Atlanta-based SimpleFloors is offering new pre-finished bamboo flooring as part of its options for Earth Day 2012.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital have been awarded LEED Silver certification from the US Green Building Council. The certification was awarded to the hospital for being innovative and environmentally responsible.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
Sherwood Lumber Company and Georgia-Pacific (GP) Wood Products have signed an agreement for the distribution of GP’s entire range of engineered wood products.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
The world’s first year-round winter test centre is being constructed by Test World Oy.
By Joel Scanlon
20 Apr 2012
Rubber Flooring has reported the addition of new green flooring adhesives to its product line.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
The Cranbrook Art Museum has been reopened after renovation works designed by SmithGroupJJR have been completed.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
US-based private multi-family investment and development company Panther Properties Investment and developer Integra Land Company jointly announced that construction has begun on the $27.5 million Integra Creek Apartments.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
The West Bank Suburban Centre of Northern Illinois Food Bank has received LEED Gold certification.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
The East Village Office of US-based design company LPA has received LEED Gold certification. The office is located in Wonder Bread building located in 14th street.
By Joel Scanlon
19 Apr 2012
Gregg’s Elementary School in Houston Texas situated near Hobby Airport has successfully achieved Silver LEED-for-schools certification with the assistance of Bovay Engineers International attaining a total of 39 LEED points.
By Joel Scanlon
18 Apr 2012
A multi-disciplinary team of researchers and engineers from UC San Diego, Worchester Polytechnic Institute, and Howard University will be placing an equipped five-story, 80-foot building on an outdoor seismic shake table to find out the impact of earthquakes and fires on the structure. The tests will be conducted for two weeks at the Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Apr 2012
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO have developed a three-dimensional planning tool (a three-dimensional map) for urban planners.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Apr 2012
San Francisco-based Bay Area Coatings is now offering a new stripping agent that is free of methylene chloride and other toxic chemicals. The agent is fully biodegradable and is safe on the hands of the user.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Apr 2012
Texas-based Barker Roofing and Sheet Metal is in the process of helping the city of Abilene to recover from the damages caused by intense storms in the area.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Apr 2012
US-based Jensen Precast has announced that it has acquired the assets of Teichert Precast Concrete Products plants located in Stockton and Sacramento, California.
By Joel Scanlon
17 Apr 2012