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$20 Million Contract for Cleveland Federal Building Awarded to Dick Corporation

Dick Corporation has received a $30 million contract to provide construction management services to the General Services Administration (GSA) for the modernization of the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building in Cleveland, Oh...

20 Oct 2006

Celcon Flooring System - 585 Square Metres in Three Days

Covering 585 square metres, 167 Celcon Flooring System elements have been installed in three days on a housing development at Brampton, near Huntingdon. The system was chosen by local developers Campbell Buchanan for the...

20 Oct 2006

Lafarge Announce Sensium® Technological Cements a Major Innovation in the Construction Sector

Lafarge announces today the launch by its subsidiary, Lafarge Ciments, of Sensium® technological cements, a new generation of cements, in France. Thanks to their innovative properties, these new cements correspond to...

19 Oct 2006

Report Published by HSE Following the Investigation of a Construction Workers Death

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a report on its investigation into the death of a construction worker killed by a falling load. HSE’s findings raise an issue for those undertaking routine examination ...

19 Oct 2006

WRAP Launch a Construction Waste Recycling Programme

WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a construction waste recycling infrastructure capital support programme and is encouraging UK based construction and demolition waste collection or recycling...

19 Oct 2006

English Partnerships Work to Produce a £15m UK Housing Development

Aspirational housebuilders are being invited by national regeneration agency English Partnerships and Lancaster City Council to work with them to produce a £15m exemplar housing development in Morecambe’s West End area. ...

19 Oct 2006

Resurface Unsightly Concrete Through Several Decorative Concrete Techniques

Conventional wisdom holds that old concrete, with cracks, surface discoloration, or surface imperfections, must be removed and replaced if improving the look of the concrete is the goal. Many times homeowners are discour...

19 Oct 2006

New 16-Inch Variable Speed Models Introduce by Part-A-Cool(r)

The new Port-A-Cool® 16-inch variable speed models are here joining the top selling variable speed 24 and 36-inch fan blade sizes already a staple in the Port-A-Cool® lineup. Producing more air than any previ...

19 Oct 2006

FenceCenter.com Announce the Newly Redesigned Website

FenceCenter.com and its parent company, Sonco Worldwide, are proud to announce the newly redesigned website at www.fencecenter.com. As the largest online store for fencing products, the website now features fence buildin...

19 Oct 2006

Holland Gets a Unique Materials Centre

Materia has opened an Inspiration Centre in Holland where every innovative material from around the world can be seen, felt and experienced. Architects, interior designers and industrial designers can get to know new inn...

18 Oct 2006

Jacuzzi Brands Announces Upcoming Acquisition by Apollo Management

Jacuzzi Brands Inc (West Palm Beach, FL, USA) has announced that a definitive merger agreement has been signed under which affiliates of private equity firm Apollo Management LP will purchase Jacuzzi Brands in a transac...

18 Oct 2006

Ceramics and Architecture Project - Castle in the air?

An exhibition of the .ekwc project Ceramics and Architecture will take place from 25 November 2006 to 31 December 2006 at Museum Hilversum, Hilversum, Holland. The festive opening will take place on Friday 24 Novembe...

18 Oct 2006

Hoffman to be Honored for Completion Sustainable Projects

Hoffman LLC, one of the nation’s largest planning, architecture and construction firms that specializes in energy-efficient building design, was recently honored with awards by both the Wisconsin Green Building All...

18 Oct 2006

HVAC Professionals Recommend Safety Inspection and Tune Up

As cool fall weather brings welcome relief to North Texans still shaking off the effects of the heat wave of 2006, a heating and air conditioning expert advises homeowners that now is the time to have their HVAC systems ...

18 Oct 2006

Atlanta Headquarters to be Built by Newell Rubbermaid

Newell Rubbermaid Inc. announces it has signed an agreement with developers Greenstone Properties, in partnership with Pope & Land and Granite Properties, to construct a 350,000 sq. foot, 14-story Atlanta headquarter...

17 Oct 2006