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Cretex Concrete Products Sold to HBP Pipe & Precast

Cretex Companies today announced it has sold its subsidiary, Cretex Concrete Products, Inc. (CCP), to HBP Pipe & Precast LLC, the former HeidelbergCement affiliate that operated under the Hanson Building Products name (HBP) based in Irving, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

5 Oct 2015

NV5 to Perform Final Design Services for Phase II of Starlight Park Project

NV5 Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "NV5"), a provider of professional consulting design and engineering solutions, announced today that it will perform final design services for Starlight Park Phase II between Westchester Avenue and East Tremont Avenue along the banks of the Bronx River. This contract was won by The RBA Group as part of a task-order contract with the New York City Department of Design and Construction (NYCDDC). RBA recently completed Phase I of the Starlight Park project which resulted in design fees exceeding $1.6 million.

5 Oct 2015

University of Minnesota Breaks Ground on Renovation of Tate Science and Teaching Building

University officials broke ground on the renovation of the Tate Science and Teaching building (formerly Tate Laboratory of Physics) at a ceremony on September 30, 2015. The occasion marked the official beginning of the two-year renovation scheduled to be completed in Fall of 2017 that will transform the 89 year old building into the joint home of the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences.

5 Oct 2015

Uppsala University Researchers Work Out New Way to Rejuvenate Smart Windows

Electrochromic windows, so-called ‘smart windows’, share a well-known problem with rechargeable batteries – their limited lifespan. Researchers at Uppsala University have now worked out an entirely new way to rejuvenate smart windows which have started to show signs of age. The study, published in the distinguished science journal Nature Materials, may open the way to other areas of application.

5 Oct 2015

Constructech Names Balfour Beatty Construction Leaders to 2015 Women in Construction List

Constructech magazine recently named Balfour Beatty Construction’s Kasey Bevans and Nancy Novak to its “2015 Women in Construction” list at the publication’s 2015 Technology Day event.

1 Oct 2015

Lennar Joins Leaders from City of Austin to Open City's First Solar-Standard Community

Lennar, one of the nation's largest homebuilders, today joined leaders from the City of Austin and Austin Energy, as well as Texas policymakers, to open the city's first solar-standard community made possible by recent changes in utility regulations – demonstrating that environmental sustainability and new-home affordability can go hand-in-hand.

1 Oct 2015

IABSE Honors San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span with Outstanding Structure Award 2015

T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), a globally recognized full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announces that the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span (East Span) has won the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) Outstanding Structure Award 2015.

1 Oct 2015

IKEA Selects Jacobs to Provide PCM Services for New Shopping Center in Italy

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it was selected by IKEA Centers to perform project and construction management (PCM) services for a new shopping center in Roncadelle (Brescia), Italy.

1 Oct 2015

University of Leicester Launches £19.5 Million Project to Preserve Iconic Engineering Building

The University of Leicester has launched a new £19.5million project to replace the roof and glazed facades of its world-famous Engineering Building to secure its use well into the 21st century.

1 Oct 2015

PPG Expands San Juan del Rio Coatings Manufacturing Facility in Mexico

PPG Industries today announced that it has completed a $27 million expansion of its San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, Mexico, coatings manufacturing facility.

30 Sep 2015

Prudential Financial Officially Opens New Environmentally Friendly Office Tower

Prudential Financial, Inc., officially opened its new office tower at a ribbon cutting attended by John Strangfeld, chairman and CEO of Prudential, Cory Booker, U.S. Senator from N.J., Ras Baraka, Mayor of Newark, Donald Payne, Jr., U. S. Representative from New Jersey, Kim Guadagno, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State of N.J., and many more dignitaries from the surrounding Newark area.

30 Sep 2015

ERDMAN Receives Approval for $93.6 Million Patient Pavilion for Lehigh Valley Health Network

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Cretex Concrete Products Sold to HBP Pipe & Precast

NV5 to Perform Final Design Services for Phase II of Starlight Park Project

University of Minnesota Breaks Ground on Renovation of Tate Science and Teaching Building

Uppsala University Researchers Work Out New Way to Rejuvenate Smart Windows

Constructech Names Balfour Beatty Construction Leaders to 2015 Women in Construction List

Lennar Joins Leaders from City of Austin to Open City's First Solar-Standard Community

IABSE Honors San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span with Outstanding Structure Award 2015

IKEA Selects Jacobs to Provide PCM Services for New Shopping Center in Italy

University of Leicester Launches £19.5 Million Project to Preserve Iconic Engineering Building

PPG Expands San Juan del Rio Coatings Manufacturing Facility in Mexico

Prudential Financial Officially Opens New Environmentally Friendly Office Tower

ERDMAN Receives Approval for $93.6 Million Patient Pavilion for Lehigh Valley Health Network

Collaboration to Create WELL Certified City District in Tampa, Florida

New Guide to the Code for Evaluation, Repair, and Rehabilitation of Concrete Buildings Released

Prominent Developers, Power Brokers and Real Estate Professionals to Speak at Miami New Construction Show

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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

1New Study Explores How Nano-TiO₂ Enhances Eco-Friendly Cement Composites

2AI Model Identifies Greener Cement Mixes Without Compromising Strength

3Researchers Explore Biochar from Agricultural Waste as a Sustainable Cement Alternative in UHPC

4Researchers Develop More Sustainable Bricks Using Invasive Weed Biomass

5Optimized Air-Entrained Recycled Brick Aggregate Concrete for Freeze-Thaw Environment

6Modular Design Could Make Retail Greener and More Profitable