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Principal Solar to Build 78.5MW AC Solar Facility in Hope Mills, North Carolina

Principal Solar, Inc., a solar power company that is creating a utility-scale operation, announced today that it will build the largest solar facility east of the Rockies.

6 Feb 2015

Breakthrough Technique Developed by CSIC Researchers Reduces Costs of Smart Windows

Researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) have developed a novel technique that reduces the costs of the ‘smart windows’, with which the amount of light passing through glass can be controlled. This technology can be activated within seconds, using a switch, causing chemical and physical reactions that makes transparent glass from a window becomes opaque.

5 Feb 2015

Easi-Set Worldwide Announces Installation of J-J Hooks Barriers on Kentucky Highways

Easi-Set Worldwide, a subsidiary of the Smith-Midland Corporation, announced today that over seven miles of J-J Hooks barriers are currently being installed on Interstate 65 in the Kentucky counties of Hardin, Hart, and LaRue. The Kentucky Department of Transportation highway job, which contains over 2,000 precast concrete barrier pieces, was contracted to Scotty's Contracting & Stone, LLC.

5 Feb 2015

New Town Builders Honored for Net Zero Energy Home Design

New Town Builders, a Colorado-based homebuilder and leader in the design and construction of energy-efficient homes, captured two high-level honors for its Net Zero Energy home design at last week's National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders' Show (IBS), the largest and most prestigious gathering of the residential construction industry.

5 Feb 2015

Demilec Revamps Formulation of APX Spray Foam Insulation

Demilec, one of North America's largest manufacturers of spray foam insulation and polyurea products, has revamped the formulation of its popular APX low-density spray foam insulation to dramatically improve yield, reduce waste and decrease the time required for application.

5 Feb 2015

Stantec Strengthens Position as Building Design Leader Through Merger of Sparling

North American design firm Stantec will further enhance its West Coast presence and position as a building design leader through a merger with Seattle-based, 130-person Sparling, and their lighting design division Candela.

5 Feb 2015

ThyssenKrupp Plastics Announces Involvement in Facade of Swiss Life’s New Headquarters

The new headquarters of the life insurance company Swiss Life Germany became the latest architectural highlight in Garching, Bavaria, at the end of 2014. More than 11,000 square meters of “anodized look” ALUCOBOND® cover the facade of the new building in the outskirts of the business hub to the north of Munich.

5 Feb 2015

New KB Homes Available at Spring Mountain Ranch Community in Southern California

KB Home, one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, today announced new KB homes are now available at the builder’s recently opened Mission Gate and Presidio Point neighborhoods at Spring Mountain Ranch, a premier master-planned community distinguished by its scenic hillside location, abundance of open space and planned onsite amenities.

4 Feb 2015

Bayer Highlights Polyaspartic Coating Resin at World of Concrete 2015

At construction sites, it is important to keep downtime and costs to a minimum. Bayer MaterialScience helps the industry save time and money by offering innovative polyaspartic coating resin raw materials to coatings manufacturers, empowering them to deliver cutting edge coatings products.

4 Feb 2015

New Report Provides Trends and Forecasts of Global Roofing Materials Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Global Roofing Materials Market 2014-2019: Trends, Forecasts and Opportunity Analysis" report to their offering.

4 Feb 2015

World of Concrete 2015 Witnesses Debut of Kubota’s New Skid Steer Loaders

Kubota Tractor Corporation made a highly-anticipated product announcement at the World of Concrete tradeshow in Las Vegas today, unveiling its new SSV-Series skid steer loaders, with two models to meet the needs of customers in the construction, rental and agriculture segments.

4 Feb 2015

Addition of Pro-Shore Shoring Solidifies Dayton Superior’s Position in North American Construction Solutions

Dayton Superior Corporation solidified its leadership position in North American construction solutions today with the addition of Pro-Shore shoring products to their forming and shoring product portfolio. Dayton Superior will make the Pro-Shore shoring products available for sale in the United States, immediately. Later in 2015, the company will add the shoring system to their rental fleet.

4 Feb 2015

ComEd Begins Pilot Program to Deploy Smart LED Streetlights in Two Chicago Suburbs

ComEd announced today that it has begun a pilot program to deploy smart, energy-efficient LED streetlights in two Chicago suburbs, Bensenville and Lombard. Through this pilot, ComEd is replacing approximately 800 ComEd-owned fixtures in Bensenville and Lombard combined.

4 Feb 2015

Gilbane Federal Awarded Design-Build Construction Task Orders for Four Major Medical Facilities

Gilbane Federal announced that the company has been awarded four major medical facilities projects for a total of $120 million. These four projects are design-build construction task orders at multiple locations around the United States. Highlights of these projects are featured below.

4 Feb 2015

Swinerton Builders Selected by Denver International Airport for New Parking Structure Project

Denver International Airport has selected Swinerton Builders to lead the design-build construction of a parking structure which will increase the number of public parking spaces by 1,795. The new parking structure will be located on the east side Jeppesen Terminal.

4 Feb 2015

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Principal Solar to Build 78.5MW AC Solar Facility in Hope Mills, North Carolina

Breakthrough Technique Developed by CSIC Researchers Reduces Costs of Smart Windows

Easi-Set Worldwide Announces Installation of J-J Hooks Barriers on Kentucky Highways

New Town Builders Honored for Net Zero Energy Home Design

Demilec Revamps Formulation of APX Spray Foam Insulation

Stantec Strengthens Position as Building Design Leader Through Merger of Sparling

ThyssenKrupp Plastics Announces Involvement in Facade of Swiss Life’s New Headquarters

New KB Homes Available at Spring Mountain Ranch Community in Southern California

Bayer Highlights Polyaspartic Coating Resin at World of Concrete 2015

New Report Provides Trends and Forecasts of Global Roofing Materials Market

World of Concrete 2015 Witnesses Debut of Kubota’s New Skid Steer Loaders

Addition of Pro-Shore Shoring Solidifies Dayton Superior’s Position in North American Construction Solutions

ComEd Begins Pilot Program to Deploy Smart LED Streetlights in Two Chicago Suburbs

Gilbane Federal Awarded Design-Build Construction Task Orders for Four Major Medical Facilities

Swinerton Builders Selected by Denver International Airport for New Parking Structure Project

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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 Review Highlights Electrolysis-Based Strategies for Low-Carbon Cement Production

2Researchers Show Slag Aggregates Can Boost Concrete Performance and Sustainability

33D-Printed Concrete with Diatomaceous Earth Shows 142% Boost in CO₂ Capture

4Recycled Glass Found to Strengthen Compressed Earth Blocks for Sustainable Construction

5NxLite™ Unveils L80, the Industry's First Low-E Sputter Coating for Polycarbonate and Acrylic Enabling New Window Applications

6Geopolymer Outperforms Cement in Stabilizing Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils