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NVR Opens New Genavieve Single-Family Model Home in Denver

NVR, Inc., one of the nation's largest homebuilding and mortgage banking companies, announces the grand opening of its new Genavieve single-family model home in Denver, North Carolina. Built by NVR's Ryan Homes division, Norman Pointe near Charlotte offers all-brick homes on wooded and lakefront homesites. Homes at Norman Pointe are priced from the $310,000's.

12 Nov 2013

Analysis Report on Worldwide Markets for Nonresidential Prefabricated Building Systems

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Nonresidential Prefabricated Building Systems - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering.

12 Nov 2013

Royal Holloway Opens £3.5 Million Caryl Churchill Theatre

A new £3.5 million theatre at Royal Holloway will help raise the cultural provision in Surrey and allow drama scholars and performers to reach out to the wider community, according to Professor Dan Rebellato, the Head of the Department of Drama and Theatre.

12 Nov 2013

Novel Program Helps Study Stained Glass with Selected Brightness

At the intersection of science and art: the Audiovisual Communications Laboratory has developped software to observe stained glass with a light and viewing angle that have been chosen to reveal unexpected details.

11 Nov 2013

Mill Creek Residential to Develop 262 Luxury Apartment Homes in Miami

Mill Creek Residential, a national apartment developer, investor and operator, announced that it will move forward on the development of 262 luxury apartment homes in Miami, adjacent to the affluent Coral Gables and Merrick Park submarkets.

11 Nov 2013

Luxury District Inaugurated at Parque Arauco Kennedy Mall in Chile

Parque Arauco, a leading Latin American shopping mall developer and operator with presence in Chile, Peru, and Colombia, has inaugurated a “Luxury District” in their flagship mall, Parque Arauco Kennedy, in Santiago, Chile. For the first time ever, Chileans will have one central location where they can shop for high end international brands, many of which are new to the Chilean market.

11 Nov 2013

Walton and NVR Enter Agreement to Build Townhomes at Westphalia Town Center

The Walton Group of Companies (Walton), a family-owned, real estate investment, planning, and development group in Maryland and Virginia, with U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with NVR, Inc. to build townhomes at Westphalia Town Center in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

11 Nov 2013

HPA Awarded Demolition and Reconstruction Contract for Herbert Hoover Dike

EMCOR Group, Inc., a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its subsidiary Harry Pepper Associates, Inc. (HPA) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the demolition and reconstruction of elements of the Herbert Hoover Dike in Okeechobee and Palm Beach Counties, Florida.

From EMCOR 11 Nov 2013

Sacramento-Based Blomberg Windows to Close Operations After 60 Years in the Building Industry

After serving the building industry for nearly 60 years, Sacramento based Blomberg Windows has decided to close its doors due to changes in the economy and building industry. Established in 1956, Blomberg has specialized in beautiful and stylish aluminum windows and doors and has been considered one of the top manufacturers of luxury building products in the country.

8 Nov 2013

Lutron Electronics and Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems Partner to Address New Building Code Requirements

Hubbell Wiring Device-Kellems (“Hubbell”), a leading manufacturer of electrical devices and energy management products, and Lutron Electronics, the leader in energy-saving, wireless light and shade control, (“Lutron”), today announced the collaborative development of new products that will enable the electrical industry to better comply with new building code requirements for controlling electrical outlets and their associated plug loads.

8 Nov 2013

University of Cincinnati Research Finding SmartLight to Transform Interior Lighting

A pair of University of Cincinnati researchers has seen the light – a bright, powerful light – and it just might change the future of how building interiors are brightened.

8 Nov 2013

Three Architectural Firms Submitted Designs for New Biomedical Research Building for Northwestern University’s Chicago Campus

Three architectural firms have submitted designs for a new Biomedical Research Building for the Feinberg School of Medicine on Northwestern University’s Chicago campus, and the University is now seeking community input on the proposed designs.

8 Nov 2013

CNH Industrial to Resume Marketing its Construction Equipment Brands in South East Asia

CNH Industrial announced today that it is ready to resume marketing and distributing its construction equipment brands in South East Asia and Taiwan, through its affiliate CNHI International, taking over from Kobelco. This follows the changes in the agreement between CNH (now CNH Industrial, after the merger of CNH and Fiat Industrial) and Kobelco Construction Machinery.

8 Nov 2013

KMD Architects and Integrated Design Groups Collaborate to Serve Latin American and US Markets

Integrated Design Group (ID), an architectural, engineering and planning firm with offices in Boston, Dallas and Tysons Corner focused on the design of data centers, together with KMD Architects (KMD), a fifty year old award winning architecture firm headquartered in San Francisco, with leadership in many sectors including health care, and with offices from Mexico City to Seattle, announced today that the two firms have formed a strategic partnership to address the growing need for the design of data centers south of the US border in Mexico.

8 Nov 2013

Habitat for Humanity Marks 800,000th Home Milestone

Today, supporters and Habitat for Humanity global leaders raised the walls on the 800,000th home the organization has built, rehabilitated or repaired around the world since its founding in 1976. The home is being built by Atlanta Habitat for Humanity.

7 Nov 2013