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AZEK Announces Distribution Partnership with PrimeSource Building Products Canada

AZEK Building Products, manufacturer of AZEK Trim, the # 1 brand of trim, and AZEK Deck, the leading brand of ultra low-maintenance decking, will partner with PrimeSource Building Products Canada for complete national two-step distribution across Canada.

18 Jan 2011

SHEETROCK UltraLight Panels Now Available to More Than 500 Retail and Dealer Locations

USG Corporation, a leading building products company, announced today it has expanded the distribution of its SHEETROCK® Brand UltraLight Panels.

18 Jan 2011

Granite Construction Bags New Contract from the California Department of Transportation

Granite Construction Incorporated announced today that Granite Construction Company has been awarded a $29.5 million contract by the California Department of Transportation to construct a new four-lane highway on State Route 78 near the town of Brawley, approximately 100 miles south of Palm Springs in Southern California.

18 Jan 2011

Peab to Construct Rental Apartments in Helsinki

Peab's Finnish subsidiary Peab OY has been commissioned to build a new neighborhood in the timber, containing 113 rental apartments in Helsinki. The client is Etera Mutual Insurance Company and the contract amounts to 17 million Euros.

18 Jan 2011

Analysis on Builders’ and Cabinet Hardware Sector in the U.S.

Riding past a history of nearly 200 years, the mature builders’ and cabinet hardware industry is characterized by intense competition, single digit sales growth and aging product life cycles. Nevertheless, the ...

18 Jan 2011

Skanska Wins Two Healthcare Construction Contracts in California

Skanska has been awarded two major healthcare projects in California. The total contract amount is USD 282 M, approximately SEK 1.9 billion, which will be included in order bookings for the fourth quarter of 2010.

18 Jan 2011

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe Join Bayers EcoCommercial Building Program

ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, headquartered in Duisburg, Germany, a global technology leader in the manufacture of high quality flat rolled steel, has joined Bayer MaterialScience's EcoCommercial Building Program. Th...

17 Jan 2011

Universal Steel Buildings Designed and Supplied Pennsylvania Recreation Center

Universal Steel Buildings recently designed and supplied an Olympia Steel Buildings pre-engineered steel building to be used for a recreation center to Jewart’s Gymnastics in Wexford, Pennsylvania.

17 Jan 2011

New High Temperature Extruded Polystyrene Product for Building Applications

BASF has now extended its range of extruded polystyrene rigid foam panels (XPS) with an innovative product. The new insulation material is called Styrodur® HT (HT = high temperature). Its key feature is a heat distortion temperature of up to 105° Celsius (application limit temperature).

17 Jan 2011

Guidelines on How to Build Sustainable, Low Carbon Supermarkets

New guidance on the cost-effective design and construction of sustainable, low carbon supermarkets demonstrates how the operational carbon emissions of a typical supermarket building can meet the requirements of Part L 2...

16 Jan 2011

ThyssenKrupp Steel Provides Environmental Performance Data for Steel Construction Panels

Transparency for sustainability: At Bau 2011, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe will be presenting Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its steel construction elements. The EPDs cover the company’s full range of s...

16 Jan 2011

Lutron Smart Home Lighting Solutions Available from Audio Symphony

Products from the company that invented the dimmer switch and lights the New York Times building and White House is now available at Audio Symphony in San Francisco. Lutron makes dimmer switches, timers, and whole-building and single-room lighting control systems.

16 Jan 2011

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center Says Obama is Failing to Address a Nationwide Problem

The Chinese Drywall Complaint Center is saying, "we are 100% certain toxic Chinese drywall is in 100,000's of US homes; the disaster is not limited to Florida or the Gulf Coast, it's nationwide, and we have ...

16 Jan 2011

Har-Bro Celebrate 50 Years of Emergency Services and Property Reconstruction

Har-Bro, Inc., an award-winning, California-based emergency services and restoration company is proudly celebrating its 50th year of servicing clients. Har-Bro’s services include mitigating damage from water, mold,...

16 Jan 2011

Hill Commercial Construction to Renovate 200 Union Plaza Facade Building

Hill Commercial Construction, LLC has been awarded the 200 Union Plaza Facade Renovation project by Crown West Realty, LLC. "We're very pleased to be partnering with Crown West Realty and Boland Studio2 of A...

14 Jan 2011