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Tiny Materials Set to Have Big Impact on Construction Materials

And a new report is highlighting both the potential benefits of these nanomaterials in improving construction materials and the need for guidelines to regulate their use and disposal. The report appears in the monthly journal ACS Nano.

3 Nov 2010

Acuity Brands, Universal Display Join Forces to Develop Energy-Efficient PHOLED Lighting

Universal Display Corporation, the company enabling energy-efficient displays and lighting with its UniversalPHOLED™ technology and materials, and Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, announced today that the companies are working together under a $2 million, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III Xlerator grant to develop an energy-efficient and color-tunable phosphorescent OLED lighting system.

3 Nov 2010

New Heavy-Gauge Wall System from SYNTHEON

SYNTHEON INC., a premier building science company specializing in high-efficiency building envelope systems, has announced a new, heavy-gauge upgrade of its highly successful accel-E® Steel Thermal Efficient Panel (S.T.E.P.) wall system.

3 Nov 2010

Guide to Help Georgia Homeowners in Selecting the Right Roofing Company

Georgia encounters more and more violent weather patterns every year. Large hail and damaging winds are common occurrences during these storms. This wind and hail damages roofs, thereby, saddling homeowners with the t...

3 Nov 2010

Acuity Brands Supplies Lighting Products to Revitalize City of Tucson, Arizona

Acuity Brands, a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, took part in a project to relight part of the downtown Tucson, Arizona area using its Bern® Series of Holophane® luminaires, which use energy-efficient induction technology.

3 Nov 2010

Engineered Wood Products Provider iLevel Continues Trus Joist's Tradition

1960 marked a key turning point in building technology with Trus Joist Corporation’s invention of engineered wood products, a category of materials that has transformed wood construction.

3 Nov 2010

Dekorbetong’s Concrete Garden Chosen as Decorative Concrete Project of the Year

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION magazine has selected Dekorbetong’s (Ålesund – Norway) Concrete Garden project as its sixth annual Decorative Concrete Project of the Year. The project includes an addition to t...

3 Nov 2010

USG Receives 2010 Chicago Innovation Award for SHEETROCK Wallboard

USG Corporation, a leading building products company, announced today it has received a 2010 Chicago Innovation Award for its SHEETROCK® Brand UltraLight Panels.

3 Nov 2010

Constitution Contracting Owner Comments on Opus Roof Blanket

For years, roofing contractor Paul Trischitta owner of Constitution Contracting in Lowell, MA, thought underlayments, such as felt paper or plastic sheeting under the roofing material, didn't make much sense. &quo...

3 Nov 2010

Jacobs Wins First Engineering Services Contract in Chinese Pharmaceutical Sector

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract from Porton Fine Chemicals Ltd (Porton), a leading China-based custom manufacturing organization.

3 Nov 2010

Lunera Lighting Announces Collaboration with Armstrong Ceiling and Wall Systems

Lunera® Lighting, Inc., a Silicon Valley company that designs, manufactures, and markets next-generation LED lighting, announced today that it has partnered with Armstrong® Ceiling and Wall Systems to provide the 5400 Series, an edge-lit LED lighting fixture compatible with Armstrong's TechZone Ceiling Systems.

3 Nov 2010

Offshore Wind: Construction and Installation 2011 Conference to be Held on February 8-9

As investment in the offshore wind market is set to grow by 75% in 2010 according to EWEA, Offshore Wind Farms: Construction & Installation will examine the best ways that wind turbine manufacturers, construction com...

3 Nov 2010

Jacobs to Provide Architect and Engineer Design Services for the US Department of State

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract to provide architect and engineer (A-E) design services for the United States Government (USG), Department of State (DOS), Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO).

3 Nov 2010

China ACM Buys Seven New Portable Ready-Mix Concrete Plants

China Advanced Construction Materials Group, Inc., a leading provider of ready-mix concrete and related technical services in China, today announced it has acquired seven new portable ready-mix concrete (RMC) plants, bringing to 23 its total number of Manufacturing Services portable plants owned.

3 Nov 2010

Asia-Pacific is the Fastest Growing Market for Building Materials

Building materials have for long remained functionality driven products. Technological breakthroughs typically permeate almost equally to every manufacturer. Companies retain their edge over competitors through effect...

3 Nov 2010