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Bechtel Announces Completion of Tunneling Work on Crossrail in London

Bechtel and Crossrail have completed tunneling work on Crossrail in London, the largest engineering project in Europe. The 26 miles of tunnels (42 kilometers), which required the use of eight tunnel boring machines, were completed on schedule in just three years.

8 Jun 2015

SNC-Lavalin Awarded BC Hydro Meikle Wind Terminal Project

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Transmission & Distribution (T&D), a member of the Power group, has been awarded a new project by BC Hydro and Power Authority to produce the design and provide project and construction management services for the new BC Hydro Meikle Wind Terminal—a 230-kilovolt (kV) switchyard located approximately 23 kilometres northwest of Tumbler Ridge in British Columbia, Canada.

8 Jun 2015

Ryland Homes Orlando Announces Opening of Fully Decorated Model Homes in Clear Lake Landings

Ryland Homes Orlando has announced the opening of two beautiful, fully decorated model homes in Clear Lake Landings, located in Apopka, Fla. Homebuyers are invited to stop by the ideally located community of Clear Lake Landings to explore the models, Roarke II and Amelia, to experience the neighborhood and to enjoy a private, new home consultation in the model’s state-of-the-art interactive sales center.

5 Jun 2015

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Building Practices Wins ‘Green Building Champion Award’

Engineer Martin Roy was honoured once again during the "Building Lasting Change Conference" in Vancouver, where he was awarded one of the most prestigious prizes in sustainable building in Canada: the "Green Building Champion Award"!

5 Jun 2015

Rice University to Commence Construction on New $2 Million Soccer, Track and Field Facility

Rice University will begin construction soon on a new $2 million grandstand, enclosed press box and team facilities for soccer and men’s and women’s track and field and cross country.

5 Jun 2015

CertusView Launches New Licensing Program for Microtrenching Construction Technology

CertusView Technologies, LLC announced today that it has launched a new licensing program for its innovative patented "Microtrenching" construction technology through its affiliate, CertusView Solutions, LLC. U.S. Patent No. 8,480,332 (issued on July 9, 2013).

5 Jun 2015

Thermal and Acoustical Insulation Products Fabricator, IFI, Acquired by Distribution International

Distribution International, Inc. (DI) announced the acquisition of Insulation Fabricators Inc. (IFI), a leading fabricator and distributor of thermal and acoustical insulation products. Headquartered near Chicago in Hammond, Indiana, IFI expands DI’s Midwestern footprint with additional locations in Ohio and West Virginia. Houston-based DI, a portfolio company of global private equity firm Advent International, is a leader in the mechanical insulation market.

5 Jun 2015

Locum Commissions NCC to Expand Södersjukhuset Hospital in Stockholm

NCC has been commissioned by Locum to expand the Södersjukhuset Hospital in Stockholm by adding a new treatment center and an operation and maintenance building. The order is worth about SEK 1 billion and will be registered among orders in three stages.

5 Jun 2015

PPG Expands Central American Operations with Acquisition of Paint Store Operator, Consorcio Latinoamericano

PPG Industries today announced that it has acquired Consorcio Latinoamericano, which operates a network of 57 paint stores in Central America. Financial terms were not disclosed.

4 Jun 2015

U.S. Concrete Announces Sale Completion of Remaining Assets of Precast Concrete Operation

U.S. Concrete, Inc. announced today that it has completed the sale of the remaining assets of the U.S. Concrete Precast Group, which consisted of an architectural precast plant operating in Middleburg, PA. The transaction represents the final divestiture of the Company's owned assets relating to precast concrete operations.

4 Jun 2015

Comprehensive Report on Chinese Market for Roofing Materials

China's demand for Roofing Materials has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next decade, both production and demand will continue to grow. The Chinese economy maintains a high speed growth which has been stimulated by the consecutive increases of industrial output, import & export, consumer consumption and capital investment for over two decades.

4 Jun 2015

Greening Homes’ Beechwood Project Earns Coveted Canadian Green Building Award

Greening Homes is thrilled to announce that its Beechwood Project – a deep energy retrofit of a post-World War II bungalow in Toronto's East York area – is the recipient of the prestigious Canadian Green Building Award in the residential project category. Christopher Phillips and Steven Gray, Greening Homes' respective President and Construction Manager, accepted the award today at the National Conference of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) at the Vancouver Convention Centre.

4 Jun 2015

Construction Commences on First WoodSpring Suites Hotel in Romeoville, Illinois

WoodSpring Suites, formerly Value Place, the nation’s fastest-growing extended-stay hotel brand has partnered with Holladay Properties to build the first WoodSpring Suites hotel in Romeoville, Illinois. The property, which will be located at 1093 Windham Parkway, broke ground on June 2nd.

4 Jun 2015

Ridge Development Begins Construction on 784,000-Square-Foot Speculative Building in Duke Perris Logistics Center

Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., today announces speculative construction has commenced on the first building in a planned two-building project owned and managed by Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp.. Duke Perris Logistics Center is located at 3300 – 3500 Indian Ave. in Perris, California.

4 Jun 2015

Lucideon Publishes Energy Saving Technical Paper on UK’s Approach to Insulating Fabric of Existing Masonry Houses

Lucideon, the international materials consultancy, is pleased to announce the publication of the technical paper ‘Energy Saving: The UK Approach to Insulating the Fabric of Existing Masonry Houses’.

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Bechtel Announces Completion of Tunneling Work on Crossrail in London

SNC-Lavalin Awarded BC Hydro Meikle Wind Terminal Project

Ryland Homes Orlando Announces Opening of Fully Decorated Model Homes in Clear Lake Landings

Outstanding Contribution to Sustainable Building Practices Wins ‘Green Building Champion Award’

Rice University to Commence Construction on New $2 Million Soccer, Track and Field Facility

CertusView Launches New Licensing Program for Microtrenching Construction Technology

Thermal and Acoustical Insulation Products Fabricator, IFI, Acquired by Distribution International

Locum Commissions NCC to Expand Södersjukhuset Hospital in Stockholm

PPG Expands Central American Operations with Acquisition of Paint Store Operator, Consorcio Latinoamericano

U.S. Concrete Announces Sale Completion of Remaining Assets of Precast Concrete Operation

Comprehensive Report on Chinese Market for Roofing Materials

Greening Homes’ Beechwood Project Earns Coveted Canadian Green Building Award

Construction Commences on First WoodSpring Suites Hotel in Romeoville, Illinois

Ridge Development Begins Construction on 784,000-Square-Foot Speculative Building in Duke Perris Logistics Center

Lucideon Publishes Energy Saving Technical Paper on UK’s Approach to Insulating Fabric of Existing Masonry Houses

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