and officials of the room service as in each parliament, but also the with the maintenance of the infrastructure of the parliament building entrusted technicians and skilled workers.
Analogous to other parliaments was for years, even decades tried to acquire or to rent one or the other object near the Parliament building. Finally one was able in 1981 to start with a basic conversion or expansion of the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 under planning by the architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, in this connection was given the order the parliament building through a tunnel with the house in the Reichsratsstrasse to connect. With this tunnel not only a connection for pedestrians should be established, but also a technical integration of the two houses. In the basement of the building in which in early 1985 could be moved in, confluences the road tunnel; furthermore it serves the accommodation of technical rooms as well as of the storage, preparation and staff rooms for a restauration, a main kitchen and a restaurant for about 130 people are housed on the ground floor. On the first floor are located dining rooms for about 110 people; workrooms for MPs are in the second, offices in the third to the sixth floor housed. Ten years after the house Reichsratsstrasse 9 another building could be purchased, the house Reichsratsstrasse 1, and, again under the planning leadership of architect Prof. Dr. Sepp Stein, adapted for the purposes of the Parliament. This house also through an in the basement joining under road tunnel with the Parliament building was connected. The basement houses storage rooms, the ground floor next to an "info-shop" where information materials concerning the Austrian Parlament can be obtained, the Parliament Post Office and the printery. In the six upper floors are offices and other work spaces for different departments of the Parliamentary Administration. The previously by these departments used rooms in the Parliament building were, after it was moved into the house Reichsratsstrasse in 1994, mostly the parliamentary clubs made available. Already in 1992 by the rental of rooms in a building in the Schenkenstraße for the parliamentary staff of the deputies office premises had been created.
Pallas Athene
Parliament Vienna
The 5.5 meter high monumental statue of Pallas Athena in front of the parliament building in Vienna gives not only the outside appearance of this building a striking sculptural accent, but has almost become a symbolic figure of the Austrian parliamentarism. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen, according to which draft in the years 1874-1884 the parliament building has been built, has designed this as a "work of art (Gesamtkunstwerk)"; thus, his planning also including the figural decoration of the building. The in front of the Parliament ramp to be built monumental fountain should according to Hansen's original planning be crowned of an allegoric representation of the Austria, that is, a symbolization of Austria. In the definitive, in 1878 by Hansen submitted figure program took its place Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom. The monumental statue was realized only after Hansen's death, but according to his design by sculptor Carl Kundmann in 1902.
Meeting room of the former House of Representatives
The meeting room of the former House of Representatives is largely preserved faithfully and now serves the meetings of the Federal Assembly as well as ceremonies and commemorative meetings of the National Council and the Federal Council. Architecturally, the hall is modeled on a Greek theater. Before the end wall is the presidium with the lectern and the Government Bench, in the semicircle the seats of the deputies are arranged. The from Carrara marble carved statues on the front wall - between the of Unterberger marble manufactured columns and pilasters - represent Roman statesmen, the by Friedrich Eisenmenger realised frieze painting depicts the emergence of political life, and the pediment group above it should symbolize the daily routine.
Portico
The large portico, in its proportions recreating the Parthenon of the Acropolis of Athens, forms the central chamber of the parliament building and should according to the original intention serve as a meeting place between members of the House of Representatives and of the Imperial Council. Today it functions as a venue, such as for the annual reception of the President of the National Council and the President of the Federal Council for the Diplomatic Corps. When choosing materials for the parliament building, Theophil Hansen strove to use marbles and stones from the crown lands of the monarchy, thus expressing their attachment to their Parliament. For example, consist the 24 monolithic, that is, produced from one-piece, columns, each more than 16 tons of weight, of the great hypostyle hall of Adnet marble, the floor panels of Istrian karst marble. When in the last months of the Second World War the Parliament building was severely affected by bomb hits, also the portico suffered severe damage, and the two columns in the north-west corner of the hall were destroyed, the edge ceiling construction with the richly gilded coffered ceiling and below the ceiling running frieze painting by Eduard Lebiedzki have been severely damaged. The two destroyed columns in 1950 were replaced by two new ones, broken from the same quarry as the originals, but not exhibiting the same pattern. The parts of the Lebiedzki frieze which have been restorable only in the 90s could be restored.
