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Tutor Perini to Refurbish Genting’s Grandstand for New Video Lottery Facility

Tutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC), a leading civil and building construction company, today announced that it has been awarded a contract from Genting New York LLC, the developers of the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, ...

30 Sep 2010

USGBC Awards LEED Certification to Aloft Charlotte Ballantyne

Aloft Charlotte Ballantyne has earned a coveted Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), it was announced today.

30 Sep 2010

Detailed Analysis of Japan’s Residential Construction Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Residential Construction in Japan: Market Databook to 2014" report to their offering. (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/644bc7/residential_co...

30 Sep 2010

Intelspec International Wins Design-Build Contract in Indonesia

Infrastructure Developments Corp. (OTCBB: IDVC) announced today that its subsidiary, Intelspec International, Inc., has been awarded a design-build contract for the Lido Phase II Project in Indonesia.

30 Sep 2010

Holiday Builders, Sherwin-Williams Sign Exclusive Supply Agreement

Sherwin-Williams, a single-source supplier of products to the housing market, announces an exclusive supply agreement with Holiday Builders, builder of single-family homes throughout Florida and the greater Southeast. ...

30 Sep 2010

Duke Energy Center Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Designed by tvsdesign and located in Charlotte, the Duke Energy Center has been certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum - the nation's first and tallest office tower to receive the hig...

30 Sep 2010

OSI TRIMTeQ System for Cellular PVC Trim Installation

Over the last several years, cellular PVC trim has become a popular option among contractors and residential homebuilders. In that time, there has never been a standard installation technique that addressed cellular P...

30 Sep 2010

AEC to Construct Apartments in Downtown Nashville, Tennessee

Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE: AEC, Nasdaq: AEC) announced today that it will begin construction of Vista Germantown, a 242-unit apartment community located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee. The p...

30 Sep 2010

CaGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to TELUS House Ottawa

TELUS House Ottawa has been awarded the LEED Gold certification for new construction from the Canadian Green Building Council, a significant upgrade from the silver rating that was targeted by TELUS when the project got underway five years ago.

30 Sep 2010

GHD’s New Mapping Service Provides Information on Sustainable Building Materials

Obtaining sustainable building materials has just become even easier with the new mapping service presented by the Green Home Design website. This unique free service adds a search functionality to the previously litt...

30 Sep 2010

Construction and Demolition Projects Drive Demand for Site Preparation Contractors

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Site Preparation Contractors" report to their offering. (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6bea66/site_preparation_c) The US site preparati...

30 Sep 2010

U.S. Army Moves to Modular Buildings Designed and Built by Ramtech

The U.S. Army has recently occupied the first of a series of permanent modular buildings developed and built by design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas.

30 Sep 2010

Peab to Construct New Heating Facility in Landskrona

Peab has been contracted to build a new heating plant in Landskrona. The client is Landskrona Kraft AB and the contract amounts to SEK 113 million.

30 Sep 2010

KINTEX Builds New Exhibition Center in South Korea

South Korea’s leading exhibition-convention center KINTEX (CEO Han, Joon-Woo, www.kintex.com) is currently building up the Second KINTEX Exhibition Center in Daehwa-dong, Ilsanseo-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi Province, a project started in March 2009.

30 Sep 2010

Wood Adhesives Go Back to the Future

In a real-life “back to the future” story, scientists today reported that the sustainable, environmentally-friendly process that gave birth to plywood a century ago is re-emerging as a “green” alternative to wood adhesives made from petroleum.

30 Sep 2010