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International Wood Congress Awards Holbrow Medal to Dow Coating Materials

Dow Coating Materials was awarded the prestigious Holbrow Medal at the 7th International Woodcoatings Congress for a technical paper on the latest advances in water-borne products for protecting wood.

24 Nov 2010

Bayer MaterialScience Discusses Sustainable Coatings Solutions at 2010 PDA Conference

Owners, architects and engineers are increasingly seeking building and construction materials that are sustainable.

24 Nov 2010

Public Service Electric and Gas Starts Construction of Yardville Solar Farm in New Jersey

Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) today marked the first phase of construction at its Yardville Solar Farm on South Broad St. in Hamilton Township, N.J. The 4.4-megawatt facility is one of four groun...

24 Nov 2010

UNICEF Uses Wellbilt’s Sure-Board Wall Panel System for Homes in Haiti

Wellbilt’s patented Sure-Board Wall Panel System has been used for UNICEF’s permanent and safe homes for children in Belladère, Haiti.

24 Nov 2010

Electrical Shock Risk Triggers Recalling of Robert Bosch Tool’s Hammer Drills

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately un...

24 Nov 2010

Nissan North America Starts Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Construction

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Nissan North America Incorporated (Franklin, Tennessee), the North American division of Nissan Motor Company Limited (PINKSHEETS:NSANY) (Yokohama, Japan), ha...

24 Nov 2010

Infrastructure Developments Reaches Final Stages of Angolan Housing Project Deal

Infrastructure Developments Corp. announced today that its subsidiary, Intelspec International, Inc., is in the final stages of negotiation on an agreement to provide housing units to Angola.

24 Nov 2010

New Report on Colombian Construction Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of Construction in Colombia to 2014" report to their offering. The Colombian construction industry experienced robust growth and demonstrat...

24 Nov 2010

CCCC Third Highway Engineering Bags Fengdu-Zhongxian Expressway BOT Project

On 15th November 2010, CCCC Third Highway Engineering Co., Ltd. won a BOT project of Fengdu-Zhongxian Expressway in Chongqing. The total investment is estimated to RMB3,340 million. This project is a key component of...

24 Nov 2010

Forest2Market Becomes a Member of Treated Wood Council

Forest2Market®, Inc., a provider of market price data and supply chain expertise for wood products markets, has joined the Treated Wood Council (TWC), the international trade association of the treated wood industry.

24 Nov 2010

Cabinets by C + F Introduces Fieldstone Cabinetry

Cabinets by C & F is once again making it easy for homeowners in Arizona to get the perfect cabinets for their kitchen or bathroom remodeling project.

23 Nov 2010

Norfolk Southern’s Heartland Corridor Project Receives AREMA’s William Hay Award

Norfolk Southern Corporation's Heartland Corridor project won the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association's (AREMA) 2010 William W. Hay Award for Excellence in railway engineering.

23 Nov 2010

Minwax Introduces New Water-Based Wood Finishing Product

Minwax®, the wood care company that has helped consumers bring out the beauty of wood in their homes for well over 100 years, has truly simplified wood finishing with the introduction of Minwax® Express Color Wip...

23 Nov 2010

Dow Corning to Display Infrastructure Development Solutions at International Glass Technology Expo

Dow Corning will showcase innovative silicone-based materials and solutions for infrastructure development and the construction industry at the 8th International Glass Technology Trade Fair.

23 Nov 2010

Bird Construction Income Fund Executes Thunder Bay Courthouse Construction Contract

Bird Construction Income Fund announced today that an operating subsidiary of the Fund has executed a design and construction contract with Plenary Justice Thunder Bay LP to design and build the Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse project.

23 Nov 2010