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
Governor Charlie Baker, Lt. Governor Karyn Polito and Secretary of Education James Peyser join state and local officials to announce investments totaling more than $120 million to four public colleges and universities to renovate and expand campus facilities that further students’ skills in STEM fields during an event at Salem State University in Salem on April 13, 2022. Salem State University, Massasoit Community College, Springfield Technical Community College, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell will each receive $30 million for major capital projects that will modernize campus facilities to support STEM instruction and expand the number of skilled workers in key STEM occupations in the Commonwealth. The improvements will increase enrollment capacity in these programs by about 2,000 students. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
In this undated file photo, P.P. De Felice (1st from right), an ILO expert in in-plant training is observing a South Korean trainee operating a copy milling machine with his South Korean counterpart Oh Hyun Shik (2nd from right) and Woo Jong Dai (3rd from right), the training director at the Hankook Machine Industrial Co. Ltd in Seoul, South Korea. The ILO assists the South Korean Government in training skilled workers. ©ILO
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The B.C. government is investing $29.2 million to renew trades facilities at Camosun College - a key part of B.C.'s new Skills and Training Plan.
The renovation and expansion of Camosun's Interurban facilities will ensure future heavy-duty mechanics, shipbuilders and other skilled workers will be able to get the training they need on southern Vancouver Island.
The Honourable John Yap, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, and Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation, made the announcement today at Camosun’s Interurban campus.
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/09/trades-renewal-begins-at-c...
Urbex Benelux -
Recycling companies started in the 80s of the twentieth century to limit the waste flow of often still good things and to promote reuse .
The recycling centers have a double objective: on the one hand, collecting reusable items. They help financially disadvantaged people with cheap basic equipment for their household and promote the reuse of goods. On the other hand, (low-) skilled workers are employed in recycling centers to collect, sort, repair and sell the goods.
In a remote bush area, between Isisford and Ilfracombe is a large area of stone pitching, constructed around 1892. Dry stone walls combined with flat stones stacked on their edge, side by side, created a small dam and an erosion-proof water course. Stones were probably transported long distances to the site and arranged by skilled workers, often Chinese, in these fascinating patterns.
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
As part of a campaign to increase the number of black workers in construction jobs, Reginald Booker of the Washington Area Construction Industry Task Force organized a community hearing on discrimination in the industry May 18, 1970.
The panel of community representatives, Sammie Abbott, Julius Hobson, Calvin Rolark, Charles Cassell and Edgar Cahn, heard from workers, community representatives and minority contractors.
Booker called for the hiring of black workers on the job in the same percentage as the population in the city.
The bonding procedure for black contractors should be waived and work training programs sponsored by the government are worthless, testified Cordell Shelton of Construction Trades, Inc.
The panel was expected to make recommendations to the government after hearing all the testimony.
The Labor Department had announced a “Washington Plan” in May that would supposedly integrate the industry over a four year period.
It set quotas of between 25 and 40 percent minority hiring for 11 skilled construction trades before the end of 1974 and lifted a freeze on Metro construction that had been in place because of the lack of black and other workers of color.
Booker immediately denounced the plan as “devoid of promise” and “wholly unacceptable” at a June 4, 1970 press conference at the Labor Department.
Specifically, the task force charged that the plan was diluted by including the predominantly white suburbs of Virginia and Maryland,
“It serves little purpose to offer an unemployed but eligible black construction worker residing in D.C. a job in Reston, Va. or some other remote construction site when in his own city the overwhelming majority of jobs will continue to go to whites,” the task force wrote in a letter to Secretary of Labor George P. Schultz.
The task force also blasted the Labor Department for excluding a number of crafts from the plan, including carpenters and operating engineers; for low quotas on unions like the sheet metal workers, for “discrimination committed over the years;” for “escape clauses” that make the plan unenforceable; and for not addressing the “restrictive” bonding and insurance requirements for federal contracts that are out of reach for most minority contractors.
