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Professional Builder to Present Three Model Homes at International Builders' Show

For the 14th year, Professional Builder magazine presents the annual Show Village exhibit at the International Builders' Show (January 18-24). The magazine partnered with modular home manufacturers Palm Harbor Homes and IronTown Homes, along with Greenfab, a developer of sustainable, healthy, modular homes and communities, and more than 40 building product manufacturers to build three model homes -- 2,072-sq-ft Aurora, 2,300-sq-ft Admiral and 918-sq-ft BASF High Performance Net Zero Home.

11 Jan 2013

PHMA Recognizes Balfour Beatty Communities for Outstanding Customer Service

Balfour Beatty Communities, LLC (BBC), a leading provider of property management, development and related real estate services for the multifamily, military and student housing markets, announced the Professional Housing Management Association (PHMA) has named its team and their Navy partners at Naval Weapons Station Charleston as the 2012 US Navy Outstanding Housing Team—Privatized Location, and Balfour Beatty Communities employee Jesse Hopkins, a maintenance supervisor at Naval Air Station Key West, as the 2012 Outstanding Housing Employee for Public Private Ventures.

From Balfour Beatty 11 Jan 2013

Related California Starts Construction on First Residential Phase of Grand Avenue Project

Related California today started construction on a $120 million, 19-story apartment building at 225 N. Grand Avenue between 2nd and 3rd Streets, the first residential phase of its Grand Avenue Project. With 271 residences, including 20 percent affordable apartments, the building will bring the first apartments to Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles in more than a decade and add 500+ new residents. The project will create 417 construction jobs over the next two years.

11 Jan 2013

Experts Discuss Challenges of Building Back Better Communities in Haiti

On the occasion of the third anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars today hosted an event to address current rebuilding efforts and discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

11 Jan 2013

Federal Funding to Support Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society's Sarah Wray Heritage Hall Project

Across the country, community centres, cultural centres, hockey rinks, swimming pools, and other community projects will soon be improved thanks to support from the Harper Government's Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund (CIIF).

10 Jan 2013

Sanoma Magazines and Sanoma Pro to Move to Joint Office Building in Helsinki

Finland’s leading magazine publisher, Sanoma Magazines, and the country’s largest learning solutions provider, Sanoma Pro, are to move to a joint office building in the Ruoholahti district of central Helsinki in spring 2015. Together with Sanoma House, the building will form a city-centre campus focused on promoting close co-operation and new media innovations across the Sanoma Group.

10 Jan 2013

PM Environmental Opens Regional Office in Montville, New Jersey

PM Environmental, Inc. (PM) is pleased to announce the firm has opened its 15th regional office. The newest office will be located at 170 Changebridge Road, Montville, New Jersey, and will serve the Mid-Atlantic region.

10 Jan 2013

Saint Luke's Opens New Neuroscience Facility

Designed to serve as one of the preeminent neuroscience centers in the country, the Saint Luke's Neuroscience Institute tower officially opens today at Saint Luke's Hospital. The new facility, specializing in streamlined care for neurological disorders, offers the Kansas City community and the entire region a dedicated neuroscience hospital, created to lead the way in research, medical advancements, patient outcomes, comfort, and quality of care.

10 Jan 2013

GSE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Manufacturing Facility in Suzhou, China

GSE Holding, Inc., a leading global provider of highly engineered geosynthetic containment solutions for environmental protection and confinement applications, today held a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its new manufacturing facility located in the city of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, in China. In addition to company officials, the ceremony was attended by representatives from the provincial and municipal governments and GSE's customers in the area.

10 Jan 2013

Perkins+Will Completes Construction of Modular Sprout Space Classroom

Perkins+Will, leading international architecture and design firm and K-12 building experts for more than seventy-five years, announces the completion of construction of the first award-winning, modular Sprout Space™ classroom this month. Every aspect of the Sprout Space classroom was designed with the goal of enhancing student learning. The design incorporates green building strategies which eliminate energy costs, create a healthier learning environment, and reduce construction costs.

10 Jan 2013

Concrete-Filled Tubular Flange Girder for Bridges Wins National Recognition

A team of structural engineers has won national recognition for work on an innovative steel girder used in a new bridge in western Pennsylvania.

10 Jan 2013

Behr Introduces 2013 Color Trends Forecast for Professionals to Better Serve Customers

Behr Process Corporation, an experienced and trusted provider of paint and coatings, announced today that its professional products and services division, BehrProSM, has introduced its 2013 color trends forecast to provide industry professionals with color expertise to better serve their customers. Identified by Behr's color experts, the 2013 color series features a diverse range of options that translate seamlessly to contractors' residential and commercial projects, assisting professional painters and remodeling experts in offering colors for customers to adopt.

9 Jan 2013

U.S. Bank, Mercy Housing California and New Directions Close Financing for El Monte Veterans Housing

U.S. Bank, Mercy Housing California, and New Directions have closed on a financing package that paves the way for El Monte Veterans Housing, a $12.8 million affordable housing development aimed at supporting returning veterans in Los Angeles County who might otherwise be homeless. Construction starts this month with completion expected in March 2014.

9 Jan 2013

Port of Long Beach Starts Construction on Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement

Officials celebrated the kickoff of construction today on a $1 billion project to replace the primary bridge at the Port of Long Beach, a four-year effort that will enhance a critical link in the nation’s trade system and improve an important transportation corridor for California.

9 Jan 2013

New Memory Care Community to Come Up in Edmond

The LaSalle Group is announcing its plan to build a cutting-edge nearly 28,000 square foot, $8.8 million memory care community that will exclusively care for residents living with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Autumn Leaves of Edmond (1001 S. Bryant Ave. in Edmond) will use a family approach to provide a home-like environment with highly trained staff members who understand Alzheimer’s and dementia. The project is the result of a partnership with The LaSalle Group and Silverado Interests.

9 Jan 2013

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Professional Builder to Present Three Model Homes at International Builders' Show

PHMA Recognizes Balfour Beatty Communities for Outstanding Customer Service

Related California Starts Construction on First Residential Phase of Grand Avenue Project

Experts Discuss Challenges of Building Back Better Communities in Haiti

Federal Funding to Support Pender Harbour Living Heritage Society's Sarah Wray Heritage Hall Project

Sanoma Magazines and Sanoma Pro to Move to Joint Office Building in Helsinki

PM Environmental Opens Regional Office in Montville, New Jersey

Saint Luke's Opens New Neuroscience Facility

GSE Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for New Manufacturing Facility in Suzhou, China

Perkins+Will Completes Construction of Modular Sprout Space Classroom

Concrete-Filled Tubular Flange Girder for Bridges Wins National Recognition

Behr Introduces 2013 Color Trends Forecast for Professionals to Better Serve Customers

U.S. Bank, Mercy Housing California and New Directions Close Financing for El Monte Veterans Housing

Port of Long Beach Starts Construction on Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement

New Memory Care Community to Come Up in Edmond

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2Breakthrough AI Model Accurately Predicts Strength of Recycled Concrete Mixes

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4Reduce Errors and Increase Carbon Credits in Cement Plants With Accurate Biogenic Co₂ Data Reporting

5Seismic Risks Tied to Wall Type in Buildings Near Mines, Researchers Say

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