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Construction Company Commemorates Breast Cancer Awareness Month

EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, is proud to announce that a number of i...

1 Oct 2009

Two Handle Retail Faucet from Price Pfister

New Design Adds to the Price Pfister Portfolio of Stylish Retail Offerings

1 Oct 2009

Aberdeenshire Council Rejects Calls to Halt Construction of Trump Golf Resort

Councillors have rejected a call to rule out using compulsory purchase orders to move people from where Donald Trump plans his £1bn golf resort in Scotland. The homes and land of four people are being targeted a...

1 Oct 2009

Places for People Searches for a Contractor to Construct Homes in Milton Keynes

Registered Social Landlord Places for People is looking for a contractor to build up to 214 homes at Brooklands, a new community it is developing in eastern Milton Keynes. The development will be a mix of affordable t...

1 Oct 2009

University of Leciester Invites Tenders for Construction of Student Accommodation

The University of Leciester is looking for a contractor for the redevelopment of its Nixon Court student accommodation. The design-and-build scheme has an estimated value of £13.5m. The deadline for expressions ...

1 Oct 2009

Building Cost Information Service Analyzes Tender Prices

Tender prices may not start rising until 2011 and will not return to pre-recession levels for at least five years. Latest forecasts from the Building Cost Information Service show tender prices are predicted to fall 5.2...

1 Oct 2009

Jackson Civil Engineering Wins Bid to Build Sittingbourne Northern Relief Road

Kent County Council has appointed Jackson Civil Engineering to build the Sittingbourne Northern relief road. It had been anticipated that the work would be worth £26m, but Jackson has won the deal with a bid of &p...

1 Oct 2009

The Week's Top Five Construction Tenders

This week's top five construction tenders include sewerage work worth £1bn over ten years, a £200m housing repair and maintenance deal worth £200m and house building in East Anglia, the Midlands and the South of England....

1 Oct 2009

Nursing Home Deal Won by Connaught

Connaught has been awarded a £35m nursing home deal by Portsmouth City Council. The contract is for the design, build, operation and maintenance of a 92-bed nursing home in Portsmouth, of which 62 will be filled b...

1 Oct 2009

Galliford Try Wins Five Housing and Regeneration Contracts

Galliford Try has won five affordable housing and regeneration contracts totalling £36.1m. The largest of these is a £20m design-and-build contract to regenerate The Tidemill School, Deptford Lounge and Re...

1 Oct 2009

Michael Baker to Focus on Construction and Engineering

Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Amex: BKR) announced today that it has completed the sale of its energy business segment (“Baker Energy”) to a subsidiary of international energy services company John Wood Gro...

1 Oct 2009

Port of Gävle to be Expanded by Peab

Peab has been contracted to implement the expansion of the port of Gävle. The customer is Gävle Hamn AB. The budget for the project as a whole is 870 million and Peab's share amounts to approximately SEK 50...

1 Oct 2009

GPCO to Expand Existing Facility by 91,000 Square Feet

Grandville Printing Company (GPCO), a Michigan-based printer, announced plans today to expand its facility by 91,000 sq. ft. to accommodate their Nexgen Retail Division that produces On-Demand Variable Data Retail Shelf ...

1 Oct 2009

Construction of the First Hospice for Children in Alberta Complete

Rotary/Flames House set to open in November On Friday, October 2, 2009, Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation will host an Open House and "House Warming" Celebration for Ro...

1 Oct 2009

Breathable Coating Protects Historical Monuments from Graffiti

Many a historic landmark is defaced with graffiti, but the spray paint can only be removed – if at all – using caustic solutions which risk damaging the underlying surface. A new breathable coating provides efficient, all-round protection against attacks by taggers.

1 Oct 2009