Few modifications were made to the “Washington Plan” and as Booker predicted, it did not deliver on its promise.
The Washington Post reported in November 1975, a year after the Washington Plan hiring goals were to have been met, that black skilled workers still composed a small percentage of the construction crafts.
They ranged from 8.6 percent of elevator constructors to a high of 38.9 percent of operating engineers. However, even those figures are misleading because most minority workers were concentrated among trainees and apprentices and not among the highest paid journeymen.
It didn’t get much better 10 years after the Washington Plan was put into effect. None of the craft unions met hiring goals. Only an average of 10 percent of all journeymen across all construction craft unions were from a minority group.
As Booker predicted, the federal government did not enforce the plan. The District’s mayor’s office found that more than 60 percent of all reviewed building sites in the city did not meet hiring guidelines, but only two of 1,000 contractors investigated on site were barred from doing federally assisted construction which was the ultimate penalty for non-compliance.
For a detailed account of Booker’s activism, victories and defeats, see washingtonareaspark.com/2020/01/28/the-d-c-black-liberati...
For more information and related images, see www.flickr.com/gp/washington_area_spark/h57G6d
The image is clipped from a longer May 19, 1970 Washington Post article.
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Recovery Act workers at Alpha 5 at the Y-12 National Security Complex at Oak Ridge, Tenn., survey waste as part of the characterization process to determine its proper disposition path.
The embroidered clothing has been a very coveted form of clothing which the women of Pakistan like very much. The SME is a major source of supply for these kind of clothing and which made at various in-house facilities and where the workers prepare these stuff. The development of clothing involves great hardship and very minutely the activity is performed by the KARIGARS (skilled workers) of this industry.
The occasion of wedding is the even which is specially considered for wearing the kind of clothing when and where the brides chose different colors and varieties of designs of embroidered clothing.
From the ROM:
The Rotunda, dedicated in honour of Ernest and Elizabeth Samuel, is the Museum’s ceremonial entrance hall.
Charles T. Currelly, the first director of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, conceived of this mosaic introduction for the 1933 addition. The mosaic ceiling was designed to reflect the breadth of the collections, being adorned with patterns and symbols representing cultures throughout the ages and around the world.
The ceiling is made from thousands of sheets of imported Venetian glass, cut into more than a million tiny coloured squares. A team of skilled workers laboured for eight months to install the ceiling.
Its sparkling gold, rust and bronze background is inset with red, blue and turquoise patterns, recalling the magnificent mosaics of the Byzantine world and Eastern Europe. Worked out on the golden field are geometrical borders and panels which frame decorative floral designs. The central panel is inscribed with a passage from the Book of Job in the Old Testament: "That all men may know his work".
16 pictorial images symbolize different cultures throughout history:
Representing the early cultures of the Americas:
- Bison from a cave painting
- Eagle from a northwest coast crest pole
- Inca thunder god, holding snakes representing bolts of lightning
Symbols of classical cultures of the Mediterranean:
- Egyptian falcon
- Mythical Greek sea-horse
- Romulus and Remus; legendary founders of Rome
Symbols of the ancient cultures of Asia:
- Winged bull, Assyria
- Magical elephant, India
- Three-clawed dragon, China
Symbols of European cultures:
- Winged lion of St. Mark, emblem of Venice
- Heraldic griffin of Gothic art
- Fountain of Lions, from Islamic Alhambra in Spain
Ancient architecture:
- Mesopotamian ziggurat
- Egyptian “pylon”, entrance to a temple complex
- Classical Greek temple
- Mayan temple from Central America
The B.C. government is investing $29.2 million to renew trades facilities at Camosun College - a key part of B.C.'s new Skills and Training Plan.
The renovation and expansion of Camosun's Interurban facilities will ensure future heavy-duty mechanics, shipbuilders and other skilled workers will be able to get the training they need on southern Vancouver Island.
The Honourable John Yap, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, and Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation, made the announcement today at Camosun’s Interurban campus.
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/09/trades-renewal-begins-at-c...
