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Balfour Beatty’s Residential Community in Texas Earns 2010 Best of Best Award

Balfour Beatty Construction is proud to announce that The Austonian, a recently completed residential high-rise development in Austin, Texas, has been named the only Texas winner of McGraw-Hill Construction’s 2010 “Best of the Best” awards, a national competition that recognizes design and construction excellence based on regional winners of McGraw-Hill Construction’s 10 regional publications’ Best of 2010 Awards.

21 Dec 2010

Meridian Systems Reveals New Prolog Construction Project Management Software

Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today the release of Prolog® version 8 software, a new release featuring several enhancements for the Prolog construction project management software suite.

21 Dec 2010

Martin Building, Citi Community Capital and AFL-CIO Fund $80.4 Million for Potrero Launch Residences Project

Contributing to San Francisco's efforts to increase housing development and business activity in city neighborhoods, Martin Building Company, Citi Community Capital and the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT) have...

21 Dec 2010

Ylighting Offers More Energy-Saving Lighting Products to Meet Demands

With the Energy Efficient Lighting market estimated to grow 35% per year through 2012, YLighting, the largest retailer of modern lighting, continues to expand its energy efficient lighting options.

21 Dec 2010

NCC Awarded Contract to Construct Office Tower in Gothenburg, Sweden

In January 2011, NCC will start construction work on the 16-story office building at Ullevi in central Gothenburg.

21 Dec 2010

New Report Discusses Saudi Arabian Infrastructure Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Saudi Arabia Infrastructure Report Q1 2011" report to their offering. Saudi Arabia Infrastructure Report provides industry professionals and strategis...

21 Dec 2010

Vasakronan Awards Legal Center Construction Contract to Skanska

Skanska has secured the contract to construct the Legal Center (Rättscentrum) in Malmö. The customer is Vasakronan and the assignment amounts to about SEK 300 M, which will be included in fourth-quarter order bookings.

21 Dec 2010

Boralex to Develop Two Wind Power Projects in Québec, Canada

Boralex Inc. is pleased to have been awarded two wind projects of 25 MW each, in partnership with two regional county municipalities - La Côte-de-Beaupré and Témiscouata - respectively, as part of the call for tenders for 250 MW of wind energy produced through community projects.

21 Dec 2010

W.R. Grace Buys Assets and Associated Entities of RS Solutions

W.R. Grace & Co. announced today that it has purchased the assets and associated entities of RS Solutions LLC, a privately-owned technology company located in West Chester, Ohio. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

21 Dec 2010

Energy Quest Develops Modular Biomass Power Facility in Georgia

Energy Quest, Inc. ("EQI") an emerging leader in alternative energy and the development and production of hydrogen-enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, announced today it is to begin preliminary work on a modular biomass (Agricultural Waste) to Power Energy plant producing 6.4 megawatt (6 net).

20 Dec 2010

WD Partners to Provide Design-Build Services for Home Depot’s Prototype Store in California

WD Partners, a customer experience expert for food and retail brands, announces it has signed a multi-year contract with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to develop a high performance Home Depot store in Cali...

20 Dec 2010

Research and Markets Announces New Report on Construction Market in Bahrain

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bahrain Building Construction Industry Overview" report to their offering. Bahrain is touted as the financial and commercial hub of the Middle East du...

20 Dec 2010

NEOptions-SDN Partnership Develops 45 MW PV Solar Facility in Bulgaria

The largest Solar PV project in Bulgaria and one of the largest in the EU was officially launched on December 13, 2010. The 45 MW project consisting of one 20 MW solar photovoltaic installation and one 25 MW solar photovoltaic installation in the villages of Samovodene and Zlataritsa is currently under construction with almost 5 MWs already completed.

20 Dec 2010

Balfour Beatty to Offer Design-Build Services for Martin Memorial Health Systems’ New Hospital

Balfour Beatty Construction, as part of an integrated team with HKS Architects and TLC Engineering, has been selected to provide design and construction services for Martin Memorial Health Systems’ new hospital in the Tradition development of Port St. Lucie, Florida.

20 Dec 2010

Flower Window Boxes Offers New Line of Exterior Architectural Wood Brackets

Flower Window Boxes is expanding a new product line which will include cedar wood brackets and corbels as well as decorative PVC versions of the corbels and brackets.

20 Dec 2010