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Hudson Commences Restoration of Landmark Radio Tower at Sunset Bronson Studios

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. today began work to restore and return the landmark radio tower at Sunset Bronson Studios in Hollywood to its original location on the lot. The radio tower was one of two matching towers erected in 1925 to serve Warner Bros.’ affiliate radio station KFWB.

25 Nov 2014

PCL Construction Wins Two ENR California ‘Best Projects’ Awards

PCL Construction is pleased to announce the receipt of two ENR California "Best Projects" Awards. Built by a joint venture between PCL, Turner and Flatiron, The Green Build Terminal 2 Expansion at San Diego International Airport received the Best Project Award in the Airport/Transit category, and The Westfield TBIT (Tom Bradley International Terminal) Concessions Modifications at Los Angeles International Airport received an Award of Merit in the Interiors/Tenant Improvement category.

25 Nov 2014

Wood Partners Celebrates Groundbreaking for Alta Terra Bella Luxury Rental Community

Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Terra Bella, a 19-acre luxury rental community that will offer 311 garden apartments in 14 three-story buildings in Pasco County, a suburb of Tampa that has seen considerable capital investment in recent years.

25 Nov 2014

F1 Construction Places Second Purchase Order with Eco Building Products

Eco Building Products, Inc., announced today that F1 Construction, Inc. based out of Queens, New York has placed their second Eco Red Shield Advanced Framing Lumber "full-house pack" purchase order, for a new custom home to be built in the Howard Beach neighborhood of Queens, New York. Be on the lookout for this jobsite and the customary "ASK US WHY IT'S RED" signage, informing inquisitive passersby that there's much more to this defensive technology than its distinctive red color.

24 Nov 2014

Amchit Bay Beach Residences Earns the Finest Specialized Project 2014 Award

International architecture firm SOMA announced today that the Michel Abboud designed project Amchit Bay Beach Residences has won the finest specialized project 2014 award at the 2014 Real Estate Awards Lebanon.

24 Nov 2014

New Report Analyzes Key Trends and Opportunities in the Omani Construction Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Construction in Oman - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2018" report to their offering.

24 Nov 2014

Architectural Products Magazine Presents Product Innovation Award to Amerlux FINO Ceiling

The elegant, gracefully slim FINO Ceiling from Amerlux has received a Product Innovation Award in the Interior Lighting Category, from Architectural Products magazine, according to Amerlux® CEO/President Chuck Campagna. FINO, the first ultra shallow asymmetric indirect lighting fixture, has been re-designed and re-engineered for wall washing from ceiling mounts, supplementing the current FINO Wall Mount which is capable of providing indirect lighting on floors or ceilings for the commercial and hospitality market segments.

24 Nov 2014

Construction Begins on HARMAN’s New North American Automotive Headquarters

HARMAN International Industries, Incorporated, the premier audio, visual, infotainment and enterprise automation group, broke ground today on its new North American Automotive Headquarters.

24 Nov 2014

Almond Ridge Single-Family Home Community Opened in Antioch, California

KB Home, one of the nation’s largest and most recognized homebuilders, and one of the most active in the Bay Area, today announced the grand opening of its Almond Ridge community in the popular East Bay city of Antioch, Calif. The new community will offer homebuyers the opportunity to live in a new KB home within minutes of major highways, employment corridors and popular outdoor recreation venues.

24 Nov 2014

Bechtel-led Project Earns AIChE’s 2014 Engineering and Construction Award

Bechtel announced today that the project team at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant has received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' 2014 Engineering and Construction Award, one of the organization's most prestigious honors.

24 Nov 2014

Endicott College Receives Grant to Study Feasibility of Constructing Zero Net Energy Building

Endicott College is proud to announce it has been awarded $24,500 by the state to study the feasibility of designing and building a zero net energy building (ZNEB) on its campus in Beverly, Mass. The grant is one of 25 awarded by the Massachusetts Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Maeve Bartlett, as part of the Pathways to Zero Grant Program.

24 Nov 2014

UPM Kymi Celebrates Topping Out Ceremony for Pulp Mill Production Expansion Project

Today UPM Kymi celebrated the topping out ceremony for its pulp mill production expansion project, KYMI700: the new pulp drying machine, debarking plant and modernisation of the softwood fibre line. A total of around 200 participants are invited in the celebrations including those working on the project and guests.

21 Nov 2014

Peab to Expand Hemfosa-Tungelsta Rail Line

Peab has been contracted to a turnkey contract to build the rail line Hemfosa-Tungelsta in Haninge with double track. The client is the Swedish Transport Administration and the contract amounts to about SEK 229 million.

21 Nov 2014

ITER Council Welcomes Completion of Tokamak Complex Foundation

Convening for its fifteenth meeting in St Paul-lez-Durance, France, the ITER Council welcomed the completion of Tokamak Complex foundations and the start of construction on the facility’s walls.

21 Nov 2014

New Report on Intelligent Building Automation Technologies Market

Major social, economic, technological and environmental trends are changing the way we work and learn. These changes will in turn create a rise in demand for commercial buildings. There would be an increase in personalized control of lighting, temperature, ventilation and other aspects of interior environment to enhance the productivity of knowledge workers.

21 Nov 2014