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Beacon Roofing Supply Acquires All Weather Products

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. announced today that it has acquired All Weather Products Ltd. (“AWP”), a distributor of primarily residential roofing systems and related accessories with three branches in the Vancouver, Canada suburbs of Surrey, Kelowna and Burnaby.

1 Sep 2014

Binghamton University Starts Construction on New Smart Energy Research and Development Facility

Binghamton University took a major step forward in its pursuit of path-breaking research on energy-efficient technologies with the start of construction on the University’s Smart Energy Research and Development Facility. On Wednesday, Aug.27, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger was joined by Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy and other state and local officials at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new $70M, 114,000-square-foot building at the Innovative Technologies Complex, 85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal.

1 Sep 2014

Gemini Finalizes Design-Build Contract for Major Oil Rail Loading Facility in Western Canada

Gemini Corporation is pleased to announce that it has finalized its contract with one of its key clients for the design and construction of a major oil rail loading facility in western Canada.

1 Sep 2014

Layne's Geoconstruction Division Receives $132.5 Million Contract for East Branch Dam in Pennsylvania

Layne Christensen Company ("Layne" or the "Company") announced today that its Geoconstruction division has received a $132.5 million contract from the Pittsburgh District, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers for the East Branch Dam located in Elk County, Pennsylvania.

1 Sep 2014

Southeast Asia - United States Consortium to Cooperate in Construction of New Submarine Cable System

A consortium of seven global telecommunications companies agreed today to cooperate in the construction and operation of a new submarine cable system that directly connects Southeast Asia and the United States with NEC Corporation as the system supplier. The Southeast Asia - United States "SEA-US" consortium consists of PT.

30 Aug 2014

Fluor Completes EPC and Commissioning of LS Power’s Centinela Solar Energy Facility

Fluor Corporation has completed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for both phases of LS Power’s new Centinela Solar Energy Facility, one of the largest of its kind in the United States. Located near El Centro, California, the 170-megawatt photovoltaic solar project will provide clean, renewable energy in the southwestern U.S.

30 Aug 2014

Xinwei Enters EPC Agreement with Zhongwei Hengji Weiye Photovoltaic Power for 30 MW Project

SPI Solar (“SPI”), a vertically-integrated photovoltaic solar developer, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Xinyu Xinwei New Energy Co., Ltd. (“Xinwei”), has entered into an engineering, procurement and construction (“EPC”) agreement with Zhongwei Hengji Weiye Photovoltaic Power Co., Ltd. for the construction of a 30 megawatt project (MW) in Zhongwei City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

30 Aug 2014

LEED Certification Boosts Revenue for Hotels

Hotels certified in the sustainable building program Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, helps the environment and boosts revenue for the hotel, according to a new Cornell University School of Hotel Administration study.

30 Aug 2014

Sustainability Efforts Must be Implemented on a Greater Scale to Reduce Heat-Related Deaths in Cities

Heat is the deadliest natural disaster facing the United States – killing more people than hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes combined. The bulk of these deaths occur in cities, which are heating up about twice as fast as the rest of the planet.

28 Aug 2014

Cool Roofs Would be Effective for Chinese Climates

Working with Chinese researchers, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has conducted the first comprehensive study of cool roofs in China and concluded that they would be effective in substantially reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in climate zones with hot summers.

28 Aug 2014

GutterSupply Selects Intershop 7 e-Commerce Platform

Intershop, the leading independent technology vendor for omni-channel commerce solutions, today announced that its leading e-commerce platform, Intershop 7, has been selected by GutterSupply.com - a division of Rain Trade Corporation-the largest online-only US manufacturer and distributor of rain gutters, tools and accessories for high-end homes and building contractors.

28 Aug 2014

Minnesota Power and Minnesota National Guard Partner to Build Major Solar Energy Project at Camp Ripley Military Base

Minnesota Power and the Minnesota National Guard will join forces to build a major solar energy project at Camp Ripley, the largest military base in Minnesota.

28 Aug 2014

Landmark's Aerium Homes to be Equipped with Automated Lifestyle Packages

Landmark Homes USA, known as a leading-edge home builder, announced today that it is including standard home automation lifestyle packages in each of the homes it will build this year in its first development in the U.S., the Aerium community located in upscale downtown Scottsdale, AZ.

28 Aug 2014

Construction of NEST Modular Research and Innovation House Gets Underway

The construction of the modular research and innovation house NEST got underway at its ground-breaking ceremony on August 26. The building’s frame, its “backbone”, should be completed by the summer of 2015, upon which the first research modules will be installed. NEST is a joint project between industry, research and the public sector conducted by Empa and Eawag and erected on the Empa campus in Dübendorf.

28 Aug 2014

Ryland Homes’ Atlanta Division Opens Fully Decorated Model Home in Bridleton Community

Ryland Homes’ Atlanta division is pleased to announce its fully decorated model home, The Avery floor plan, is now open in the Bridleton Community located in the city of Suwanee.

27 Aug 2014

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Beacon Roofing Supply Acquires All Weather Products

Binghamton University Starts Construction on New Smart Energy Research and Development Facility

Gemini Finalizes Design-Build Contract for Major Oil Rail Loading Facility in Western Canada

Layne's Geoconstruction Division Receives $132.5 Million Contract for East Branch Dam in Pennsylvania

Southeast Asia - United States Consortium to Cooperate in Construction of New Submarine Cable System

Fluor Completes EPC and Commissioning of LS Power’s Centinela Solar Energy Facility

Xinwei Enters EPC Agreement with Zhongwei Hengji Weiye Photovoltaic Power for 30 MW Project

LEED Certification Boosts Revenue for Hotels

Sustainability Efforts Must be Implemented on a Greater Scale to Reduce Heat-Related Deaths in Cities

Cool Roofs Would be Effective for Chinese Climates

GutterSupply Selects Intershop 7 e-Commerce Platform

Minnesota Power and Minnesota National Guard Partner to Build Major Solar Energy Project at Camp Ripley Military Base

Landmark's Aerium Homes to be Equipped with Automated Lifestyle Packages

Construction of NEST Modular Research and Innovation House Gets Underway

Ryland Homes’ Atlanta Division Opens Fully Decorated Model Home in Bridleton Community

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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

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13D-Printed Concrete with Diatomaceous Earth Shows 142% Boost in CO₂ Capture

2New Review Highlights Electrolysis-Based Strategies for Low-Carbon Cement Production

3Recycled Glass Found to Strengthen Compressed Earth Blocks for Sustainable Construction

4Solvent-Free to Low-VOC: Polyglass Launches Next-Gen Roofing Adhesives for Cold-Applied Systems

5Geopolymer Outperforms Cement in Stabilizing Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

6Researchers Develop Machine Learning Model to Predict High-Strength Concrete Performance