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New Report Provides In-depth Analyses of USA's Structural Building Materials Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Structural Building Materials Market in USA: Business Report 2014" report to their offering.

4 Sep 2014

Duke Energy and Piedmont Choose Dominion to Build 550-Mile 'Atlantic Coast Pipeline' to Transport Natural Gas

Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas today announced the selection of Dominion to build and operate a 550-mile interstate natural gas pipeline from West Virginia, through Virginia and into eastern North Carolina to meet the region's rapidly growing demand for natural gas.

4 Sep 2014

Sunrise Senior Living Moves Ahead With Construction on New Community in Southern California

Sunrise Senior Living, LLC, a leading provider of senior living services, today announced it is moving forward with construction on a new community in Southern California that will offer Assisted Living and Memory Care programs to benefit area seniors and their families. Sunrise at Palos Verdes is expected to begin welcoming residents in early 2016.

4 Sep 2014

Dremel Micro 8050 Cordless Rotary Tool Offers Precise Control with Surprising Power

The introduction of the Dremel® Micro™ 8050 marks a new milestone for the brand. Hailed as the most powerful and precise compact cordless rotary tool Dremel has yet to produce, its size, ergonomics and first-to-market integrated LED front-end lighting make it the ideal choice for everything from detailed crafts to DIY tasks.

4 Sep 2014

Excelsior Engineering Awarded EPCM Contract to Construct Innovative Pilot Facility for Field Upgrading

Excelsior Engineering has been selected as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contractor by Field Upgrading for the construction of an innovative pilot facility that aims to commercialize a technology to improve the economics of upgrading Alberta's bitumen.

4 Sep 2014

Hurd Introduces New Line of Wood Grain Exterior Aluminum Cladding in Six Colors

Hurd Windows & Doors announces the introduction of its Luxury Wood Grain Collection, an industry-leading line of wood grain aluminum clad colors. For the first time, homeowners will be able to get the warmth and beauty of a wood grain exterior with all the benefits of Hurd's low maintenance, heavy duty, extruded aluminum cladding that's at least twice as thick as its competitors' roll-form cladding.

4 Sep 2014

Royal Adhesives & Sealants Canada to Acquire All Assets of Chemque

Royal Adhesives & Sealants LLC (Royal) a portfolio company of Arsenal Capital Partners (Arsenal) announced that its subsidiary Royal Adhesives & Sealants Canada LTD will acquire substantially all of the assets of Chemque.

4 Sep 2014

GEI Consultants Completes Final Piece of San Diego County Water Authority's Emergency Storage Project

GEI Consultants, Inc., one of the nation's leading geotechnical, environmental, water resources, and ecological science and engineering firms, announced today that its client, the San Diego County Water Authority, recently dedicated the San Vicente Dam Raise, the final major piece of the Water Authority's $1.5 billion Emergency Storage Project (ESP).

3 Sep 2014

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Portland Cement

Transparency Market Research has released a new market report titled "Portland Cement Market for Residential, Commercial, Infrastructure and Other Applications (Bricks, Farm Construction, etc.) - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020," which observes that the Portland cement market demand in 2013 was worth 3,670.8 million tons and is expected to reach 5,165.1 million tons by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 5.1% between 2014 and 2020. In terms of revenue, the global market for Portland cement was estimated at USD 234.6 billion in 2013.

3 Sep 2014

Highlander Partners Acquires Versatex Building Products

Highlander Partners, L.P., a leading middle market private investment firm based in Dallas, Texas, today announced the acquisition of Versatex Building Products, LLC (f/k/a Wolfpac Technologies, Inc). Founded in 2003, Versatex is a Pittsburgh-based provider of cellular PVC building products serving both the new construction and renovation/remodel markets.

3 Sep 2014

Deceuninck North America to Introduce eos Window System at GlassBuild America

Innovation meets performance as Deceuninck North America introduces the eos™ window system, which applies world-class engineering and advanced material science to create a new window standard for performance, economy and fabricator efficiency.

3 Sep 2014

Maibec Spends $20 Million to Upgrade Lumber Mill in St-Pamphile de l'Islet

Maibec has invested more than $20 million in the upgrade of its lumber mill in St-Pamphile de l'Islet. The upgrade included the acquisition of high-tech, high-performance equipment that maibec says will enable it to optimize the use of resources while increasing agility in manufacturing value-added products for customers and improving overall productivity in a sustainable manner. The new equipment will be operational in early 2015.

3 Sep 2014

Southwest Gas Agrees to Acquire Construction Companies to Strengthen Construction Services Business

Southwest Gas Corporation ("Company") announced today that through its subsidiaries, led principally by NPL Construction Co. ("NPL"), it has signed agreements to acquire several privately held, affiliated construction companies for approximately US$185 million in cash less assumed debt and subject to a working capital adjustment.

3 Sep 2014

EU-funded Project Explores New Path to Reduce Energy Consumption in Public Buildings

A new project explores a new path to reduce energy consumption by combining latest sustainable building technologies in public buildings

3 Sep 2014

Pollard Thomas Edwards Celebrates 40 Years in Practice with Exhibition at New London Architecture

Pollard Thomas Edwards will be hosting an exhibition at New London Architecture (NLA) throughout the month of September, looking at the history of the practice and their commitment to solving London’s housing crisis. The...

2 Sep 2014

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New Report Provides In-depth Analyses of USA's Structural Building Materials Market

Duke Energy and Piedmont Choose Dominion to Build 550-Mile 'Atlantic Coast Pipeline' to Transport Natural Gas

Sunrise Senior Living Moves Ahead With Construction on New Community in Southern California

Dremel Micro 8050 Cordless Rotary Tool Offers Precise Control with Surprising Power

Excelsior Engineering Awarded EPCM Contract to Construct Innovative Pilot Facility for Field Upgrading

Hurd Introduces New Line of Wood Grain Exterior Aluminum Cladding in Six Colors

Royal Adhesives & Sealants Canada to Acquire All Assets of Chemque

GEI Consultants Completes Final Piece of San Diego County Water Authority's Emergency Storage Project

New Report Analyzes Global Market for Portland Cement

Highlander Partners Acquires Versatex Building Products

Deceuninck North America to Introduce eos Window System at GlassBuild America

Maibec Spends $20 Million to Upgrade Lumber Mill in St-Pamphile de l'Islet

Southwest Gas Agrees to Acquire Construction Companies to Strengthen Construction Services Business

EU-funded Project Explores New Path to Reduce Energy Consumption in Public Buildings

Pollard Thomas Edwards Celebrates 40 Years in Practice with Exhibition at New London Architecture

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