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ContractorAssets.com Offers New Communication Platform for Construction Market

ContractorAssets.com concentrates on four key areas in the construction industry; construction equipment, building materials, construction jobs and project opportunity. Their goal is to provide advertising and marketi...

20 Nov 2010

Metabo Launches Angle Grinder with Added Safety Feature

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers the WP11-150 Quick 6" angle grinder with the added safety feature of a non-locking paddle switch for safer tool operation.

20 Nov 2010

JPE Bags Contract for Roofing Structures Replacement at Fort Bliss Army Base

JPE Inc., a national general contractor specializing in federal construction work, announced they have been awarded a contract to repair and replace roofing structures at the Fort Bliss Army Base in El Paso, Texas.

20 Nov 2010

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to University of Redlands’ New Building

The University of Redlands has earned its first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification for its new Center for the Arts buildings.

20 Nov 2010

Apogee Acquires Architectural Glass Fabrication Firm in Brazil

Apogee Enterprises, Inc. today announced that it has acquired 100 percent of the stock of Glassec Vidros de Segurança Ltda., the leading architectural glass fabricator in Brazil, for approximately $22 million U.S. plus assumption of approximately $2 million in debt.

20 Nov 2010

MWH Global Signs Deal to Buy Water Construction and Engineering Firm in the UK

MWH Global (“MWH”), the global wet infrastructure sector leader and provider of environmental engineering, construction and strategic consulting services announced today that it has signed a definitive agreem...

20 Nov 2010

Peab Buys Stake in Norwegian Construction Firms

Peab has acquired 91 percent of the shares in Telemark Vestfold Entreprenör AS and 33 percent of the shares in Telemark Vestfold Utvikling AS.

20 Nov 2010

Market Report on French Infrastructure Construction

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

20 Nov 2010

Lowe's, OSRAM SYLVANIA Partner to Launch 12-Watt Ultra LED Bulbs

OSRAM SYLVANIA and Lowe's today announced plans to introduce the brightest LED replacement for America's most popular light bulb, the 60-watt incandescent. The SYLVANIA Ultra A-Line 12-watt LED bulb provides 810 lumens of light.

20 Nov 2010

Lighting Science Group Installs LED Bulbs at First Congregational Church

With the installation of long-lasting LED lighting, Lighting Science Group (OTCBB: LSCG) has transformed the dimly-lit historic sanctuary of the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles into a magnificently illuminated...

20 Nov 2010

Harbour Group Buys Cabinet Industry Products Provider Hardware Resources

Harbour Group has acquired Hardware Resources Inc., a designer, manufacturer and distributor of products for the cabinet industry, Jeff Fox, Harbour Group's chief executive officer, announced. Terms of the transactio...

19 Nov 2010

Construction Commenced on Lakeside Funeral Home in Georgia

By next summer, Woodstock, GA will have a new, locally-owned and operated funeral home offering personalized services to the community.

19 Nov 2010

Skanska Bags Contract for School Facility Construction in New York

Skanska has secured an assignment to construct an intermediate and high school facility in Long Island City, New York.

19 Nov 2010

USGBC Launches LEED Volume Program and LEED for Retail System

Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of LEED for Retail, its newest green building rating system, and the LEED Volume Program, a program designed to meet the certification needs of high-vol...

19 Nov 2010

Prefabricated Bathrooms Provider Eggrock Sells Assets

Innovative Modular Pre-Fabrication LLC (“Innovative”) announces its acquisition of assets from Eggrock, Inc., North America’s largest manufacturer of factory-built, prefabricated bathrooms.

19 Nov 2010