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Goodyear Announces Plans to Build New Tire Factory in Mexico

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today announced it will build a new tire factory in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to serve its customers in the Americas. Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard J. Kramer made the announcement here today at a ceremony with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

25 Apr 2015

Tucson Electric Power Seeks Bids for Design and Construction of Utility-Scale Energy Storage System

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is seeking bids for the design and construction of a utility-scale energy storage system that would be operational by the end of 2016.

25 Apr 2015

USGBC Awards LEED Gold to Miami Design District's Palm Court

Palm Court, the second phase of an ambitious expansion of the Miami Design District, has been certified LEED Gold for Core + Shell by the US Green Building Council. As the master architect/architect of record for the project, SB Architects worked closely with sustainability consultants The Spinnaker Group to achieve this milestone.

24 Apr 2015

Temporary 160-Foot Steel Detour Bridge Completed in New Hope, PA

Acrow Bridge, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company, today announced that the installation of a 160-foot steel bridge has been completed in the historically significant New Hope, PA area, a popular tourist destination.

24 Apr 2015

Progress Made in Developing Multi-Functional Materials for Environmentally Sustainable Concrete Binders

Concrete is considered the backbone of modern civilization’s infrastructure. It’s the primary material for many of the world’s roads, bridges, dams, power plants and high-rise buildings.

24 Apr 2015

Huddersfield Experts Lead Study to Identify Optimum Steel for Modern Railways

RESEARCH to identify the optimum steel for modern railways – combining the highest safety standards and reduced whole life costs – is being headed by experts at the University of Huddersfield. It is a key element in a new £2 million project backed by major funding bodies.

24 Apr 2015

Broken Sound Spa and Fitness Expansion Project Awarded LEED Certification

The Weitz Company, a national full-service construction firm, is proud to announce its client, Broken Sound Club, in Boca Raton, Florida, has been awarded LEED® Certification for New Construction for the recent expansion of the club’s Spa and Fitness Center.

24 Apr 2015

Construction Activities Ramp up at Duke Energy’s Warsaw, Elm City and Fayetteville Solar Facilities

Additional workers are arriving and construction activities are ramping up at three Duke Energy solar facilities – part of the company's $500 million commitment to solar energy in North Carolina.

24 Apr 2015

Swisstrax Tiles Cover 85,000 Square Feet of Event Flooring at Annual BNP Paribas Open

From the top on the special Media Deck Floor to the sprawling grounds of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (IWTG), Swisstrax modular flooring covered 85,000 square feet of the venue during the annual BNP Paribas Open, the largest ATP World Tour and WTA combined two-week tennis tournament, held March 9th through the 22nd.

23 Apr 2015

Environmentally-Friendly Fairfield Manor Housing Community Opens for Seniors

Fairfield Manor, an affordable housing community for seniors, opens this week and residents are already moving into their apartments. Construction features of the property were designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification, with state of the art environmentally-friendly features.

23 Apr 2015

ACEC Honors Louis Berger with Engineering Excellence Honor Award for Sava Bridge in Belgrade

Louis Berger was recognized with an Engineering Excellence Honor Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for its work on the Sava Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia. The win follows the firm's 2014 Engineering Excellence Grand Award for the Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam.

23 Apr 2015

Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt Announce Expansion of Shingle Recycling Program

Owens Corning Roofing and Asphalt LLC expands its Shingle Recycling Program making asphalt roof recycling solutions accessible to homeowners and building professionals. An estimated 20 billion pounds of recyclable shingles are removed each year from roofs of U.S. homes and buildings.

23 Apr 2015

IKO Launches Advanced Architectural Laminated Asphalt Roofing Shingles

IKO, a global manufacturer of residential and commercial roofing shingles and related roofing products, recently added a new asphalt shingle to the company's line-up.

23 Apr 2015

Top LEED Projects Use Fired-Clay Brick Exteriors

The world’s highest-scoring college dorm in Leadership and Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is the latest among top LEED projects to consistently incorporate brick exteriors.

23 Apr 2015

Hexion to Unveil New Epoxy Resin Dispersion, EPI-REZ Resin 7520-WD-52

Hexion Inc. will unveil a new epoxy resin dispersion that closes the cost versus performance gap between waterborne and solvent-borne technologies at the European Coatings Show in Nuremberg, Germany.

22 Apr 2015