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Federal Government Pledges Support as Eko Atlantic Project Reclaims Land from Sea

Eko Atlantic, the visionary new city for Lagos, Nigeria drew high-level presidential praise from both the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan and the former President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton during a dedication ceremony to mark a milestone event.

25 Feb 2013

Principal Real Estate Investors Starts Construction on New Office Building at Sunnyvale Business Park

Principal Real Estate Investors, one of the largest institutional real estate managers in the United States, broke ground at Sunnyvale Business Park last week in Sunnyvale, Calif.

25 Feb 2013

New Report Analyzes Global Markets for Prefabricated Housing

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

25 Feb 2013

Chance Partners Starts Construction on Green Bear Lofts in Downtown Tuscaloosa

Chance Partners, LLC today announced that is has started construction on Green Bear Lofts, its third downtown luxury apartment community in the last year.

22 Feb 2013

SWA Group Wins Design Competition for New Central Park Along Pudong Waterfront in Shanghai

SWA Group, a leading landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm, has won an international design competition for a 2.3-kilometer (1.4 mile)-long new “central park” along the Pudong waterfront, Shanghai’s financial center and gateway to this global city.

22 Feb 2013

Whole Building Systems Completes Survey of Nathaniel Russell House Museum

Whole Building Systems, a highly regarded engineering and energy efficiency consulting firm that serves commercial, governmental, educational, and historic preservation sectors, today announced that it recently completed an Energy Survey and Engineering Analysis of the Nathaniel Russell House Museum, located in historic Charleston, SC.

22 Feb 2013

Pennsylvania Governor Joins Officials at Groundbreaking Ceremony for Lehigh County Emergency Center

Governor Tom Corbett today joined state, county and local officials in a ceremonial groundbreaking for a new Cetronia Ambulance Corps and Lehigh County Joint Operations and Medico-Legal Forensics Center.

22 Feb 2013

US Green Building Council Awards LEED Platinum Certification to Foram Group’s 600 Brickell

Foram Group announced today that its 600 Brickell at Brickell World Plaza office tower has received LEED® Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.

22 Feb 2013

Dallas' Platinum Series Homes Named Recipient of 2013 Best of Houzz Award

Platinum Series Homes by Mark Molthan, a custom home builder located in Dallas -- is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the prestigious 2013 "Best of Houzz" Award. Houzz is the leading online platform for home remodeling and design.

21 Feb 2013

New Market Research Reports on Paint Industries in Central Asia, Eastern and Central Europe

Paints and coatings industry executives seeking strategically significant competitor information, analysis and critical insight need look no further. As the number of construction projects increases, consumers resume their spending and as the demand for industrial production is raised, the paints and coatings market will benefit. At the same time, there are a number of factors inhibiting market growth, such as more stringent environmental regulations and higher prices of base ingredients. While some of these factors may not affect the paints and coatings market as a whole, specific segments of the market may be influenced.

21 Feb 2013

Advanced Wall Technologies Awarded Patent for Encapsulated Berm and Construction Method

Advanced Wall Technologies, LLC is pleased to announce that on February 19, 2013, the first of seven anticipated patents was issued (Patent No. 8,376,657) from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the core technology behind its state-of-the-art encapsulated berm and construction method.

21 Feb 2013

Aggregate Industries Facilities Receive Environmental Excellence and Community Relations Awards

Aggregate Industries US (AIUS), a Holcim Group Company, is pleased to announce that a number of its facilities were awarded the Environmental Excellence and Community Relations Awards from the National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association (NSSGA).

21 Feb 2013

McCarthy Building Honored with 2013 Training Magazine Top 125 Award

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately-held construction companies and a 100 percent employee-owned business, was honored Monday night with a 2013 Training Magazine Top 125 Award. This recognition represents the third year in a row McCarthy has received this award and the second consecutive year for the firm ranking in the top 10.

21 Feb 2013

3M Architectural Markets Opens First Showroom in Minneapolis’s International Market Square

3M Architectural Markets is giving design enthusiasts a new opportunity to see its innovative products in action with the opening of its first showroom. Located in Minneapolis’s International Market Square, the showroom serves as an engaging, experimental space where 3M’s continuously evolving line of technologically advanced design products is center stage.

21 Feb 2013

Seeyond Offers Solutions for Architects and Interior Designers

Seeyond™ Architectural Solutions integrates design, manufacturing, and installation into a seamless system. Architects and designers now easily can create self-structuring specialty features, including walls, facings, clouds, enclosures, and columns.

21 Feb 2013

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Federal Government Pledges Support as Eko Atlantic Project Reclaims Land from Sea

Principal Real Estate Investors Starts Construction on New Office Building at Sunnyvale Business Park

New Report Analyzes Global Markets for Prefabricated Housing

Chance Partners Starts Construction on Green Bear Lofts in Downtown Tuscaloosa

SWA Group Wins Design Competition for New Central Park Along Pudong Waterfront in Shanghai

Whole Building Systems Completes Survey of Nathaniel Russell House Museum

Pennsylvania Governor Joins Officials at Groundbreaking Ceremony for Lehigh County Emergency Center

US Green Building Council Awards LEED Platinum Certification to Foram Group’s 600 Brickell

Dallas' Platinum Series Homes Named Recipient of 2013 Best of Houzz Award

New Market Research Reports on Paint Industries in Central Asia, Eastern and Central Europe

Advanced Wall Technologies Awarded Patent for Encapsulated Berm and Construction Method

Aggregate Industries Facilities Receive Environmental Excellence and Community Relations Awards

McCarthy Building Honored with 2013 Training Magazine Top 125 Award

3M Architectural Markets Opens First Showroom in Minneapolis’s International Market Square

Seeyond Offers Solutions for Architects and Interior Designers

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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

Construction Trends

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Trending Stories

1Reinforced-Concrete Logic Gives Metals a Breakthrough in High-Temperature Strength

2UBC Researchers Design Electrochemical System to Recycle Cement and Slash Emissions

3Can Waste From Nickel Production Create Better Concrete? This Study Says Yes

4Scientists Engineer Concrete That Heals Itself Using Bacteria

5Global Construction Emissions Set to Double by 2050, Study Warns

6New Cold Asphalt Mix Matches Hot Asphalt Strength with Lower Energy Demand