The fortresslike building, with its robust floor plates and concrete bays, was designed to bring supply trucks directly up to a congeries of production, storage and repackaging companies, for deliveries and exports.
That means bringing back robust floor and committee debates on bills that outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had all but abandoned, as well as extending the work week and sending legislation to Obama despite the threat of presidential veto.
In a word, fundamentals: market fundamentals and fundamentally strong policy design, particularly the program's robust price floor.
Higher wages and a more robust wage floor will help spur demand and hiring".
Is the floor robust enough to withstand high volumes of traffic?
Brakes, at least on my test car, seemed to be the squishy Achilles' heel, with average power and a pedal that began sinking near the floor during robust use.
The four multi-item domains of WE-CARE were found to be psychometrically robust – they had negligible floor and ceiling effects, excellent internal consistency and test-retest reliability, high item-discriminant validity and good concurrent, divergent, known-group and clinical validity.
Rooms have hardwood floors and robust beds draped with alpaca blankets, and there's a pleasant lounge area with a fireplace, as well as a Finnish sauna, a hot tub and a gym.
The extensive use of glass and stainless steel maximises visibility, and there is a carefully co-ordinated family of information fittings, posters and seating, using robust natural materials for floors and plinths.
Spike, on the seventh floor, "is more robust and more masculine," he said.
The utility-scale union path offers comprehensive training, robust benefits, a decent wage floor and a route up the career ladder, and, as a result, more job security in the volatile construction market.
