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Construction Commences on New Engineering Research and Development Laboratory at Tulsa Manufacturing Facility

AAON, Inc., a leading manufacturer of heating and cooling products, breaks ground on new engineering research and development laboratory at the Tulsa manufacturing facility. The three-story 75,000 square foot facility will be both an acoustical and a performance measuring laboratory. The new facility will consist of five psychrometric chambers allowing AAON to meet and maintain AHRI (Air-Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration Institute) and DOE (Department of Energy) certification.

25 Feb 2016

Balfour Beatty Construction to Construct Wood Partners’ New Residential Tower

Wood Partners has selected Balfour Beatty Construction to build its new residential tower in Washington’s fast-growing NoMa (North of Massachusetts Avenue) neighborhood. Located at 33 N Street NE within walking distance of the U.S. Capitol and Union Station, the 13-story residential development will complement the continued revitalization of D.C.’s urban core that has transformed the NoMa neighborhood into a thriving entertainment, retail and employment district.

25 Feb 2016

Aconex Collaboration Platform Deployed by Odebrecht for Panama City's Second Metro Line

Aconex Limited, provider of a leading cloud collaboration platform for the global construction industry, today announced that a joint venture led by Norberto Odebrecht Construction of Brazil, one of the largest construction and engineering companies in Latin America, is using Aconex solutions to manage project information and processes for the construction of Panama City's second metro line.

25 Feb 2016

Kilroy Realty’s 350 Mission Street Building Earns LEED Platinum Certification

Kilroy Realty Corporation today announced that its 350 Mission Street building located in San Francisco, California has achieved LEED Platinum certification under the Core & Shell rating system created by the US Green Building Council. The office component of the 30-story, 450,000 square foot project is 100% leased to Salesforce and represents KRC’s first ground-up development project in San Francisco. Sustainable elements were incorporated into many aspects of the building design.

25 Feb 2016

Better Environmental Education Through “Teaching Green” School Buildings

The energy used to create electricity to power lights, heating and air conditioning, and appliances within buildings causes nearly 50 percent of all fossil fuel emissions in the United States. Educating children about the importance of having environmentally friendly, or “green,” buildings could be a key factor in whether they grow to up to own and operate buildings that are green. Now, a researcher at the University of Missouri has found that students who attend school in buildings specifically designed to be “green” exhibit higher levels of knowledge about energy efficiency and environmentally friendly building practices.

25 Feb 2016

Green Prescription for Reducing Health Care Buildings’ Energy Wastage

Health care buildings in the United States use lots of energy and few embrace sustainability, but a study led by Cornell researchers writes a green prescription for finding practical solutions.

25 Feb 2016

WorkingBuildings’ Corporate Office in Atlanta Receives LEED Platinum Certification

The WorkingBuildings Group of Companies received LEED PLATINUM for Commercial Interiors for their corporate office in Atlanta, Georgia.

24 Feb 2016

Jacobs Engineering to Serve as Managing Contractor for Project LAND 155 in Australia

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it received a contract from the Land Systems Division within the Australian Department of Defence’s Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group (CASG) to serve as managing contractor for Project LAND 155, a project that aims to procure and sustain military off-the-shelf combat bridges. The bridges provide land forces with the ability to cross a range of wet and dry gaps during combat operations.

24 Feb 2016

Otis Deploys Longest Double-Deck Elevator in Korea's Tallest Building, Lotte World Tower

Otis Elevator Korea Co. Ltd. has installed the world's longest double-deck elevator in the Lotte World Tower, Korea's tallest building. The elevator runs 496 meters from the second basement to the building's observation deck on the 121st floor. Using a single hoistway, it can carry 54 passengers to the observation deck in one minute. Otis is a unit of United Technologies Corp.

24 Feb 2016

Construction Commences on New Campus of ASIA School of Business

The ASIA School of Business in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management (ASB) today reached another milestone since its inception a year ago with the commencement of the construction of its own campus in Bukit Perdana, Kuala Lumpur.

24 Feb 2016

Jacobs Receives Project Management Contract for Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park in Pune, India

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it received a contract from Wipro Limited for project management services for the construction of the Information Technology - Special Economic Zone (IT SEZ) Phase 4 at Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park in Pune, India.

24 Feb 2016

NV5 Global to Provide Civil and Structural Engineering Services to Verizon

NV5 Global, Inc. (the "Company" or "NV5"), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that it has been selected to provide on-call professional engineering services, including civil and structural engineering and surveying services, to Verizon for $3 million. The two-year contract was won by the Manhattan infrastructure design and engineering team at The RBA Group.

23 Feb 2016

CoverSix Shelters’ New Turnstile Modules Reduce Risks in Construction Sites

CoverSix Shelters, the defense and security division of RedGuard, is now offering turnstile modules as an addition to its product line of blast-resistant and robust modular buildings.

23 Feb 2016

Wallenstam Begins Development of Kallebäcks Terrasser in Gothenburg

Work is now starting on the development of Kallebäcks Terrasser in Gothenburg. The old Arla factory in Kallebäck is being demolished and will make way for up to about 2,000 apartments in different forms of tenure. Apart from apartments in a mixed urban environment with businesses on the ground floors, there are also plans for 20,000 sq m. of business premises and two nursery schools. Kallebäcks Terrasser is a part of Gothenburg’s Jubilee initiative and about 800 of the 2,000 apartments in the area will be ready for the city’s 400th anniversary celebrations in 2021.

23 Feb 2016

ROXUL’s North American Headquarters Earns CaGBC LEED Gold Certification

ROXUL® Inc. is proud to announce that its North American headquarters, located in Milton, Ontario, has earned LEED® Gold® certification in the New Construction category from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). With this certification, ROXUL's head office ranks among Ontario's most energy-efficient new buildings.

23 Feb 2016

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Construction Commences on New Engineering Research and Development Laboratory at Tulsa Manufacturing Facility

Balfour Beatty Construction to Construct Wood Partners’ New Residential Tower

Aconex Collaboration Platform Deployed by Odebrecht for Panama City's Second Metro Line

Kilroy Realty’s 350 Mission Street Building Earns LEED Platinum Certification

Better Environmental Education Through “Teaching Green” School Buildings

Green Prescription for Reducing Health Care Buildings’ Energy Wastage

WorkingBuildings’ Corporate Office in Atlanta Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Jacobs Engineering to Serve as Managing Contractor for Project LAND 155 in Australia

Otis Deploys Longest Double-Deck Elevator in Korea's Tallest Building, Lotte World Tower

Construction Commences on New Campus of ASIA School of Business

Jacobs Receives Project Management Contract for Rajiv Gandhi InfoTech Park in Pune, India

NV5 Global to Provide Civil and Structural Engineering Services to Verizon

CoverSix Shelters’ New Turnstile Modules Reduce Risks in Construction Sites

Wallenstam Begins Development of Kallebäcks Terrasser in Gothenburg

ROXUL’s North American Headquarters Earns CaGBC LEED Gold Certification

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