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PGT Industries Honored for Most Innovative Door Design

PGT Industries, the nation's leading supplier of residential impact-resistant windows and doors was honored with Window & Door's 2010 Crystal Achievement Award for Most Innovative Door.

8 Sep 2010

Research Report on Pine Log and Lumber Export Market in New Zealand

New Zealand’s exports of pine logs and lumber increased substantially during the first months of 2010. Unfortunately for the manufacturing sector, log exports have increased much faster than the exports of manufact...

8 Sep 2010

Constructech Magazine Honors Meridian Systems’ Customers

Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today that Constructech Magazine has honored Meridian customers with 2010 Vision Awards.

8 Sep 2010

Emerald Cool Pavement Lowers Surface Heat of Asphalt in Phoenix Schools

With asphalt temperatures soaring above 200 degrees F in Phoenix this summer, one company has volunteered to help cool down the schools. Under the "Cool Schools Initiative" Emerald Cool Pavement is changing communities by donating labor and materials in the first "Solar Reflective Cool Pavement" offered for school playgrounds, beginning with the City of Scottsdale.

8 Sep 2010

Mikron Industries Releases New Double Sliding Replacement Window

Today, Mikron Industries, the most innovative solutions provider to window manufacturers, announces the introduction of a new MikronWood™ Double Sliding window to their 1750 replacement series.

8 Sep 2010

New Sustainable Environmental Services Lab Project Awarded to Suffolk Construction

Suffolk Construction Company was recently awarded construction of a sustainable environmental services laboratory for the South Florida Water Management District. The project is valued at approximately $8 million and ...

8 Sep 2010

First Renewable Window Foam Launched by ITW Futura Coatings

ITW Futura Coatings, a division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc., has introduced the first window foam with renewable agricultural content.

8 Sep 2010

Overview of Construction Industry in Japan

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/bf37fe/japanese_construct) has announced the addition of the "Japanese Construction Sector: Sector Report" report to their offering. This ind...

8 Sep 2010

Intelspec International Bids for Construction of Community Support Facilities in Indonesia

Infrastructure Developments Corp. announced today that its subsidiary, Intelspec International, has submitted bid proposals to construct US Navy funded community support facilities in the Klaten District of the Republic of Indonesia.

8 Sep 2010

New Wind Farm Construction by Performance Services

Performance Services, Inc., an Indiana design-build company, announced today that agreements have been reached with landowners to secure 2,500 acres of land to support a 50 megawatt wind farm in northwest Tippecanoe County.

8 Sep 2010

USGBC Awards LEED Silver Certification to Westinghouse Electric

Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that its Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Service Center office building at its Chattanooga, Tenn., (USA), campus has achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)...

8 Sep 2010

ARCADIS Subsidiary Wins UV Disinfection Facility Design Contract in California

ARCADIS, the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, announced today that Malcolm Pirnie, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ARCADIS U.S. Inc. and its subconsultants, have been awarded a contract by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to provide preliminary design and procurement services for a 600 million gallon per day (MGD) ultraviolet (UV) disinfection facility at the Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant.

From ARCADIS 8 Sep 2010

Polysius to Build Cement Clinker Production Line in Brazil

Polysius has been contracted by CIA. de Cimento Itambè, Brazil, to build a new 3,000 tpd cement clinker production line at the Balsa Nova plant, near the city of Curitiba in southern Brazil. One important criteri...

8 Sep 2010

Hensel Phelps Construction Chosen for Harbor UCLA Medical Center Project

Pierre Sprinkler & Landscape partners up for the first time with Hensel Phelps Construction Co. on the $332 million emergency room expansion project at Harbor UCLA Medical Center. The project will increase the siz...

8 Sep 2010

CCCC Wins RMB14,600 Million Worth Transportation Contract

Recently, CCCC won five bids of new Shanghai-Kunming PDL and Zhangjiakou-Tangshan Railway , with total contract value of RMB14,600 million. New Shanghai-Kunming PDL is considered as a significant component of domestic...

7 Sep 2010