A new assortment of terrazzo concrete colors and designs was brought out by a specialty concrete manufacturer, SureCrete Design Products, to be utilized along with its Xtreme Series Terrazzo Mix. This composite product is the strongest in the terrazzo industry and allows 150% load of recycled aggregates besides being a high early strength cement casting product.
By Nick Gilbert
13 Jul 2012
Carlisle Wide Plank Floors, a manufacturer of high-end wood floors with aesthetic hand sculpted artwork and elegant designs, has come out with its plan to capture more of the ever-growing market, especially in China, by opening eight more showrooms besides the ones already existing in Wuxi and Nantong.
By Nick Gilbert
12 Jul 2012
On 11.72 acres of Jacksonville, Florida’s Southside/JTB corridor, the Morgan Group, a private organization that specializes in luxury city residential construction and management, has begun buildinga 240-unit class A apartment complex.
By Nick Gilbert
12 Jul 2012
The Dorsey Hall model homes complex for small families built by Ryan Homes, the residence construction division of NVR, was inaugurated at Cannon Crossing in Concord, North Carolina. NVR, which has housing and mortgage businesses, runs its housing construction operations under banners such as Ryan Homes, NVHomes and Fox Ridge Homes.
By Will Soutter
12 Jul 2012
With the goal of obtaining LEED Gold certification, Harvard University embarked on the task of renovating Fogg Art Museum. The 201,000 square-foot, multi-year renovation venture is scheduled to be completed by 2014.
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By Joel Scanlon
11 Jul 2012
Corna Kokosing’s President, Mark Corna, informed that the company is constructing a new headquarters for Bob Evans Farms. The building, worth $31 million, will be located in New Albany. According to Corna, the project will be a combination of futuristic and traditional design and will be built as a modern version of a barn building on 40 ac of farmland. The company informed that it is happy to undertake this major project.
By Will Soutter
11 Jul 2012
A sub-contract of 9.7 million dollars to supply modular structures for the fifth and ultimate stage of the MILCON Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) Advanced Individual Training (AIT) barracks to cater to the needs of the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, was awarded to Ramtech Building Systems from Mansfield, Texas.
By Nick Gilbert
11 Jul 2012
The Green Day office construction at Wroclaw, Poland, is anticipated to start in the second quarter of 2012 and will be completed by the first quarter of 2014.
By Nick Gilbert
11 Jul 2012
The recently refurbished Veterans Memorial Bridge, which replaced the old one built in 1954 at a cost of 65 million dollars, was designed by T.Y. Lin International (TYLI). Now, bridge construction has been completed, enabling better connectivity to Portland and South Portland.
By Joel Scanlon
10 Jul 2012
The California State Senate’s decision to pass a legislation to give the green signal for building high-speed rail in the state was cheered by the Teamsters Rail Conference. This huge undertaking would provide employment opportunities to several maintenance of way workers, locomotive engineers and trainmen who are union members and part of the Teamsters Rail Conference.
By Will Soutter
10 Jul 2012
The Australian Plywood, Veneer and Fabricated Wood industry is dependent on the demand generated by the downstream industries such as residential and commercial construction segments.
By Nick Gilbert
10 Jul 2012
ABC Installation Services has completed the renovation of a building in Oak Park by employing thin brick products from the American Brick Company (Ambrico) and Coronado. The building’s outmoded exterior was originally built with clay bricks.
By Nick Gilbert
10 Jul 2012
As current projects extend from North Queensland to Western Australia, the Global Road Technology has led to the creation of safer roads all across Australia, and also globally.
By Nick Gilbert
9 Jul 2012
UBM’s Ecobuild events will join forces with the Greenbuild event coordinated by Malaysia-based AMB Exhibitions. Both parties will work together on the marketing and sales of these events.
By Joel Scanlon
9 Jul 2012
Millennium Roofing & Construction, which has been servicing its customers in Murfreesboro and Nashville, Tennessee, since 1999, is still helping residents recover from recent storms. The owners of the roofing company jumped into action after a series of highly destructive storms passed through Murfreesboro and helped rebuild the community.
By Will Soutter
9 Jul 2012