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BOKA Powell Chosen as Architect of Record for New Clinical Building in Texas

BOKA Powell LLC announced today that the company is the architect of record for a 130,000-square-foot, six-tenant clinical building on the Texas A&M Health Science Center Bryan campus.

4 Nov 2010

Vita Nonwovens Introduces New Eco-Friendly Insulation for Building Materials Market

Vita Nonwovens, a leading manufacturer of thermal bonded polyester technologies announces the launch of EnGuard Blanket Insulation. EnGuard is an environmentally friendly material providing long lasting superior thermal ...

4 Nov 2010

Report on Highway and Street Construction Sector in the U.S.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Highway and Street Construction" report to their offering. The US highway and street construction industry includes about 9,000 companies with combine...

4 Nov 2010

Cooper Lighting’s Halo Chosen as Preferred Brand of Choice

Cooper Lighting, a division of Cooper Industries plc has announced that its Halo brand of recessed and track lighting has been named by REMODELING magazine as the Brand Leader in lighting.

4 Nov 2010

SNC-Lavalin Bags EPC Contract to Upgrade Two Sulphuric Acid Plants in Jordan

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Jordan Phosphate Mines Co. (JPMC) to upgrade and increase the capacity of two sulphuric acid plants in Aqaba, Jordan. SNC-Lavalin's revenues from the project will be approximately CAN$80 million.

4 Nov 2010

ABC Honors Suffolk Construction for Aventura Arts and Cultural Center Project

Suffolk Construction Company, Inc., one of the nation’s leading privately held construction management firms, recently received the 2010 Project of the Year award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) for the Aventura Arts and Cultural Center project.

4 Nov 2010

Peab Purchases Sweden-Based A-frakt

Peab has today acquired all shares in A-frakt AB. The company, with its seat in Arvidsjaur, conducts transportation activities in northern Sweden.

4 Nov 2010

Analysis on the US HVAC and Plumbing Contractors Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "HVAC and Plumbing Contractors" report to their offering. The US HVAC and plumbing contractors industry includes more than 90,000 establishments (singl...

4 Nov 2010

Skanska Wins Housing Construction Contract in Fornebu, Norway

Skanska has been commissioned to construct housing in Fornebu, Oslo, Norway. The contract amount totals NOK 266 M, about SEK 300 M, which will be included in fourth-quarter order bookings.

4 Nov 2010

Two Leading Magazines Honor AZEK Deck Terra Collection

AZEK Building Products announced today that the AZEK Deck Terra Collection was selected by Professional Builder and Professional Remodeler Magazines for their "101 Best New Products of 2010."

4 Nov 2010

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