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Newman Garrison Partners Chooses LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System for Park Landing Apartment

The Park Landing Apartment Homes by Newman Garrison + Partners will feature green roofs from LiveRoof Hybrid Green Roof System. The property is being developed by Jamboree Housing Corporation.

14 May 2012

Bird Construction Awarded Contracts Worth $235 million

Bird Construction has received various contracts totalling to $235 million. The projects are spread over different locations in the markets in which the company operates presently. One of the main projects includes the Early Works Civil Program of the Voyageur Upgrader Project awarded by Suncor Energy. The program is likely to commence by May 2012 and be completed by the spring of 2013.

14 May 2012

Sundance Square Unveils Three New Buildings at Downtown Fort Worth

Sundance Square has officially unveiled three new buildings at the office, entertainment and retail district located in Downtown Fort Worth. The three new buildings called The Commerce Building, The Westbrook and The Cassidy will be opened during 2013

11 May 2012

Energy Efficient Homes Construction and Retrofit Industry to Achieve Annual CAGR of 42% by 2020

According to a new report titled “Energy Efficient Homes” that has been released by Cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research, interest in energy efficient homes and buildings is continuously rising as global energy consumption is increasing steadily and this in turn is causing rising demand in power infrastructure leading to greenhouse gas emissions.

11 May 2012

Columbia Forest Product Introduces Columbia Radius Bending Plywood

US-based hardwood veneer products and plywood manufacturer is now offering the Columbia Radius Bending Plywood for applications that have a curved contour. This new product is ideal for applications which have curved cabinetry, arches, furniture and columns when continuity from a straight edge is required and unnecessary formaldehyde resulting out of wood products is to be avoided.

11 May 2012

New George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification

The USGBC has awarded the LEED Gold certification to the newly constructed George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is the first building to receive LEED certification at the campus of UMass Amherst.

10 May 2012

Chemcraft Expands its Rugby Architectural Building Products in New York

Chemcraft, a brand of AkzoNobel has announced that it is expanding its locations for Rugby Architectural Building Products in New York and the neighbouring areas of Long Island and northern New Jersey.

10 May 2012

New Paint Options from PPG PITTSBURGH to Ohio Homeowners

PPG PITTSBURGH Paints has partnered with Village PRO Hardware store in order to supply Ohio homeowners with new color and paint options.

9 May 2012

Pintuco Signs Agreement to Buy H.B. Fuller’s Central America-Based Paints Business

H.B. Fuller, a global supplier of adhesives, has announced that the company has inked a contract for the sale of its paints business, based in Central America, to Compania Global de Pinturas (Pintuco), Grupo Mundial’s company.

9 May 2012

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