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Future US Home Owners to Deploy Numerous Green Products

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "US Home Owners' Perception of Green and Innovative Materials in Buildings" to their offering. Overall, awareness...

9 Dec 2010

ABMACO Grants Top of Mind Award to Reichhold Brazil in Composites Sector

Reichhold Brazil recently won the Top of Mind Award for the Composites Industry, granted by ABMACO (Brazilian Composite Materials Association).

9 Dec 2010

San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Millenium Tower with Building San Francisco Award

Millennium Tower, the 60-story, ultra-luxury residential tower located at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco developed by Millennium Partners, has been honored with the prestigious “Building San Francisco” A...

9 Dec 2010

John Holland to Develop Rail Lines in New South Wales

John Holland has today been awarded the contract to deliver works between Glenfield South and Leppington for the South West Rail Link project by the New South Wales Government’s Transport Construction Authority (TC...

9 Dec 2010

Hy-Lite Rolls Out Decrorative Glass Windows for Houses

Forget about decorating the Christmas tree with baubles that are only visible a few weeks each year.

9 Dec 2010

Comprehensive Databook on Commercial Construction in Italy

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

9 Dec 2010

China Shuangji to Build Cement Facility in Hainan Province

China Shuangji Cement, Ltd. (OTC Bulletin Board: CSGJ) ("China Shuangji" or the "Company"), a leading producer of high-quality Portland cement in Shandong and Hainan Provinces in the People's Repu...

9 Dec 2010

Saint Gobain Inks Contract with 24 Banks for Three Billion Euros

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain today signed, with a large group of 24 banks, a revolving credit facility for an amount of Euro 3 billion, maturing in December 2015.

9 Dec 2010

SNC-Lavalin to Develop Workforce Lodge for Workers in Alberta

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract to design, build, operate and maintain a workforce lodge for oil sands workers in Fort McMurray, Alberta.

9 Dec 2010

CEMEX Rolls Out Carbon Footprint Device for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. today announced that it has developed a carbon footprint tool- the first of its kind in the building materials industry- that allows the company to measure the greenhouse gases emissions of its cement, ready-mix and aggregates products.

9 Dec 2010

Switzerland Construction Material Market Set to Grow in 2011

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of the Construction Materials Market in Switzerland to 2015" report to their offering. The Swiss construction materials market experienced ...

9 Dec 2010

GE's 9W A-Line LED Bulb Secures ENERGY STAR Rating

The team of GE scientists, engineers and product managers responsible for development of the company’s first general service household LED bulb—a 9-watt GE Energy Smart® LED bulb with a unique omni-directional light output meant to replace a 40-watt incandescent bulb in desk, bedside or hallway lamps—celebrated the bulb’s designation last week (December 2, 2010) as the first standard incandescent shaped (A-line) LED bulb to earn an ENERGY STAR® rating.

9 Dec 2010

IQPC to Collaborate with Construction Digital for Bridge Construction Russia 2011 Expo

Construction Digital and IQPC announce their partnership for Bridge Construction Russia, which is taking place February 9-11 at the Prague Mariott Hotel in Prague, Czech Republic. Conducted simultaneously in Russian a...

9 Dec 2010

Gatwick Airport Awards Framework Contracts to Jacobs Engineering Group

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it won two framework contracts from Gatwick Airport Limited (GAL) to provide architecture- and civil engineering-led design services at Gatwick Airport until 2013, with an option to extend for a further year.

9 Dec 2010

Cigarette Aids Efforts to Reduce Furniture and Bed Fire Risk

On September 10, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) made available for purchase a new Standard Reference Material, SRM 1196 Standard Cigarette for Ignition Resistance Testing.

8 Dec 2010