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Greenbuild International Conference & Expo 2014: Balfour Beatty to Present Expertise on LEED v4

Balfour Beatty Construction, administrator and design-build manager of the LEED® v4 certified Canon U.S.A. distribution center, is presenting lessons learned from the construction of the project in an education session at the 2014 Greenbuild International Conference & Expo.

25 Oct 2014

Construct to Install Composite Dome at Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach

Construct, SCRA Applied R&D’s architectural structures affiliate, today announced a contract with Layton Construction Company, a nationally-recognized general contractor. Construct will deliver and install a Composite Dome at the Faena Arts Center in Miami Beach, Fla. The Faena Arts Center is part of Argentinian developer Alan Faena’s $1 billion Faena Miami Beach project.

25 Oct 2014

Signet and UF Celebrate Groundbreaking for Entrepreneurial-Based Academic Living Learning Community

Signet Development, a strategic real estate development and capital solutions company, today celebrated a ceremonial groundbreaking for Infinity Hall, an entrepreneurial-based academic residential community at The University of Florida (UF).

25 Oct 2014

Exploratorium Wins 2014 Urban Land Institute Global Award

San Francisco’s Exploratorium was among 13 real estate developments from around the globe selected as winners in the 2014 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Awards for Excellence competition yesterday, October 22, 2014, in New York.

24 Oct 2014

Leaders, Officials Take Part in Groundbreaking Ceremony for Cameron LNG Liquefaction Project

More than 300 community, business and international leaders, along with several federal, state and local elected officials, today took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the new $10 billion liquefaction export facilities at Cameron LNG in Hackberry, La.

24 Oct 2014

Renewable Energy Group Upgrades Mason City Biorefinery

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. celebrated Thursday the completion of upgrades to its 30-million gallon biorefinery in Mason City, Iowa, which allows the plant to produce biodiesel from a wide variety of raw materials.

24 Oct 2014

Eaton to Provide Electrical Distribution Equipment for 6.4MW DC Solar Installation at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Power management company Eaton today announced a contract to provide electrical distribution equipment for a 6.4-megawatt (MW) DC solar installation at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino Convention Center in Las Vegas.

24 Oct 2014

Michter's Distillery Installs Custom Built, Copper Distilling Equipment

October 23rd marked the arrival of tons of custom built, copper distilling equipment at the small, but highly acclaimed Michter's Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. In an expansion of its facilities, Michter's installed a 46 foot high column still and a copper pot still doubler built by 101 year-old Vendome Copper & Brass Works.

24 Oct 2014

U.S. DoE Awards SMASHsolar $1M to Develop Snap-Together Solar PV Mounting System

SMASHsolar™, a leading innovator of residential solar energy solutions, today announced it has won a $1,000,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative Incubator Program to accelerate development of its proprietary simple, snap-together solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting system.

24 Oct 2014

Analysis and Forecast Report on European Market for Clay Building Bricks

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "EU: Clay Building Bricks - Market Report. Analysis and Forecast to 2020" report to their offering.

21 Oct 2014

Skanska Inks Construction Contract for New Healthcare Building at Uppsala University Hospital

Skanska has signed a contract with Uppsala County for construction of a new healthcare building at the Uppsala University Hospital. The contract is worth SEK 1.2 billion, which will be included in order bookings for Skanska Sweden for the fourth quarter in 2014.

21 Oct 2014

IWBI Releases the WELL Building Standard Version 1.0

The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) today launched the WELL Building Standard® Version 1.0 at the inaugural WELL Building Symposium in New Orleans. The WELL Building Standard is the world’s first building standard to focus on enhancing people’s health and wellbeing through the built environment.

21 Oct 2014

PPG’s North American Architectural Coatings Business Signs Deal for Westmoreland Supply Acquisition

PPG Industries today announced that its North American architectural coatings business has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Westmoreland Supply, an independent architectural paint distributor headquartered in Pittsburgh. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, subject to customary closing conditions. Financial terms were not disclosed.

21 Oct 2014

Researchers Test Retrofits that Can Make Old Buildings Earthquake Safe

Structures built prior to the 1950s in California and prior to the 1980s in the central and southeastern United States were typically not designed with proper details to perform adequately during earthquakes.

21 Oct 2014

Construction of Four-Story Facility Underway at Penn State’s Innovation Park

A four-story facility with 82,000 square feet of leasable space is being built at Penn State’s Innovation Park, expanding the room available to new and existing businesses that promote research and economic development.

21 Oct 2014