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Growth of Asia’s Cement Industry to be Discussed at 13th Cementrade in Shanghai

A new wave of government housing projects in China this year will likely boost the demand for cement, helping to absorb the country’s additional capacities. Additionally, major upcoming construction projects in ...

21 Feb 2011

Constructech Honors Maxwell's Complete Construction Management Solution

Maxwell Systems, Inc., a leading provider of complete construction management software solutions, today announced that ProContractorMX™ has been named the Residential winner of Constructech's 2011 Top New Product Award, which recognizes technology solutions that have demonstrated the greatest innovations geared toward the residential construction market.

21 Feb 2011

Grifols to Invest 20 Million Euros to Build New Plasma Fractionation Plant, Spain

Grifols, the Spanish group which specializes in the hospital-pharmaceutical sector and is one of the world's leading producers of plasma products, will shortly start construction of a new plant representing an investment of 20 million euros that will employ about 100 people, as soon as it obtains local permits and licenses.

21 Feb 2011

PFB Establishes New Operating Subsidiary at PrecisionCraft Facility in Idaho

With the acquisition of PrecisionCraft Log and Timber Homes, PFB has created a new operating subsidiary which now includes Riverbend Timber Framing, located in Blissfield, Michigan, and Insulspan Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) located in both Blissfield and Vancouver, BC.

21 Feb 2011

Aluminium and Glass Arena Built for Ski Jumping Championships in Norway

When the best ski jumpers in the world prepare for flight at Oslo's Holmenkollbakken at the 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Norway's royal family will watch from their new aluminium-and-glass arena suite – complete with aluminium building components from Hydro.

21 Feb 2011

Richmond Home Builder Constructs New Homes

Boone Homes wants its residents to forget about spring yard work and enjoy all that the season has to offer.

21 Feb 2011

CHEC Signs Agreement with Pakistan Qasim Port for Maintenance Dredging Project

Recently, CHEC Ltd. signed 2010-2011 annual maintenance dredging project with Pakistan Qasim Port. The contract value amounted to USD55 million with construction period of 10 months. It is composed of Qasim channel na...

21 Feb 2011

Heraeus Constructs New Silver Metallization Paste Production Facility in Singapore

The Heraeus Photovoltaic Business Unit has begun construction in Singapore of a new facility for the production of silver metallization paste used in crystalline solar cell applications.

21 Feb 2011

Mitsubishi Installs 85 kW Photovoltaic System on Makita’s Main Factory Rooftop

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it has installed an 85-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of Makita Corporation’s main factory in Takamatsu City, Japan.

21 Feb 2011

Renolit Ondex Offers Dark Corrugated Sheets for Greenhouse Roofs

Renolit Ondex, a French subsidiary of the German group Renolit Worms transforms PVC by extrusion into corrugated sheets for roofs used on greenhouses and industrial premises.

20 Feb 2011

CCCC Receives Chongqing Port's Phase II Extension Project

On 12th February 2011, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won waterway engineering Section A of orchard area of Phase II extension project of Chongqing Port. The bidding price amounted to RMB470 million with constr...

20 Feb 2011

Analysis on Infrastructure Sector in Canada

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Canada Infrastructure Report Q1 2011" report to their offering. The Canada Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corp...

20 Feb 2011

Howard Boarts Buys Olympia Steel Buildings System to Replace Feed Lot Building

Howard Boarts, owner of Boarts’ Black Angus Farm in Ford City, Pennsylvania purchased a pre-engineered Olympia Steel Buildings® System from Universal Steel Buildings Corp. and contracted with the company to have the building erected on his property to replace the wooden pole barn feed lot building that had collapsed from the heavy weight of snow during the February blizzard of 2010.

20 Feb 2011

KB Racking to Provide Racking Systems for Eight Large-Scale Rooftop Solar Installations

KB Racking today completed the negotiations on a deal to provide its racking systems for 1.82 MWp of commercial solar installations across 8 rooftops.

20 Feb 2011

CCCC Bags Dual Three-Lane Channel Construction Contract in Fujian Quanzhou

Recently, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Houzhu-Chengdong Channel in Fujian Quanzhou. It is an interchange engineering with bidding price of RMB270 million and construction period of 300 days. This chann...

20 Feb 2011