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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

CIC Report on the Contruction Industry

The construction industry has a long way to go to achieve diversity, according to a report commissioned by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) from the University of the West of England. A team from UWE’s School o...

1 Oct 2009

Book on Sectoral Approaches in the Global Iron and Steel Industry

Publication title: Sectoral Approaches in the Case of the Iron and Steel Author: Tomi J. Lindroos Publication type: Book (Paperback) ISBN number: 978-951-38-7172-7 Sectoral approaches are discussed widely in inter...

1 Oct 2009

AFCEE Provides Versar with a Restoration and Construction Contract

Versar, Inc. (NYSE Amex:VSR) announced today it is one of sixteen small businesses awarded a five year, $3 billion ID/IQ contract by the Department of the Air Force’s Center for Engineering and the Environment (AFC...

1 Oct 2009

Construction of 1.8 MW Solar Project Commences

enXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Company, (PARIS: EEN) and Carrier Clinic conducted a ground-breaking ceremony today to mark the beginning of construction of the 1.8 megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic array. The ground...

1 Oct 2009

Report on the Construction Details of the Corpus Christi LNG Terminal

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Corpus Christi LNG Terminal- Analysis and Forecasts of Terminal wise Capacity and Associated Contracts, Construction and Trade Information" report to thei...

1 Oct 2009

Applied Materials Supports the The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Applied Materials, Inc. the world’s largest supplier of equipment to the solar industry, released the following statement in support of the “The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,” a bill introdu...

1 Oct 2009

IR-09 Multi-Gas Infrared Analyzer from Cemtrex

Cemtrex Inc. (OTC: CTEI) announced today the release of the IR-09 multi-gas infrared analyzer for Greenhouse Gas monitoring and reporting. The launch of this product comes right in line with the U.S. Environmental Pr...

1 Oct 2009

LSG's New Line of LED Retrofit Lamps can Expand LED Lighting Technology Market

Next Generation LED Lamp Line to Substantially Increase Light Output at Half the Price of Current LED Lamp Line Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSG) (Pink Sheets: LSCG), a global leader in LED lighting products, wil...

1 Oct 2009