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New Business Report on US Market for Special Building Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Special Building Materials Market in USA: Business Report 2013" report to their offering.

15 Mar 2013

Triotto Office Building in Helsinki Earns Gold LEED Certification

The Triotto office building located in Käpylä, Helsinki, Finland has been awarded Gold level LEED environmental certification.

15 Mar 2013

ThyssenKrupp Elevator Installations Demonstrate Better User Comfort and Cost Efficiency

Buildings account for around 40 percent of energy consumption worldwide. Lighting, heating, elevators – building systems require large amounts of energy, especially when they are advanced in years.

15 Mar 2013

New Short Spandrel Curtain Wall System from Thermafiber

The High-Rise Insulation Experts at Thermafiber have developed another solution for the curtain wall industry.

14 Mar 2013

Michael Baker Receives Construction Services Contract to Upgrade NJTA Facilities

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation, has been awarded a 23-month, $6.5 million contract to provide supervision of construction services for the first phase of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority’s (NJTA) non-roadway facilities upgrade program, which will bring NJTA’s assets up to current standards and into a state of good repair.

14 Mar 2013

Sage Construction Anywhere Earns Two Constructech Top Products Awards

Sage North America today announced that Sage Construction Anywhere, a cloud-based collaborative solution, has won two Constructech Top Products awards.

14 Mar 2013

New High-Performance Resinous Flooring Systems from Arizona Polymer Flooring

Arizona Polymer Flooring (APF), a manufacturer of high-performance flooring products and concrete coating systems, announces the launch of ColorChrome™ Metallic Flooring Systems, a high-performance resinous flooring system providing durability and elegance in 20 shades.

14 Mar 2013

New Report Analyzes Brazilian Market for Structural Building Materials

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Structural Building Materials Market in Brazil: Business Report 2013" report to their offering.

14 Mar 2013

Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg Set to Reopen this Summer

New-built, high up in Peter's Square - A corner mansion then ascended; And where its lofty perron ended Two sentry lions stood at guard like living things, And kept their ward with paw uplifted.

13 Mar 2013

1350-1360 Rene-Levesque Wins AQME Energia 2012 Award in Recommissioning Project Category

Canderel is pleased to announce that on February 6th of this year, 1350-1360 René-Lévesque in Montreal, was the proud recipient of the Association Québécoise pour la Maîtrise de l'Énergie (AQME), Énergia 2012 Award in the Recommissioning Project category.

13 Mar 2013

Kyocera to Supply Solar Solutions for Multi-Family Housing in Urban Chicago

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced today that it is supplying Kyocera solar modules and MyGen™ Pro installation systems to VGI Energy for affordable, multi-family housing units in urban Chicago.

13 Mar 2013

Pacnet Announces $90M Investment to Build New Tier III Data Center in Singapore

Pacnet today announced a US$90 million investment to build a new Tier III data center in Singapore to meet the region's accelerating demand for connected, advanced data center and managed services.

13 Mar 2013

SCE&G Pours Basemat Concrete at V.C. Summer Unit 2 in Fairfield County, SC

South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G), principal subsidiary of SCANA Corporation, completed on March 11, 2013, placement of the nuclear island basemat for V.C. Summer Unit 2 in Fairfield County, S.C. This major milestone is the first new construction nuclear concrete to be poured in the U.S. in three decades.

13 Mar 2013

New Affordable Housing Units for Semi-Independent Seniors in Saint-Stanislas

As a result of the combined efforts of the governments of Canada and Quebec and their local partners, semi-independent seniors in Saint-Stanislas now have access to 14 affordable housing units adapted to their needs.

12 Mar 2013

Groveton Green Apartments Awarded LEED Gold Certification

Groveton Green Apartments was officially awarded LEED Gold Certification from Roger Platt , Senior Vice President of Global Policy & Law from the U.S Green Building Council (USGBC), in an exclusive ceremony on Thursday.

12 Mar 2013