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New Ultimate Multi-Slide Door from Marvin Wins 2015 PCBC Parade of Products Awards

Marvin® Windows and Doors' new Ultimate Multi-Slide Door has been honored as a 2015 Parade of Products Awards (POP @ PCBC) winner. Sponsored by PCBC, the POP @ PCBC Awards honors outstanding achievements in innovation and new product development.

13 May 2015

Eco Building Products to Become a Coating Service Only Supplier for the Building Industry

Eco Building Products, Inc., announced today that its Board of Directors has agreed to move forward with a plan to become a Coating Service Only (CSO) supplier for the entire building industry.

13 May 2015

New Jersey City University to Break Ground for 425-Bed Student Residence Hall

New Jersey City University (NJCU) will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 14 for a 425-bed Student Residence Hall which will be the first project in a $400-million construction plan for facilities and buildings on NJCU's West Campus.

12 May 2015

Forecast Report on the UAE Elevator and Escalator Market

"UAE Elevator and Escalator Market (2015–2021)"provides in-depth analysis with 101 figures and 19 tables covered in 149 pages. The report estimates and forecast overall UAE elevator and escalator market by revenue, by elevator and escalator types, services and regions. The report also gives the insights on competitive landscape, market share by companies, price trends, company profiles, market drivers and restraints.

12 May 2015

ASSA ABLOY Enters Agreement to Acquire L-Door

ASSA ABLOY has signed an agreement to acquire the Belgian company L-Door, one of the market leaders in sectional doors.

12 May 2015

Platinum Equity Acquires PrimeSource Building Products

Platinum Equity today announced it has completed the acquisition of PrimeSource Building Products, Inc. from ITOCHU Corporation. Financial terms were not disclosed.

12 May 2015

OMBA Awarded Contract for Extension of CERN Neutrino Detector Experiment Facility

OMBA Impianti & Engineering, a company belonging to the Malacalza family, has been awarded the contract for an extension of Building 887 (EHN1) with an overall surface of approx. 3600 m2 on the CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research ) Prévessin's site in France.

12 May 2015

MORGAN to Bring Premier Mixed-Use Project to Houston's Midtown District

MORGAN, a leader in upscale multifamily development, construction and property management, plans to start construction during the first quarter of 2016 on its latest Pearl luxury apartment project in Houston's Midtown district. The new eight-story Pearl will consist of apartments above a Whole Foods Market, a mixed-use concept that is a first for Houston.

11 May 2015

Clarks Americas to Build New Corporate Headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts

Clarks Americas, Inc., a subsidiary of C&J Clark Limited of Somerset, England, announced plans today to design and build new corporate headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts. The fifteen year lease on the 120,000 ft2 property was signed today.

11 May 2015

Creighton University Celebrates Groundbreaking for Medical Center’s University Campus Building

Umbrellas were issued in anticipation of rain at Thursday morning’s groundbreaking for the Creighton University Medical Center’s University Campus building at 24th and Cuming streets.

11 May 2015

Electrical Origami for Environmentally Sustainable Buildings

Princeton student Denisa Buzatu's vision for an environmentally sustainable building is a sort of shape-shifting origami façade. For her senior thesis, Buzatu, a civil and environmental engineering major, is designing and prototyping a structure that shades the façade of a building by folding and adapting its shape in response to sunlight.

11 May 2015

Dignitaries Take Part in Groundbreaking Ceremony for Biomedical Research Center in Chicago

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and other Chicago notables joined Northwestern University President Morton Schapiro and more than 200 members of the Northwestern community today in a groundbreaking ceremony for a biomedical research center that soon will make its mark on the city’s history and skyline.

11 May 2015

Government of Canada and Province of Saskatchewan Celebrate Construction of Emergency Shelter Underway in Melfort

The Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan, along with community partners, celebrated the construction of a new emergency shelter for women and children who are victims of family violence. The 16-bed shelter, to be owned by North East Outreach and Support Services Inc. (NEOSS), will serve the community of Melfort and surrounding area and include support services.

11 May 2015

Earthmoving Equipment Market in Mexico Forecast to Grow at 8% CAGR from 2015-2019

The earthmoving equipment market in Mexico is expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 8% from 2015-2019, thanks to widespread recovery of the construction industry, says research firm Technavio.

11 May 2015

US Demand for Hard Surface Flooring Forecast to Grow to $16.7 Billion in 2019

Demand for hard surface flooring in the US is forecast to advance 6.1 percent per year to 11.3 billion square feet in 2019, valued at $16.7 billion. Growth will be spurred by increases in building construction expenditures and improvement and repair spending. Gains will also be fueled by interest in hard surface flooring as an alternative to traditional installed car-peting.

8 May 2015