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New D11 Engine from Volvo Construction Equipment Achieves EPA Certification

The new EPA-certified Volvo D11 Tier 4i engine with V-ACT (Volvo-Advanced Combustion Technology) is built with ultra high pressure variable fuel injection systems, super efficient cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), ...

21 Aug 2010

Berkey’s President Offers Solutions to Detect and Prevent Slab Leaks

Slab leaks and triple-digit temperatures go hand-in-hand in North Texas, but the Heat Wave of 2010 is causing more trouble than usual for homeowners.

21 Aug 2010

CBSNW and Construction Business Services Merge Together

Contractor Business Solutions Northwest, LLC (CBSNW) today announced that it has merged with Construction Business Services, Inc., a Lawai, Hawaii-based Sage Master Builder partner. As part of the merger, CBSNW will ...

21 Aug 2010

Turner Bags New Construction Management Contract in Healthcare Sector

Turner Construction Company, the nation's largest builder of healthcare facilities, has been awarded a $72 million contract to provide pre-construction and construction management services for the modernization of St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, N.Y. The project is scheduled for completion in May 2013.

21 Aug 2010

Harrah's Cherokee Hotel Casino Expansion and Renovation Project Awarded to Turner

Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, has been awarded a $100 million contract to manage the renovation and expansion of Harrah's Cherokee Hotel Casino in Cherokee, N.C. Construction is underway with completion of the multi-phased project scheduled for January 2013.

21 Aug 2010

Calensia and Virasa Join to Build Solar Complex in Egypt

Virasa Technologies Inc. and Calensia BV announced today that they have formed in February 2010 SilicoTek BV to carry on their planned investment of an integrated Solar Complex in Suez, Egypt. The initial phase of the...

21 Aug 2010

Construction to be Started for Passive House Project in Washington, DC

On August 23, in a quiet residential neighborhood in Bethesda, MD, construction will begin on the area's first "Passive House," a building standard that is the only affordable way to seriously institute bui...

21 Aug 2010

Turner Receives School Construction Project in New York

Turner Construction Company, the nation's largest builder of education facilities, has been awarded a $54.7 million contract to provide construction services by the New York City School Construction Authority for PS/IS 51M in New York, N.Y.

21 Aug 2010

New Construction Contracts Awarded to Turner and Flatiron

The HOCHTEF subsidiaries Turner and Flatiron have received new orders in the US with a total value of EUR 284.4 million (USD 366.1 million).

20 Aug 2010

Gammon Construction and Leighton Asia JV Receives Rail Infrastructure Project

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that Gammon Construction, the market-leading infrastructure contractor in Hong Kong, in which Balfour Beatty has a 50% shareholding, has been awarded a HK $2.883 billion (£238 million) rail infrastructure contract, in joint venture with Leighton Asia, by MTR Corporation.

20 Aug 2010

CCCC Second Harbor Awarded Yangtze River Estuary Extension Contract

On 17 August 2010, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won extension project for Yangtze River Estuary 12.5m-deep navigation channel. The bidding price amounted to RMB102 million with construction period of 6 mon...

20 Aug 2010

New Two-Part Wall Tie for Commercial Building Applications

Tec Ties is launching the two-part tie in various lengths to fit wider cavities commonly used nowadays in office, hospital and school building programmes.

20 Aug 2010

Trend Analysis on the U.S. Asphalt Paving Mixture Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cd82c7/2010_u_s_asphalt) has announced the addition of the "2010 U.S. Asphalt Paving Mixture Manufacturing Industry Report" report to their offer...

20 Aug 2010

FDOT Selects AECOM for Intelligent Transportation Systems Services

AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has recently been awarded a US$14.5-million contract to provide district-wide Intelligent Transportation Systems services for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).

20 Aug 2010

Balfour Beatty’s Subsidiary to Build Glen Mor 2 Student Housing at UC Riverside Campus

Barnhart Balfour Beatty has been chosen by the University of California, Riverside (UCR) as construction manager at risk for a LEED Gold-targeted $104-million apartment village to house more than 800 students. In May,...

20 Aug 2010