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Four Season Provides World-Class Sunrooms for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

Four Seasons Sunrooms, North America’s premier sunroom, conservatory and window manufacturer, was a key contributor to an episode on the top-rated reality television series “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” on ABC-TV.

18 Oct 2010

Detailed Analysis of Argentina’s Construction Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "The Future of Construction in Argentina to 2014" report to their offering. This report is the result of WMIs extensive market, company and deals resea...

18 Oct 2010

Shea Concrete Products Continues to Boost New England Economy

An acquisition, diversification of product lines and hiring of employees have all taken place at Shea Concrete Products, Inc. this year. Shea Concrete Products, a second-generation family-owned and operated business o...

18 Oct 2010

Penn State to Construct New Biobehavioral Health Building

University Park, Pa. -- Site preparation work will begin on Oct. 25 for the construction of the Biobehavioral Health Building on Penn State's University Park campus.

18 Oct 2010

Eco-story’s GU24 Base Lamps Receive Underwriters Laboratories Approval

Eco-story LED Lighting Solutions today announced that it has received Underwriters Laboratories approval for par 30 (2 models) and par 38 GU24 base lamps.

18 Oct 2010

High Quality LED Bulbs from Seoul Display

Seoul Display, an emerging leader in the LED lighting industry in Korea, is introducing high quality LED light bulbs. With various shapes for various purposes, Seoul Display can provide LED lighting solutions for street ...

18 Oct 2010

New London Harbour Towers Wins Three HOBI Awards

New London Harbour Towers, luxury residences with resort-like amenities in the heart New London's Historic Waterfront District, today announced that it has won three Home Building Industry Awards (HOBI Awards) from the Home Builders Association of Connecticut.

18 Oct 2010

Stricter Building Regulations Increase Demand for Rigid Polyurethane Insulation

A large number of countries are tightening up their regulations on energy saving for buildings as a result of climate change and rising energy costs. For example, under the revised EU directive on improving energy effici...

18 Oct 2010

Silverwood Flooring Unveils New Eco-Friendly Collection

Toronto based Silverwood Flooring Inc. today introduced a quiet, cost effective and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional laminate flooring. Silverwood's Vivo9 collection features a technology where...

15 Oct 2010

Chicago Offices of MMC Earn LEED Gold Certification

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) announced today that it has been awarded LEED Gold certification for its offices at 155 North Wacker Drive in Chicago’s financial district. LEED (Leadership in Energy and ...

15 Oct 2010

UK Market Analysis on Commercial Construction Industry

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

15 Oct 2010

Skanska to Construct New Office Building in Warsaw, Poland

Skanska is to develop and construct a new office property with a strong environmental profile in Warsaw, Poland. Skanska’s investment amounts to approximately EUR 36 M, about SEK 330 M, for the first phase, which comprises 14,000 square meters of leasable space.

15 Oct 2010

Cree Introduces New High-Voltage LEDs

Cree, Inc., a market leader in LED lighting, extends its lighting-class LED leadership into high-voltage LEDs with the commercial availability of new XLamp® MX-6S and MX-3S LEDs.

15 Oct 2010

KBR Wins Topsides Design Contract for TOTAL’s CLOV Unit

KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract to execute the topsides detailed design for TOTAL’s CLOV floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.

15 Oct 2010

Acuity Brands Acquires Winona Lighting

Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting and control solutions, today announced it has acquired for cash Minnesota-based Winona Lighting, Inc., a premier provider of architectural and high-performance indoor and outdoor lighting products.

15 Oct 2010