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
September 18, 2019 11:38 AM
Brexiteer Ratcliffe to build Land Rover rival
Britain’s richest man will build a rival to Land Rover’s Defender SUV in the UK, creating hundreds of jobs at a time when the country's auto industry is in retreat amid falling sales and uncertainty surrounding Brexit.
Billionaire Jim Ratcliffe’s Ineos Group will assemble the Grenadier in Bridgend, Wales, near an engine plant earmarked for closure by Ford Motor, while building the frame and body in Portugal, the company said Wednesday. The vehicle will go on sale in 2021.
Ratcliffe, an outspoken proponent of Brexit with a $19 billion fortune, is committing to the plan barely a week after Jaguar Land Rover unveiled a revamped version of the 70-year-old Defender.
Ineos is not worried that tariffs and customs checks likely to come after Brexit will disrupt production. Every day, thousands of cars, components and engines move between Britain and the European continent, with many parts arriving at production lines just moments before they are fitted to models, meaning any border delays would snarl up production.
Engines for Ineos' British-built car will come from a BMW plant in Austria while the frame and body will come from a new plant in Estarejja, Portugal. Production should eventually reach 25,000 vehicles a year,
"By the time we get to manufacture, whatever has happened will have happened and the non-tariff barriers will have been overcome or we will have worked our way round them," Corporate Affairs Director Tom Crotty said.
Ineos, which is a petrochemicals company, is betting that the back-to-basics Grenadier will appeal to the iconic Defender's original core buyers, who view the sleeker new Defender unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show this month as unpractical and pricey.
“We don’t see the new Defender as being in the same space,” Mark Tennant, commercial director at Ineos Automotive, said in an interview. “What we are doing is utilitarian.”
The Bridgend factory will aim to take on skilled workers from the Ford site, which employs about 1,700 people and is set to shut by September 2020. Ineos is investing 600 million pounds ($750 million) in the project, and expects to create as many as 500 jobs in Bridgend.
Ratcliffe devised the new car after failing in a bid to bring back the original Defender when stricter emissions rules prompted JLR to end production in 2016. Ineos Automotive said in March it had selected BMW to supply gasoline and diesel engines to the vehicle.
Ineos Automotive CEO Dirk Heilmann said the car is also likely to be offered with alternative propulsion at some point, though a conventional battery-electric setup wouldn’t be very practical in some locations where the vehicle might be used, making fuel cells and hydrogen more attractive.
The Grenadier is named after the public house in London where Ratcliffe has said the idea for a new go-anywhere off-roader was hashed out. The starting price is expected to be 25,000 pounds, although Tennant would only say that it would be “affordable.”
Two-thirds of sales are likely to be in Europe and the U.S., with the rest in Asia, Africa and the rest of the world.
JLR's starting price on the new Defender, which will be produced in Slovakia, is 40,000 pounds. While the latest Defender retains many traditional design elements and claims industry-leading off-road capabilities, it comes with modern twists such as a plug-in electric option, retractable sun roof and an infotainment system.
That may mean it appeals more to drivers who occasionally go off-road rather than a clientele spanning farmers, gamekeepers, explorers, game wardens and aid workers. Ineos believes that it can target this niche.
JLR, now owned by India’s Tata Motors, grappled for a couple of years with whether to build a new Defender and was persuaded partly by the global following for a car of which more than 2 million have been built, with around 70 percent thought to survive today.
Ratcliffe, 66, a former Exxon Mobil executive, built Ineos by acquiring unwanted petrochemical assets from major oil companies.
The group has also dipped its toes in fashion with the acquisition of motorcycle-wear label Belstaff, soccer through the purchase of French team Nice and Switzerland’s Lausanne, and cycling via the purchase of Tour de France-winning Team Sky, now Team Ineos.
Reuters contributed to this report
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
"Training the next generation of Chicago’s manufacturing professionals” for People category submitted by CRRC Sifang America.
