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LadderWrap Provides Personal Safety and Protection During Home Renovation Projects

Rick Steven has been in the construction industry for more than a decade. It was his personal experience that led him to develop LadderWrap™, a new product that offers a level of personal safety during home renovation projects as well as offering protection for walls, aluminum and wood siding, and other surfaces.

28 Sep 2010

Battle Creek Awards Jackson Street Access Project to Katerberg + Verhage

The City of Battle Creek has accepted a bid recommendation and construction plans to build an access area from West Michigan Avenue to the Jackson Street Parking Lot. The area will provide a second access point neede...

28 Sep 2010

GCM Exhibits Construction Risk Management Services at Bank + Special Asset Executive Forum

Granite Commercial Management (GCM) is a bronze sponsor and is exhibiting construction risk management services for distressed real estate at the Information Management Network’s 2nd Bank & Special Asset Execut...

28 Sep 2010

Requirements for OLED Lighting to be Commercially Viable to be Discussed by Acuity

Acuity Brands, a market leader in innovative energy efficient lighting and control solutions, as part of its ongoing efforts to lead the discussion in the lighting and OLED technology industries on the requirements for a...

27 Sep 2010

Vietnam Looks to the UK for Sustainable Building Solutions

Loughborough University today (Monday 27 September) welcomes a special delegation of visitors from the National University of Civil Engineering (NUCE) in Hanoi, Vietnam. The four visitors will be staying in Loughboro...

27 Sep 2010

NCSG Reminds Homeowners to Schedule Annual Chimney Inspections

The National Chimney Sweep Guild (NCSG) reminds homeowners to schedule annual chimney inspections before using fireplaces and wood stoves this season. Annual chimney inspections allow the chimney sweep to note cracks,...

27 Sep 2010

NCKU College of Engineering to Add Three New Buildings in the Campus

The groundbreaking ceremony of the new buildings of Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Resources Engineering and Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering in Cheng-Kung Campus...

27 Sep 2010

Interior Paint Color Cheat Sheets Offer an Easiest Way to Coloring Homes

Yelena Kublitski, creator of the Interior Paint Color Cheat Sheets, believes that by trying to be competitive, paint manufacturers end up doing a disservice to their end users.

27 Sep 2010

GeoStructures Subsidiary Constructs 50-Foot Wall for Highway Interchange

Producing precast panels of various sizes and finishes, combining precast coping and barriers with cast-in-place techniques, and working around existing structures are some of the issues overcome by EarthTec in designing and supplying the retaining walls for support of bridge abutments and embankments for section B of Maryland’s Intercounty Connector highway.

27 Sep 2010

Amerigroup to Fund New Home Building Project for Seniors and People with Disabilities

The Amerigroup Foundation today announced that it is contributing $350,000 to help fund construction of a crucial new building project for Habitat for Humanity of South Hampton Roads (SHR).

27 Sep 2010

Waterfront Toronto Opens Largest Public Place for Stormwater Treatment

An innovative new park on Toronto's waterfront that will clean stormwater in its Pavilion and public art installations and release the treated water back into Lake Ontario officially opened today. Sherbourne Commo...

27 Sep 2010

OYA, Atlas to Develop Largest Solar PV Rooftop System in North America

Today OYA Solar Inc. (OYA), Ontario's premiere developer of solar PV systems, announced its newest project with Atlas Tube (Atlas). OYA in conjunction with Atlas, North America's largest independent manufactur...

27 Sep 2010

Quanta Services, Avenal Solar Holdings to Build Utility-Scale Solar Facilities

Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) today announced that it has secured two contracts for utility-scale solar installations with Avenal Solar Holdings LLC, a joint venture between Eurus Energy America and NRG Solar, a subs...

27 Sep 2010

Leighton Contractors to Deliver Civil and Underground Works Package for Gorgon Project

Leighton Contractors has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to deliver the civil and underground works package for the Gorgon Project valued at more than $800 million. The contract win is in addition to the ...

27 Sep 2010

ARS/Rescue Rooter Provides Solutions for Sewer and Drainage Problems

Whether homeowners are having problems with the Chicago sewer system, need a new water heater installed or have a dripping faucet that keeps them awake at night, ARS®/Rescue Rooter®, a privately held, nationwide ...

27 Sep 2010