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Affordable Lighting for Homes During the Holiday Season

Consumers Energy is reminding Michigan residents that displaying decorative lights is a cost-effective way to create a festive atmosphere during the holiday season.

9 Dec 2013

Habitat for Humanity's NetZero Energy Precast Concrete Duplex Wins 2013 Project of the Year Award

Alberta's leading construction trade journal, Alberta Construction Magazine, has selected Habitat for Humanity's NetZero Energy Precast Concrete Duplex in Edmonton for its 2013 Project of the Year, as well as the winner of the Sustainability award.

9 Dec 2013

Libyan Housing and Infrastructure Board Selects AECOM for Nation-Wide Development Program

AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world, announced today that it has signed an agreement with the Libyan government’s Housing and Infrastructure Board (HIB) authorizing work valued at US$209 million over a 25-month period.

9 Dec 2013

Topcon Introduces 3D Positioning System for Construction Layouts

Topcon Positioning Group announces a new BIM solution – the LN-100– the world’s first 3D positioning system designed specifically for construction layout.

6 Dec 2013

Shea Properties and Ivanhoé Cambridge Break Ground on $200 Million Luxury Apartment Community in San José

Shea Properties and Ivanhoé Cambridge announced today that construction is underway on ASCENT, a 650-unit luxury apartment community featuring one- to three-bedroom residences with high-end finishes throughout and market- leading amenities for its residents.

6 Dec 2013

ESO Inaugurates New Office Extension at Garching Headquarters

On 4 December 2013, at ESO Headquarters in Garching bei München, Germany, an official inauguration ceremony was held for the new office extension.

6 Dec 2013

Market Forecast Report on Institutional Construction Industry in Australia

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Institutional Construction in Australia to 2017: Market Forecast" report to their offering.

6 Dec 2013

CPBS Develops Cost-Effective Exterior Stucco System

Composite Panel Building Systems (CPBS) has developed a cost-effective exterior stucco system that delivers an energy efficient building envelope for new construction, renovations or retrofitted buildings.

6 Dec 2013

Ryland Homes Receives 7 Silver Awards from NAHB’s 2014 Nationals

Ryland Homes, one of the nation’s premier new homebuilders, is extremely proud to be the recipient of 7 Silver Awards from the 2014 Nationals.

6 Dec 2013

Premium Kitchens Opens New Showroom in Boca Raton, South Florida

Premium Kitchens announces the Grand Opening of their new showroom located at 7400 North Federal Highway in Boca Raton on December 9th, 2013.

5 Dec 2013

Uponor Expands Apple Valley Corporate Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility

On Monday, Nov. 25, Uponor North America (Uponor) celebrated the fifth expansion to its 230,000-square-foot corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Apple Valley, Minn., more than quadrupling its size since opening in 1990.

5 Dec 2013

Another Major Milestone Completed in the Construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4

Georgia Power announced today the completion of another major milestone in the construction of Plant Vogtle units 3 and 4 – the placement of the CA-04 module in the Unit 3 nuclear island. The module, also known as the reactor vessel cavity, will house the Unit 3 reactor vessel and is a critical module for the project. It is comprised of five sub-modules, weighing approximately 64,000 pounds, and is 27 feet tall and 21 feet wide. It was lifted into place using a 560-foot tall heavy lift derrick, one of the largest cranes in the world.

5 Dec 2013

Lowe Enterprises Completes Third Phase of Registrar of Voters Headquarters

Lowe Enterprises has completed the third phase of the County Operations Center (COC) in Kearny Mesa—the 118,500-square-foot Registrar of Voters Headquarters. The project includes Registrar of Voters staff offices, election ballot processing capabilities, warehouse production space and a public art installation. The property was built to LEED Gold certification standards.

5 Dec 2013

Autodesk Unveils New Technologies for Building Information Modeling

Autodesk, Inc. unveiled several exciting new technologies for Building Information Modeling (BIM) today at its annual user conference, Autodesk University. With today’s announcements and numerous other recent innovations, Autodesk continues to extend BIM value across the full lifecycle of the built environment for Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) professionals in the building and infrastructure industries.

5 Dec 2013

Highly Insulating Triple-pane Windows Slash Energy Use in Homes by 12.2%

Highly insulating triple-pane windows keep a house snug and cozy, but it takes two decades or more for the windows to pay off financially based on utility-bill savings, according to a report by energy efficiency experts at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

5 Dec 2013