CRRC Sifang America’s new state-of-the-art $100 million facility in the Hegewisch neighborhood is manufacturing 846 passenger railcars for the Chicago Transit Authority. The initial group of production workers are currently manufacturing the first ten 7000 Series railcars. It is truly a team effort to manufacture the railcars that will replace nearly half of CTA’s current fleet. This photo illustrates the importance of employee training and collaboration amongst the staff as Team Leads help their coworkers perfect their skills. The first group of skilled workers will train future production employees hired by CRRC. Currently, CRRC has more than 80 employees at its facility on the southeast side of Chicago, and it plans to hire an additional 90 employees in 2020 when the 7000 Series passenger railcars go into full production."
The B.C. government is investing $29.2 million to renew trades facilities at Camosun College - a key part of B.C.'s new Skills and Training Plan.
The renovation and expansion of Camosun's Interurban facilities will ensure future heavy-duty mechanics, shipbuilders and other skilled workers will be able to get the training they need on southern Vancouver Island.
The Honourable John Yap, Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, and Honourable Ida Chong, Minister of Aboriginal Rights and Reconciliation, made the announcement today at Camosun’s Interurban campus.
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/09/trades-renewal-begins-at-c...
The Integrated Policy Exercise provides students with a week-long opportunity to work intensively on a policy issue. All students participate as part of a team representing different constituencies with an interest in the problem being studied. Working in groups of 7 to 10, students are assigned a role such as lobbying firm, public official, or economic group. Groups develop policy positions and prepare a political strategy to achieve their goal(s). More on IPE: fordschool.umich.edu/ipe
The Winter 2015 IPE, “Bolstering Detroit's Economic Renewal through Skilled Workers: Implementing Governor Snyder's Visa Plan” took place on January 5, 6, and 9, 2015 at the Ford School’s Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, and at the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, MI. More on the 2015 topic and simulated media coverage: sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/fordschool-ipe-2015/home
More than 30 Aboriginal communities in partnership with 14 public post-secondary education institutions are delivering education and skills training programs to help 581 Aboriginal learners secure jobs in sectors facing a demand for skilled workers.
Richie worked 11 years as a Class C electrician replacing motherboards in the cockpits of aircraft for Spirit Airways. He's been on the street just over 3 months and is trying to get back to work, using the Broad Street Mission's computers to submit resumes. He's not the only highly skilled worker to be forced into homelessness.
"I am 37 years old. I have 7 kids. I built this house for my kids
to feel so good and to safety."
"...There is no way to get built again. Nothing in Gaza.
I don't see any future." news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7926780.stm
Neither do we.
No jobs. Supplies on docks. Banks won't lend.
Millions of skilled workers without jobs--in the summer--the building
season in the U.S.
The Mechanics' Institute of 1861, another fine building in Guisborough, Cleveland (or North Yorkshire if you prefer), now used as a shop.
Mechanics' Institutes provided adult education for working men, particularly in technical subjects, and were intended to create more knowledgable and skilled workers and to keep them away from gambling and pubs. The Institutes could provide a lending library, lecture courses, laboratories and sometimes a museum (from Wikipedia)
Pan America uses a unique anti-crease formula for its wrinkle free shirts and trousers. Each piece is cured and treated properly under high-pressure steam and extreme temperatures, at the same time ensuring that they do not sag or wilt. While automation is use extensively, many of our steps rely on the keen eyes and able hands of a team of skilled workers trained to deliver excellence.
Visit : www.panamerica.in
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum
Friday, 7 June, 2013
14:10 – 15:10 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE AND VIEWPOINTS
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR EMERGING MARKETS? Over the last decade, the majority of the growth has occurred in the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—but growth has slowed. What’s the outlook for these economies and can they sustain growth? Who are the new leaders and how can multinational corporations capitalize on these increasingly important markets? Which factor is most likely to slow progress in emerging markets: a shortage of skilled workers, too much red tape and corruption, or fierce local competition?
Panelists:
John Faraci, Chairman and CEO, International Paper Co.
Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis AG
Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Michael Smith, Chief Executive Officer, ANZ Bank
Moderator: Rana Foroohar, Assistant Managing Editor, TIME Magazine
Photograph by Stefen Chow/Fortune Global Forum