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Balfour Beatty Rail to Perform Track Renewal Work Along with London Underground

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that Balfour Beatty Rail has won a five-year contract to carry out track renewal work in partnership with London Underground. The total value of ...

15 Dec 2010

CEOs of ICI Homes, Newland Communities Win 12th Annual Hearthstone BUILDER Humanitarian Award

Mori Hosseini, chairman and CEO of Florida-based home builder ICI Homes, and Robert McLeod, chairman and CEO of California-based developer Newland Communities, are the winners of the 12th Annual Hearthstone BUILDER Human...

15 Dec 2010

Jacobs Engineering to Provide Construction Support Services to Mpact

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide detailed design and construction support services to MPact for the construction of extensions to the light rail Metrolin...

15 Dec 2010

Jacobs Engineering to Offer Construction Management Services for Architect of The Capitol

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract to provide construction management services (CMS) for the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development and preservation of the United States Capitol complex in Washington, D.C.

15 Dec 2010

Crescent Resources to Procure Homesites in Chapel Cove, North Carolina

Signifying positive momentum in the Charlotte housing market, Crescent Resources, LLC announced that Standard Pacific Homes plans to purchase 33 homesites in Chapel Cove.

15 Dec 2010

BIG SKY Enterprises Secures Large-Scale Church Construction Contracts

BIG SKY Enterprises, LLC a leading Northeast commercial and church design and build firm that uniquely develops, executes and oversees the entire project life cycle, today announced that, despite the economic downturn that continued to oppress the commercial real estate sector at large in 2010, year-to-date it has achieved multiple corporate milestones, including securing 5 large-scale church construction and financing contracts along with other commercial building projects.

15 Dec 2010

Deere to Build New Construction Equipment Plant in China

Deere & Company said today that it plans to build a new factory in China to manufacture construction equipment for sale in China and for export to other markets. The facility represents an investment of approximately $50 million.

15 Dec 2010

Abound Solar to Set Up Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Indiana

Abound Solar, a manufacturer of next-generation, cadmium telluride, thin-film photovoltaic solar modules, today announced that it has leased a 781,750 square foot facility in Tipton, Ind., where it will be establishing a solar module manufacturing plant.

15 Dec 2010

Cooper Lighting to Provide LED Lighting Upgrades to Virginia

As part of an ongoing sustainability initiative, the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia has selected Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), for a range of interior and exterior LED lighting upgrades to its Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau.

15 Dec 2010

Balfour Beatty-McCarthy JV Offers Design-Build Services for Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

On December 13, 2010, the Balfour Beatty | McCarthy joint venture, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Health Facilities Planning Agency (HFPA) and Medical Command (MEDCOM) celebrated the official groundbreaking for th...

15 Dec 2010

KBR to Construct Mixed-Use Development in Virginia

KBR announced that its Building Group has been awarded a $33 million contract by Washington, D.C.-based development partners Erkiletian and Jefferson Apartment Group for the construction of The Asher, a planned mixed-use development in Alexandria, Virginia.

15 Dec 2010

Global Business Report on Laminate Flooring Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Laminate Flooring - Global Strategic Business Report" report to their offering. This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Laminate Flooring in Mi...

14 Dec 2010

Cipriano-Renovated Swimming Pool, Landscape Bags Gold International Award

Exciting swimming pool renovations are up for prestigious landscape awards on December 13th at the NJLCA Award Ceremony at the Brownstone in Passaic County, NJ.

14 Dec 2010

AdvancED Uses CarbonCast Insulated Wall Panels for Global Corporate Office in Alpharetta

AdvancED, the leading educational accreditation organization, continues to set high standards with construction of its $10.5 million, 60,000 sq. ft., worldwide corporate office building in Alpharetta, Ga.

14 Dec 2010