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Intertek Introduces ETL Certification Mark to Global Building Products Market

Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries around the world, has introduced its ETL Certification Mark to the global building products market. The use of a single mark for building products certification will help simplify recognition of approved building products to Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), retailers and end users.

18 Dec 2015

Green Building Retrofit Award Given to Lapolla Industries’ AirTight Multi-Family Energy Reduction Program

The AirTight Division, an operating unit of Lapolla Industries, Inc., which markets, promotes, and sells energy saving products and energy reduction services, today announced the attainment of the Green Building Retrofit Award by Jacob Ford Village.

18 Dec 2015

ASSA ABLOY Debuts Maiman Integris Moisture-Resistant Plastic Laminate Door

ASSA ABLOY introduces the Maiman Integris Door, an industry-first, moisture-resistant plastic laminate door highly recommended for wet or humid interior applications. As the latest addition to the Maiman product line, this solution brings the visual warmth of wood to openings that have been limited to hollow metal, fiberglass or aluminum doors.

17 Dec 2015

New Desalination Demonstration Plant in Singapore to be Built with Evoqua’s Nexed Module Technology

Evoqua Water Technologies today announced it will work with PUB, Singapore’s national water agency to build a new desalination demonstration facility in Tuas, Singapore, capable of producing 500,000 gallons of desalinated seawater per day. The new desalination plant will utilize Evoqua’s next-generation, patented Nexed™ electrochemical desalination module technology.

17 Dec 2015

Wilsonart Adds Spectrum Customizable Laminate Designs to Virtual Design Library

Designers looking for dynamic, fashionable colors can now look to the Wilsonart design team and the entirely new and completely customizable category of color-carrying laminate designs, Spectrum. Spectrum launches this month as the latest addition to the Wilsonart® Laminate Virtual Design Library (VDL), a unique online resource for laminate design.

17 Dec 2015

Yulong Provides Construction Waste Recycling Services to Zhengzhou City Airport Zone

Yulong Eco-Materials Limited, an eco-friendly building products and construction waste management company, today announced that it has received two new assignments to provide construction waste recycling services in two additional villages within the Zhengzhou City Airport Zone, formally known as the Zhengzhou Comprehensive Experimental Zone for Airport-based Economy. The Zone is a 160 square mile area currently undergoing development as both a modernized air, railway and highway transportation hub and an airport-based metropolitan center.

17 Dec 2015

Suncor Energy Awards Design Basis Memorandum Contract to Jacobs Engineering

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was awarded a contract from Suncor Energy to provide project management and engineering services to complete the design basis memorandum (DBM) for its proposed Meadow Creek East facility in northeast Alberta, Canada.

16 Dec 2015

Atkins to Play Key Role in Nevada's Largest Freeway Project

Atkins, one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management firms, is to play a key role in the development of a freeway that will help transform the city of Las Vegas.

16 Dec 2015

Mitsubishi Electric to Build New Factory for Mitsubishi Elevator Korea

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will build a new factory for Mitsubishi Elevator Korea Co., Ltd. (KMEC) in the Songdo area of the Incheon Free Economic Zone in South Korea. Relocating KMEC’s development and manufacturing bases to the new facility will strengthen Mitsubishi Electric’s capability to respond to global needs for high-speed elevators, including by expanding annual production capacity 2.5 times to 4,000 units.

16 Dec 2015

Walsh Gilbane JV, US Army Corps of Engineers Break Ground for PHC Lab Replacement Project

Recently, the Walsh Gilbane JV joined the US Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District to break ground for its $206 million Public Health Command (PHC) Lab Replacement project located at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

16 Dec 2015

Jacobs Engineering Reappointed as Sole Supplier of Professional Services to Highways England

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it was reappointed as the sole supplier of professional services to Highways England Historical Railways Estate (HRE) for a term of up to five years. Highways England is responsible for managing a portfolio of 3,400 structures including legacy bridges, viaducts, tunnels and similar listed properties associated with closed railway lines throughout the United Kingdom.

16 Dec 2015

Winter Travelers Now Invited to Newly Renovated National Harbor Hotel

Residence Inn National Harbor Washington, D.C. Area invites winter travelers to cozy up in completely refreshed accommodations designed to feel like home.

15 Dec 2015

Habitat for Humanity Collaborates with Earthwise Windows Manufacturer on Kentainer Homes

Kentucky's Habitat for Humanity is producing their own version of the popular container home, with the help of partners including their local Earthwise Windows manufacturer, Tri-State Wholesale Building Supplies.

15 Dec 2015

AFL-CIO HIT to Invest $300M in Affordable Housing in Bronx, Brooklyn and Jersey City

The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) announced a partnership with the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York, the New York City Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO and a coalition of unions, area churches and developers known as the United Clergy Task Force (UCTF) to invest up to $300 million in affordable housing, community centers and care facilities on sites in the Metro area.

15 Dec 2015

Prospective Residents Invited to Secure Reservations at Watercrest Senior Living’s Community Sales Office

Watercrest of San Jose Assisted Living and Memory Care Community opened its community sales office last month, offering prospective residents the opportunity to secure their reservation in the 79,000 square foot, 90-unit premier senior living community scheduled to open this summer in Jacksonville, Florida.

15 Dec 2015

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Intertek Introduces ETL Certification Mark to Global Building Products Market

Green Building Retrofit Award Given to Lapolla Industries’ AirTight Multi-Family Energy Reduction Program

ASSA ABLOY Debuts Maiman Integris Moisture-Resistant Plastic Laminate Door

New Desalination Demonstration Plant in Singapore to be Built with Evoqua’s Nexed Module Technology

Wilsonart Adds Spectrum Customizable Laminate Designs to Virtual Design Library

Yulong Provides Construction Waste Recycling Services to Zhengzhou City Airport Zone

Suncor Energy Awards Design Basis Memorandum Contract to Jacobs Engineering

Atkins to Play Key Role in Nevada's Largest Freeway Project

Mitsubishi Electric to Build New Factory for Mitsubishi Elevator Korea

Walsh Gilbane JV, US Army Corps of Engineers Break Ground for PHC Lab Replacement Project

Jacobs Engineering Reappointed as Sole Supplier of Professional Services to Highways England

Winter Travelers Now Invited to Newly Renovated National Harbor Hotel

Habitat for Humanity Collaborates with Earthwise Windows Manufacturer on Kentainer Homes

AFL-CIO HIT to Invest $300M in Affordable Housing in Bronx, Brooklyn and Jersey City

Prospective Residents Invited to Secure Reservations at Watercrest Senior Living’s Community Sales Office

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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

1Researchers Boost Impact Resistance in Lightweight Geopolymer Concrete Using Waste Rubber and Pumice

2How Nanorings in Glass Adapt to Sunlight and Lower Indoor Temperatures

3Carbon-Cement Supercapacitor for Sustainable Energy Storage in Buildings

4New Nanoparticle Stenciling Method Could Unlock Smarter Building Materials

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