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JLC LIVE: Royal Building Products Exhibits Innovative Siding and Trim Solution

Royal® Building Products features its Celect® Cellular Composite Siding, the innovative siding and trim solution that is revolutionizing the lap siding category, at the JLC LIVE New England Residential Construction Show in Providence, R.I., March 18-19, 2016. Celect’s beauty, low maintenance and unlimited home design options have made it a popular cladding choice in the New England building market.

18 Mar 2016

Haskell Announces Acquisition of Leidos Constructors and Design Assets of Leidos Engineering

Haskell, one of the nation's leading fully integrated design, engineering and construction firms, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leidos Constructors, LLC, as well as select design assets of Leidos Engineering. Prior to 2007, this entity was known in the market as Benham.

17 Mar 2016

MORGAN Announces Construction Plans for Luxury Apartment High Rise in Miami

MORGAN, a leader in upscale multifamily development, construction and property management, plans to break ground during the second quarter of 2016 on a luxury apartment high rise in Miami. Named Pearl Midtown 29, the 20-story tower with 309 units is a joint venture between MORGAN and Mesirow Financial.

17 Mar 2016

Construction Commences on ROCKFON’s First North American Acoustic Ceiling Panel Manufacturing Facility

ROXUL® USA Inc. affiliate ROCKFON® LLC, a subsidiary of Denmark-based ROCKWOOL® International A/S, officially broke ground today on its first North American acoustic ceiling panel manufacturing facility.

17 Mar 2016

Austin-Based Housing Startup KASITA Reveals Prototype at SXSW Interactive

After three years of R&D, Austin-based housing startup KASITATM revealed its prototype at SXSW® Interactive, where it was awarded the 2016 SXSW Innovation Award in the Smart Cities category.

17 Mar 2016

Lord Aeck Sargent and The Miller Hull Partnership to Design Georgia Tech’s Living Building

The Georgia Institute of Technology has selected the team of Lord Aeck Sargent and The Miller Hull Partnership to design the Institute’s Living Building Challenge 3.0 project. The final team was selected after three teams participated in an ideas competition to explore all the possibilities and challenges of designing this certified project, set to be constructed on the Georgia Tech campus beginning in 2017.

17 Mar 2016

Experimental Study on Impact of Rubber Aggregate on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams

Owing to the rapid growth in the automobile industry, the world receives millions of scrap tyres each year. Increasing volumes of scrap tyres causes many environmental problems that are resulted from the followed disposal methods of worn-tyres such as burning or piling up in landfills. Burning the waste tires releases toxic fumes that pollute the air and can contaminate the soil and water.

17 Mar 2016

Oldcastle Precast Strengthens Market Position with Colorado Precast Acquisition

Oldcastle Precast Inc., a leading manufacturer of precast concrete, polymer concrete, composite and plastic building products, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Colorado Precast Inc. with a manufacturing location in Loveland, Colo.

16 Mar 2016

Cox Enterprises' New Office Building Achieves LEED Gold certification

Cox Enterprises announced today that it has been awarded LEED® Gold certification for its 578,000 square foot office building that is located in Sandy Springs, Ga. The new building is the second facility on Cox Enterprises' corporate campus to achieve LEED Gold certification.

16 Mar 2016

Epcon Communities Franchising Launches New American Porch Collection

Epcon Communities Franchising, the 38th-largest home builder in the U.S. (Builder Magazine, May 2015) and the 19th-largest privately owned homebuilding company in the country, has launched its latest product offerings, the American Porch Collection, designed to have great appeal to the growing 55+ demographic. According to a Metrostudy (division of Hanley Wood) report, 52 percent of new home sales over the next several years will be driven by this buyer segment.

16 Mar 2016

New 3M Thinsulate Window Film Provides Superior Comfort in Any Weather Condition

Insulating a home or a building is not a new idea. Many of us have seen the yellow fiberglass batting, insulation sprayed into the attic or the foam boards often used for insulation on homes and commercial buildings. These are all commonplace solutions to help keep heat inside a building during winter months. These solutions work for the walls and roof of buildings, but what has been done about the windows?

16 Mar 2016

Tindall Precast Project Earns 2016 Build Knoxville Award

Blaine Construction Corporation worked with Tindall Corporation to build the Walnut Street Parking Garage in Knoxville, TN. Blaine Construction and the Walnut Street Garage recently received a 2016 Build Knoxville Award in the category of commercial projects over $5 million presented by The Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Tennessee.

15 Mar 2016

Brandywine Homes Commences Construction on Newbury Upscale Residential Community in Yorba Linda

Brandywine Homes recently broke ground on Newbury, a 8.38-acre community offering 15 estate homes on Highland Avenue in Yorba Linda. Grading is expected to begin in May 2016, with a grand opening slated for first quarter of 2017.

15 Mar 2016

Gemma Power Systems Receives Full NTP to Build 475MW Power Project in North Carolina

Gemma Power Systems, LLC (GPS) has received full Notice to Proceed (NTP) to begin activities under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) services contract with NTE Carolinas LLC, an affiliate of NTE Energy, to construct a 475 MW state-of-the-art natural gas-fired power plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

15 Mar 2016

Studio Four Design Partners with Leon William Contractors for Construction of New Foothills Church

Foothills Church Worship Center, has partnered with Studio Four Design, a top Knoxville architecture and design firm, and with Blount County's leading contracting company, Leon Williams Contractors, to expand. The 32,000 sq. ft. expansion project, which will comprise of a new building, a connecting hallway, and an expanded parking lot, will conclude by spring of 2017 in order to accommodate the growing church congregation.

14 Mar 2016

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JLC LIVE: Royal Building Products Exhibits Innovative Siding and Trim Solution

Haskell Announces Acquisition of Leidos Constructors and Design Assets of Leidos Engineering

MORGAN Announces Construction Plans for Luxury Apartment High Rise in Miami

Construction Commences on ROCKFON’s First North American Acoustic Ceiling Panel Manufacturing Facility

Austin-Based Housing Startup KASITA Reveals Prototype at SXSW Interactive

Lord Aeck Sargent and The Miller Hull Partnership to Design Georgia Tech’s Living Building

Experimental Study on Impact of Rubber Aggregate on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams

Oldcastle Precast Strengthens Market Position with Colorado Precast Acquisition

Cox Enterprises' New Office Building Achieves LEED Gold certification

Epcon Communities Franchising Launches New American Porch Collection

New 3M Thinsulate Window Film Provides Superior Comfort in Any Weather Condition

Tindall Precast Project Earns 2016 Build Knoxville Award

Brandywine Homes Commences Construction on Newbury Upscale Residential Community in Yorba Linda

Gemma Power Systems Receives Full NTP to Build 475MW Power Project in North Carolina

Studio Four Design Partners with Leon William Contractors for Construction of New Foothills Church

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Sustainable Challenges in the Cement Industry

Discussing Construction Heritage and Preservation with Dr. Silke Langenberg

Providing Emergency Accommodation with Modular Shelters

Construction Trends

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Trending Stories

1AI Model Identifies Greener Cement Mixes Without Compromising Strength

2Microbes That Build: Scientists Develop Technology for Mars Infrastructure

3Study Explores Recycled Concrete Paving Blocks as Sustainable Aggregate Alternatives

4Optimized Air-Entrained Recycled Brick Aggregate Concrete for Freeze-Thaw Environment

5New Multiscale Model Accurately Predicts Concrete Behavior at High Temperatures

6Wooden Nails Rival Metal Fasteners in Timber Construction