Nick Gilbert

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Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Indiana Tech Law School

Indiana Tech has celebrated the groundbreaking ceremony to open the first law school in northeast Indiana.

21 May 2012

Novus Recommends Sustainable Practices in Landscape and Building

At a conference entitled, ‘LEED and SITES: Excellence through Design,’ hosted by Novus International, Thad Simons, Novus’ President and Chief Executive Officer, and other industry experts have supported landscape architects and developers to implement LEED and SITES concepts in the planning and development of new construction.

21 May 2012

Westgate Heights Attainable Housing Breaks Ground in Saskatoon

Westgate Heights Attainable Housing has broken ground on a housing complex comprising 34 units in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The new housing complex will contain 2 accessible units and 32 townhouse units, and the homes will be meant for low-income families as well as families new to Canada.

21 May 2012

2nd Ave Lighting Installs New Multi-Port Natural Gas Forge

New York-based 2nd Ave Lighting has set up a new modern Multi-Port Natural Gas Forge. The company is an upscale brand and it manufactures decorative lighting that emphasises on the value of personalized designs, creating each of them as a novel work of art.

19 May 2012

HOK to Design Medical School Within Buffalo’s Downtown Campus

Following its triumph in global design ideas competition, HOK has been opted for designing the new University at Buffalo (UB) School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. Grimshaw and Davis Brody Bond , Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Cannon Design, and Rafael Vinoly Architects with Foit-Albert Associates, were the competition finalists.

19 May 2012

Deceuninck North America’s Window Genius Offers Ultra-Thermal Performance Exceeding R-14

Deceuninck North America, a producer of high-quality systems for doors and windows, has launched the first interlinked dual sash window called Genius system.

19 May 2012

KBR Building Group Receives Contract from CTL Packaging

KBR, a global engineering, construction and services company, has received a new manufacturing plant construction contract from CTL Packaging, a producer of plastic packaging products for the pharmaceutical, food, personal care and cosmetics industries.

19 May 2012

Infrastructure Group Balfour Beatty Receives BS11000 Certification from BSI

Balfour Beatty, a globally recognized infrastructure group, has received a certification to the new Collaborative Business Relationships standard by the British Standard Institute. This standard also known as BS11000 recognizes the significance of collaboration for the improvement of sustainable relationships, company performance and competitiveness.

19 May 2012

11th Avenue Place from Prism Developments Receives LEED Gold Certification

PRISM Group of companies’ subsidiary PRISM Developments has won LEED Gold Certification from the USGBC for its property in Beltline District. Though the property was known as PRISM place during the construction stage, it will now be marketed as 11th Avenue Place.

18 May 2012

North Carolina Railroad Agreement Completed for Charlotte LYNX Blue Line Extension

An agreement has been signed for the lease, construction and operation of the LYNC Blue Line Extension light rail project by the Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS), the North Carolina Railroad Company (NCRR) and Norfolk Southern Corporation.

18 May 2012