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Constructech Magazine Honors BuilderMT

BuilderMT, North America’s best-selling construction workflow software solution provider, today announced that it has won two more top technology awards.

24 Aug 2010

Ritz-Craft Selects Custom Hoist and Crane Systems for New Home Construction

Industrial hoist and crane systems are the material handling devices of choice at systems manufactured housing giant Ritz-Craft homes in Jonesville, Michigan.

23 Aug 2010

Tips for Protecting Deck During Harsh Winter

As the summer comes to a close, it’s important to start thinking about preparing for the cold, harsh winter weather ahead…and that includes your deck. Despite what many homeowners might think, experts say...

23 Aug 2010

North American Standard Published for Structural Design of Interlocking Concrete Pavement

The Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute (ICPI) is pleased to announce the publication of a North American standard for the structural design of interlocking concrete pavement for municipal streets and roadways from ...

23 Aug 2010

New Report on the U.S. Wood Window and Door Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2756e8/wood_window_and_do) has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Wood Window and Door Manufacturing Industry in t...

23 Aug 2010

Jasper Contractors Opens New Roofing Material Location in Lincoln, Nebraska

Brian Wedding, CEO of Jasper Contractors, Inc. announces the opening of the company’s newest roofing material yard location at 3400 Cornhusker Highway - Lincoln, NE 68504. Jasper Contractors, Inc. is a national ...

23 Aug 2010

Overall Green Building Awareness in Malaysia is Relatively High, Study

Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, announces the results of an end user study, 2010 Malaysia Consumer Building Construction.

23 Aug 2010

FPL to Build Next Generation Clean Energy Center

Florida Power & Light Company changed the Space Coast skyline this morning by demolishing the most visible structures at its 42-acre, 45-year-old Cape Canaveral Power Plant, as it prepares to build the Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center, which will open in 2013.

23 Aug 2010

New Air Force Fitness Center Expected to Achieve Highest Green Rating Possible

Tyndall Air Force Base officials opened the first building in the Air Force expected to reach the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum level here Aug. 20. The platinum level is the highest rating possible under the group's green building rating system.

22 Aug 2010

Turning Mining Era Left Overs into Roofing Shingles

An entrepreneur from Traverse Bay, Mich., and Michigan Technological University researchers are collaborating on a project to use Upper Michigan’s stamp sand, an unsightly leftover from the mining era, for roofing shingles.

22 Aug 2010

Market Study on the U.S. Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/eb8458/2010_u_s_readymi) has announced the addition of the "2010 U.S. Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offering....

21 Aug 2010

Specialty Construction Chosen to Build New Animal Hospital in California

VCA South County Animal Hospital recently broke ground for its new 8,500 square foot state-of-the-art animal hospital located at 205 El Camino Real in Arroyo Grande, California.

21 Aug 2010

Worldwide Trend Analysis on Paints and Coatings Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/184dad/paints_coatings) has announced the addition of the "Paints & Coatings: Global Industry Guide" report to their offering. The Paints...

21 Aug 2010

New Co-Op Program for Commercial Roof Replacements

RoofOptions has been the primary procurement agent for a nationwide class action lawsuit involving thousands of building owners. These owners have been forced to replace roofs due to a faulty insulation product known ...

21 Aug 2010

SawGear Tool Honored by Journal of Light Construction

SawGear, a portable, precise and rugged automated length measuring system for miter saws that streamlines the building process from framing to finish received Journal of Light Constructions’s highest honor. JLC ...

21 Aug 2010