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TSJ Launches “The Specifier's Guide to Ceramic Tiles and Calibrated Natural Stone”

A new, annual ceramic and natural stone resource, for interior designers and construction professionals, has been launched in the UK. Produced by leading business-to-business magazine Tile & Stone Journal, The Specifier's Guide to Ceramic Tiles and Calibrated Natural Stone offers a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the material's technical and aesthetic properties.

18 Mar 2015

Peab Contracted to Build 130 Youth Residences and Sports Hall in Malmö

Peab has been contracted to build 130 youth residences and a sports hall with attached outdoor environment, including a multi-sport arena in the Western Harbour in Malmö. The client is Malmö City by Stadsfastigheter and the contract amounts to approximately SEK 112 million.

18 Mar 2015

DHC Completes $8.6 Million Renovation of 269-Room, AAA Four Diamond-Rated Hilton Orrington/Evanston

Officials of The Dow Hotel Company (DHC), a leading hotel owner/investor and operator, today announced that it has completed the $8.6 million renovation of the 269-room, AAA Four Diamond-rated Hilton Orrington/Evanston. The hotel is owned by a joint venture comprised of DHC and The Carlyle Group’s Carlyle Realty Partners VI and is operated by DHC.

17 Mar 2015

Intertek Expands Facilities, Adds New Testing Devices to Support Building Products Manufacturers

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has announced its investment in expanded facilities and new testing devices to enhance its industry-leading breadth of services in support of building products manufacturers. With these expanded capabilities, Intertek offers customers unprecedented access to both experts and testing solutions, as well as international markets.

17 Mar 2015

Norton Museum of Art Selects Gilbane for Expansion and Renovation in West Palm Beach, Florida

Gilbane Building Company, a global leader in construction services, has been selected by the Norton Museum of Art to manage the comprehensive expansion and renovation of its building and campus in downtown West Palm Beach.

17 Mar 2015

Humble Construction Announces Grand Opening of New Office in Findlay, Ohio.

Humble Construction Co. is proud to announce the grand opening of a new office located at 1700 Fostoria Ave., Suite 800, in Findlay, Ohio. As a local Ohio company, Humble Construction is excited to "raze the standards" throughout the Northwest region.

17 Mar 2015

RPM’s Rust-Oleum Group Acquires South African Aerosol Paint Brand, Spraymate Group

RPM International Inc. today announced that its Rust-Oleum Group has acquired Spraymate Group, the producer of South Africa's leading aerosol paint brand. Based outside of Johannesburg, South Africa, Spraymate has annual net sales of approximately $5 million. Terms of the transaction, which is expected to be accretive to earnings within one year, were not disclosed.

17 Mar 2015

Highly Secure Next-Generation Data Centre Being Constructed in Downtown Montréal

A brand new, highly secure next-generation data centre is under construction in downtown Montréal and is slated for occupancy by year-end. This project was made possible by a partnership between the Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ and Urbacon.

16 Mar 2015

Skanska Announces PPP-Contract for New Papworth Hospital

Skanska has reached financial close with the Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust for the New Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK. The PPP-contract includes design, build, finance, operations and maintenance responsibilities. The construction contract is valued at around GBP 140 M, about SEK 1.8 billion, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska UK for the first quarter of 2015.

From Skanska 16 Mar 2015

SCE&G Seeks SCPSC Approval to Update Construction, Capital Cost Schedules for New Nuclear Units

SCANA Corporation (the Company) subsidiary South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) today filed a petition with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (SCPSC) seeking approval to update the construction milestone schedule as well as the capital cost schedule for the two new nuclear units being constructed in Jenkinsville, South Carolina.

16 Mar 2015

Worthington Armstrong JV Acquires Axiom® and Serpentina® Ceiling System Manufacturing Capabilities

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. and Worthington Industries, Inc. announced today that their Worthington Armstrong joint venture (WAVE) has acquired the Axiom® and Serpentina® ceiling system manufacturing capabilities from Fry Reglet Corporation. Fry Reglet, a long-term supply partner for WAVE, will continue to design and develop engineered solutions for the construction products industry.

16 Mar 2015

Breakthrough ZnBr Flow Battery from ZBB for Commercial and Industrial Building Markets

ZBB Energy Corporation, a leading developer of innovative energy management systems solutions serving the utility, commercial and industrial building markets, announced today the introduction of a breakthrough ZnBr flow battery specifically designed for behind the meter energy storage applications in the commercial and industrial building market.

16 Mar 2015

WuXi PharmaTech to Commence Construction of New cGMP Facility in Philadelphia

WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc., a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries, announced today that it will soon begin construction of a new, 145,000-square-foot cGMP facility in Philadelphia for the manufacture of cell therapy products.

13 Mar 2015

New Medical Center Under Construction in NYC Purchases Tecogen’s Efficient Gas Chiller

Tecogen® Inc. today announced the sale of a TECOCHILL® DTx 400 ton natural gas-powered chiller to a new outpatient medical center currently under construction in New York City. The highly efficient chiller will provide reliable, cost-effective, chilled water for air conditioning the 15-story, approximately 200K square foot building.

13 Mar 2015

D. Stephenson Construction to Build All Aboard Florida’s Argentelle Catering Facility

All Aboard Florida has selected Fort Lauderdale-based D. Stephenson Construction, Inc. to construct the Argentelle Catering & Special Events facility near its future Fort Lauderdale passenger-train station.

13 Mar 2015

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TSJ Launches “The Specifier's Guide to Ceramic Tiles and Calibrated Natural Stone”

Peab Contracted to Build 130 Youth Residences and Sports Hall in Malmö

DHC Completes $8.6 Million Renovation of 269-Room, AAA Four Diamond-Rated Hilton Orrington/Evanston

Intertek Expands Facilities, Adds New Testing Devices to Support Building Products Manufacturers

Norton Museum of Art Selects Gilbane for Expansion and Renovation in West Palm Beach, Florida

Humble Construction Announces Grand Opening of New Office in Findlay, Ohio.

RPM’s Rust-Oleum Group Acquires South African Aerosol Paint Brand, Spraymate Group

Highly Secure Next-Generation Data Centre Being Constructed in Downtown Montréal

Skanska Announces PPP-Contract for New Papworth Hospital

SCE&G Seeks SCPSC Approval to Update Construction, Capital Cost Schedules for New Nuclear Units

Worthington Armstrong JV Acquires Axiom® and Serpentina® Ceiling System Manufacturing Capabilities

Breakthrough ZnBr Flow Battery from ZBB for Commercial and Industrial Building Markets

WuXi PharmaTech to Commence Construction of New cGMP Facility in Philadelphia

New Medical Center Under Construction in NYC Purchases Tecogen’s Efficient Gas Chiller

D. Stephenson Construction to Build All Aboard Florida’s Argentelle Catering Facility

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