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Skanska to Start First Phase of Lustgården Office Project in Stockholm

Skanska is starting the first phase of the Lustgården office project on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The property will be the largest green office project in the Nordics and the most environmentally compatible project ...

10 Dec 2010

Conservatory Land Searches for Larger Fabrication Premises to Produce Steel Base DIY Conservatories

Conservatory Land, a leading manufacturer of DIY conservatories have announced that they are actively looking for larger fabrication premises in which to manufacture their popular ConservaBase system.

10 Dec 2010

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification for Daikin McQuay Applied Development Center

Daikin and McQuay today announced that it has earned LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council for its Applied Development Center (ADC) located at McQuay world headquarters in Plymouth, Minn.

10 Dec 2010

Vu1 Hastens Development Plans for 'A'-Type Electron Stimulated Luminescence Light Bulbs

Vu1 Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: VUOC), a developer and manufacturer of mercury-free, energy-efficient general illumination lighting technology, today announced it has accelerated the development and launch timetable...

10 Dec 2010

CraftMaster Molded Doors Earn Recycled Content Certification from Scientific Certification Services

CMI is pleased to announce that its CraftMaster® molded door designs(door facings) have been certified by Scientific Certification Services (SCS) to contain a minimum of 70 percent pre-consumer recycled wood content.

10 Dec 2010

Alcoa’s Kawneer Business Supplies Architectural Aluminum Products for Lindsay-Flanigan Courthouse

Alcoa announced today that its Kawneer business has supplied architectural aluminum products that are integral to the new Lindsay-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver meeting Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) requirements.

10 Dec 2010

Ingersoll Rand to Expand Trane High Performance Buildings Business

Ingersoll-Rand plc a world leader in creating safe, comfortable and efficient environments, announced plans to hire 1,400 heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) experts in all regions of the world to accelerate growth for its Trane High Performance Buildings business.

10 Dec 2010

Bechtel’s Air Quality Control Project Earns Construction Project of the Year Award

The W. H. Sammis Air Quality Control Project, for which Bechtel provided engineering, procurement, construction and startup services, was named Construction Project of the Year at the 2010 Platts Global Energy Awards. The award was presented in New York on December 2.

10 Dec 2010

REC Solar to Deploy Roof-Mounted Solar Systems on Fresh + Easy Arizona Stores

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market today announced a partnership with REC Solar, a leading solar electric system provider in the United States, to install roof-mount solar systems on nine stores. The combined 410 kW...

10 Dec 2010

Databook Analyzes Austrian Residential Construction Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Residential Construction in Austria: Market Databook to 2014" report to their offering. This report is the result of WMIs extensive market, company an...

10 Dec 2010

Skanska Invests EUR 23 Million for Second Phase of Ruskeasuo Office Project

Skanska Commercial Development Nordic is to initiate the second phase of its Ruskeasuo office project in Helsinki.

10 Dec 2010

Supercomputers to be Used to Improve Concrete

Department of Energy (DOE) has just awarded a team of computer scientists, physicists and mathematicians at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) millions of hours of supercomputing time to analyze concrete flow, in the hope that this common material can be improved.

9 Dec 2010

GAIL Chooses Shaw to Provide Technology and Engineering for Ethylene Facility in India

The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been selected by GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) to provide its proprietary technology and basic engineering for a new 450,000 tons per annum ethylene plant.

9 Dec 2010

Market Databook on Residential Construction in Czech Republic

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Residential Construction in the Czech Republic: Market Databook to 2014" report to their offering. This report is the result of WMIs extensive market,...

9 Dec 2010

CCLC to Develop Child Care Facility in New York

Now, more than ever, employers are continuously looking for solutions to help busy employees balance work-life needs. Helping to address this need, CCLC®, a national child care provider dedicated to quality employer-sponsored early childhood education, announced plans to build its first-ever child care center in New York City.

9 Dec 2010