Nick Gilbert

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USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Airlie Conference Center’s Pavilion

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification to the Airlie Conference Center for its Pavilion building.

11 Sep 2012

General Mills’ Distribution Unit Earns LEED Gold from U.S. Green Building Council

General Mills’ new customer service unit at Fort Wayne, Indiana, has earned LEED Gold authentication from the U.S. Green Building Council. The unit is the biggest warehouse and distribution unit in North America to obtain LEED Gold and the third biggest globally.

7 Sep 2012

APEX Siding System’s Pultruded-Fiberglass Siding with Ultrex

More and more homeowners from Canada and the U.S. are opting for pultruded-fiberglass siding, a recently improved long-lasting and easily maintainable siding when compared to conventional wood, vinyl and fiber cement sidings.

7 Sep 2012

Privateƒ{Public Collaboration Promotes New Kent State University Hotel and Conference Center

A special privateƒ{public collaboration, involving $9 million of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) from Finance Fund and $6.5 million from the Development Fund of the Western Reserve (DFWR), will help Kent State University (KSU) Foundation to finance a new hotel and conference center, which will provide 472 regional employment opportunities besides bolstering economic development and boosting the regional tourism.

6 Sep 2012

VA to Construct a New Medical Care Facility for Veterans at Montana

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has chosen Billings VA 2008 as the contractor to construct a new outpatient medical care unit in Billings, Montana.

6 Sep 2012

Ground Breaking Ceremony of Extension of Montgomery Middle School

Balfour Beatty Construction together with the Sweetwater Union High School District commemorated the groundbreaking of extensions to Montgomery Middle School on August 14. Balfour Beatty is building a unit of 37,500 sq. ft. of $20.7 million which will have five new buildings.

6 Sep 2012

Air Force Technical Applications Center Being Built at Patrick Air Force Base

It is ironic that a massive four-story modern steel and concrete building is coming up near the dainty, unsafe, and safeguarded sea turtle nests that adorn the seashore at Florida.

5 Sep 2012

Overhead Garage Door Acquires Spartan Overhead Door

Overhead Garage Door has acquired Spartan Overhead Door based in Elk Grove, Illinois, thus becoming the largest installer of garage doors in the Greater Chicago region.

4 Sep 2012

Kier Selected to Provide Facilities Management Services for RAC

RAC has chosen Kier as the preferred bidder to deliver total facilities management services at RAC’s three major sites, namely its two histrionic buildings at Bradley Stoke outside Bristol and Bescot close to Walsall, and its offices located at Stretford in Manchester.

3 Sep 2012

New Decorative Concrete Finishing System Now Available from Plano Concrete Flooring

Plano Concrete Flooring, a unit of Artisan DecoCrete, is offering a new decorative concrete finishing system to businesses and homes in and around Plano and Dallas areas.

3 Sep 2012