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Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Disposes MDS and Ashworth Businesses

As part of its ongoing portfolio optimization, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution has disposed of two non-core businesses that lacked synergies with the rest of its operations: Meyer Decorative Surfaces (MDS) in the United States and Ashworth in the United Kingdom.

11 Feb 2015

Wood Partners Breaks Ground on Large Mixed-Income Rental Community in Andover

Wood Partners, LLC has broken ground on a 224-unit mixed-income rental community with 56 affordable units on the former site of the Rolling Green Golf Course in the highly desirable city of Andover. Leasing is expected to begin in April 2016, and construction is expected to be complete in July 2016.

11 Feb 2015

Brandywine Homes to Break Ground for Transit Friendly Community in Norwalk, Calif

Brandywine Homes has acquired two acres at 11009 Pioneer Blvd. in Norwalk, Calif., and plans to break ground in March on Sunstone, a two-acre transit friendly community with 31 townhomes. The homes are expected to go on the market in September 2015, and the development is expected to be complete by March 2016.

11 Feb 2015

San Joaquin Valley Homes Commences Construction on San Marino Single-Family Residential Project

Local homebuilder San Joaquin Valley Homes has started construction on a $30 million 26-acre single-family residential project called San Marino that will offer 95 detached homes in northwest Visalia, Calif. A grand opening is tentatively scheduled for April 2015.

10 Feb 2015

Gilbane Federal Awarded $166 Million Design-Build Construction Project at King Khalid Air Base

Gilbane Federal announced that the company has been awarded a $166 Million design-build construction project at King Khalid Air Base for the Royal Saudi Air Force in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

10 Feb 2015

Blueshift Offers Polyimide Aerogel Thin Films

Blueshift International Materials, Inc., creators of best-in-class, state-of-the-art, lightweight materials, today announced the availability of AeroZero™, the industry’s first commercially available polyimide aerogel.

10 Feb 2015

Global Construction Adhesive Market Forecast to Grow at 3.7% CAGR

The report "Construction Adhesive Market by Type (Silicone, Epoxy, Polyurethane), by Technology (Waterborne, Solvent borne, Thermoset Resin), and by Application (On site, Offsite, Civil) - Global Forecasts to 2019", The global Construction Adhesive Market was estimated to be $10.9 Billion in 2014 and to reach around $13.0 Billion by 2020 at a CAGR of about 3.7% between 2014 and 2019.

10 Feb 2015

CalStar to Shift Production to New State-of-the-Art Columbus, MS Manufacturing Facility

CalStar Products has announced the company is shifting production from the company's pilot plant in Racine, WI to its new state-of-the-art Columbus, MS manufacturing plant, resulting in increased capacity and a larger geographic footprint for their sustainable brick, masonry and decorative trim products.

10 Feb 2015

AMF Fastigheter Commissions NCC to Create Two New Choice Hotels

NCC has been commissioned by AMF Fastigheter to create, on a partnering basis, two new Choice hotels with a total of 540 rooms in existing properties by the Gallerian shopping mall in Stockholm. The order is worth SEK 600 million.

10 Feb 2015

Land Securities JV to Proceed with Construction of Westgate Oxford

The Westgate Oxford Alliance, a joint venture between Land Securities and The Crown Estate, today confirms that it will proceed with work on its £440 million Westgate Oxford development, with preparatory works to begin imminently and construction set to start in spring 2015.

9 Feb 2015

Marie Rose Place Long-Term Apartment Community Officially Opened in Winnipeg

The Governments of Canada and Manitoba, along with the City of Winnipeg and Hargrave Holdings Ltd., today officially opened Marie Rose Place. The six-storey, 40-suite, long-term apartment community will provide support for immigrant and refugee women with low-to-moderate income transitioning from Holy Names House of Peace (HNHP) or elsewhere in the community.

9 Feb 2015

Gilbane Building Company Announces Completion of Kings Theatre Renovation

Gilbane Building Company, a leading construction services firm, is pleased to announce the completion of the restoration and renovation of Kings Theatre, a 1929 historical landmark theatre in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY.

9 Feb 2015

Scatec Solar Selects Swinerton for 104MW (dc) Solar Plant Construction

Swinerton Renewable Energy and Scatec Solar have started construction on a 104 MW (dc) photovoltaic solar plant in Iron County, Utah. Scatec Solar, the project's developer and long-term owner, has awarded Swinerton a contract to provide turnkey engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the project. When operational by the end of 2015, the plant will be Utah's largest solar energy generation facility, generating enough energy to power approximately 18,500 homes annually.

9 Feb 2015

Research and Markets Adds New Report on Qatar Construction Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Qatar Construction Industry - The World Cup 2022 and Beyond 2015" report to their offering.

9 Feb 2015

Construction Commences on New West-MEC Southwest Campus

Today Western Maricopa Education Center (West-MEC) and Arizona Public Service (APS) hosted a groundbreaking celebration for the new West-MEC Southwest Campus, in partnership with the City of Buckeye, Estrella Mountain Community College, and Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station.

9 Feb 2015