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Hardin Construction Starts New Student Housing Project at Young Harris College

Hardin Construction Company's latest project at Young Harris College -- a student-residence complex configured in small communities called "pods" -- is contributing to a campus-building program that's as breathtaking as the views from the college's mountainous North Georgia campus.

18 Jan 2013

Harper Government to Support Pemberton Train Station Conversion

Today, Mark Strahl, Member of Parliament for Chilliwack-Fraser Canyon, on behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced support for converting the Pemberton Train Station into a community, tourism and transportation hub under the Harper Government's Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF).

18 Jan 2013

InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance Expands Global Reach

The InsideIQ™ Building Automation Alliance, an international alliance of independent building automation contractors, has expanded its global reach by welcoming Airmaster Australia as its newest member firm. Headquartered in Melbourne and with seven branch offices across Australia, Airmaster is a full service technical solutions, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and building automation specialist whose customers include many of Australia's largest companies.

18 Jan 2013

PORCELANOSA Releases Commodore Criterion Building Renovation Plans

PORCELANOSA, a global leader in the innovation, design, manufacturing and distribution of luxury tile, kitchen and bath products, today released new images and details behind its plans to refurbish the Commodore Criterion building. Situated in the northwest side of Madison Square Park at 5th Avenue and Broadway, the building will soon be the new site of PORCELANOSA's US/NYC flagship showroom. With the interior demolition complete, PORCELANOSA has confirmed the grand opening is scheduled for spring 2014.

17 Jan 2013

R.D. Olson to Complete $60M Tustin Pacific Center Ahead of Schedule

R.D. Olson Construction, a nationwide contracting firm established in 1979 by Bob Olson, is on pace to complete the $60 million mixed-use Tustin Pacific Center ahead of schedule, delivering the latest prototypes of Marriott's Residence Inn and Fairfield Inn & Suites concepts in California.

17 Jan 2013

USGBC’s Center for Green Schools Releases Second Annual Best of Green Schools List

The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council today announced its second annual "Best of Green Schools" list, which recognizes top educational institutions and individuals across the country for embracing environmental initiatives.

17 Jan 2013

HP Opens New Headquarters Lobby and Executive Briefing Center

HP today officially opened its new headquarters lobby and Executive Briefing Center, a 37,700-square-foot addition to its existing headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif.

17 Jan 2013

New Research Reveals Jute as Sustainable Reinforcement for Concrete

Fashionable people may turn up their noses at jute — the cheap fiber used to make burlap, gunny sacks, twine and other common products — but new research is enhancing jute's appeal as an inexpensive, sustainable reinforcement for mortar and concrete. The study appears in ACS' journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

17 Jan 2013

Brookfield Commences Construction of Platform for Manhattan West Development

Brookfield Office Properties Inc. today announced an exciting step forward in its New York property portfolio by commencing construction of the platform for the Manhattan West development site on Ninth Avenue between West 31st and West 33rd Streets and Dyer Avenue at a ceremony at the site with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. Construction is expected to be completed in 2014, positioning the project to receive tenants in 2016.

16 Jan 2013

ISREC Foundation, CHUV, UNIL and EPFL Unveil Blueprint of New Cancer Centre

The ISREC Foundation and its partners, CHUV, UNIL and EPFL, today unveiled the layout and blueprint of the new cancer centre. It was Behnisch of Stuttgart who won the tender for the parallel studies mandate for the design and construction of the translational oncology centre.

16 Jan 2013

PANalytical to Participate in 5th Building Materials Analysis Conference

The 5th Building Materials Analysis (BMA) Conference will be held in just a few months time, from 18 to 20 March, 2013. The BMA conference provides a focus for all professionals in the field of building materials analysis, from engineers to researchers and scientists.

16 Jan 2013

ROCKPANEL to Launch FS-Xtra Non-Combustible Grade Cladding Boards at BAU 2013

Designing modern façades with ROCKPANEL cladding boards is popular– and with the latest product innovation the safety of the ROCKPANEL product range will be further enhanced.

16 Jan 2013

BAU 2013: BASF to Highlight Chemistry's Contribution to Sustainable Construction

BASF is to showcase chemistry's contribution to sustainable construction at the BAU 2013 trade fair in Munich from January 14 - 19, 2013. Based at Hall A4/stand 303, the company presents numerous solutions, including products to raise the energy efficiency of buildings. Other exhibits include materials to make buildings more durable and in that way reduce maintenance and repair. BASF also supports architects and planners keen to try out new design approaches, and presents insights into the latest research on electrochromic pigments for ambient interior lighting.

16 Jan 2013

Multiple Organics Shifts Headquarters and Opens New Warehouse Facility in Hercules

Multiple Organics is proud to announce that it has moved its headquarters and opened its first owned warehouse facility in Hercules, CA on December 28, 2012. Concurrently, Multiple Organics has added Jim Hoover and Ben Greenspan to its Board of Directors.

11 Jan 2013

LEICHT to Open New Chelsea Showroom in Spring 2013

Germany-based luxury kitchen company LEICHT announced today that it will open a 5,000 square-foot New York store at 36 West 25th Street in spring 2013. The Chelsea showroom will be the third location for LEICHT in New York, following its first U.S. opening in 2011 on Manhattan's Upper West Side and its suburban showroom opening in Westchester in December.

11 Jan 2013