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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

BRDC Bags New Construction and Renovation Contract from the U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy has awarded BRDC, a joint venture of Burns and Roe Services Corporation and dck worldwide, a $64.5 million contract for the New Navy Family Housing & Fitness Center Renovation at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

20 Aug 2010

Pragmatic Products Unveils New Bucket Ape Tool for Tile Installers

Pragmatic Products introduces the Bucket Ape (Click Link to watch a video) - newest tool for the tile and stone industry’s professionals and DIYers.

20 Aug 2010

Technip Signs Collaboration Agreement with PETRONAS’ Subsidiaries

Technip announces today that it has agreed with MISC and MHB, subsidiaries of the Malaysia National Oil Corporation Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) to establish a long-term strategic collaboration.

20 Aug 2010

Forecasts on Denmark’s Construction Industry from 2010 to 2015

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/51460b/construction_den) has announced the addition of the "Construction - Denmark" report to their offering. This market analysis gives a cl...

20 Aug 2010

Acsys Acquires Koreteck Brand to Support Construction Industry

Acsys, Inc., a leader in cost effective and energy efficient building systems, announced today that it has acquired the Koreteck brand from its largest technology licensee (Koreteck, Inc.). During the past seven years...

20 Aug 2010

PROLIFIC LED Street Lights to Illuminate Elevated Superhighway in Mexico

No electrical grid necessary—Lighting Science Group's (Pink Sheets: LSCG) revolutionary new wind and solar powered LED street lights can now be installed in virtually any place in the world. The PROLIFIC DC...

20 Aug 2010

RAB Lighting Introduces New cLED Ceiling Fixture

RAB Lighting has announced the expansion of its family of Affordable Outdoor LED Lighting with the addition of a ceiling fixture named the cLED. The RAB cLED is designed for use both indoors and outdoors -- ideal for ...

20 Aug 2010

Aecon Wins Two Highway Construction Contracts in Canada

Aecon Group Inc. announced today that its Infrastructure Division has been awarded two contracts totalling $75.4 million; a contract by Parks Canada for $46.7 million for the twinning of the Trans Canada Highway in Banff National Park, and a contract from the City of Calgary for the extension of 96 Avenue Northeast in Calgary.

20 Aug 2010

Voluntary Recall of Brigade Sledge Hammers

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately un...

19 Aug 2010

LAWA Awards Construction Support Services Contract to Jacobs

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received an award from Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) to provide on-call professional construction support services for various airport and capital improvement projects at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), LA/Ontario International Airport (ONT) and Van Nuys Airport (VNY).

19 Aug 2010

New Report Covers Green Designs for Residential Construction

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/054457/construction_cze) has announced the addition of the "Construction - Czech Republic" report to their offering. This market analysis giv...

19 Aug 2010

Fabric Shelter System Supplier AKS Expands Global Footprint

Alaska Structures, Inc. (AKS) announced today the opening of its new office in Kabul, Afghanistan - a move that further expands the company's growing global reach. The new AKS office is located in Kabul Green Village Compound, just off Supreme Road, Kabul, Afghanistan.

19 Aug 2010

Jacobs Awarded UK Transportation Contract

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a framework agreement from the North East of Scotland Transport Partnership (Nestrans), Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council to provide transportation and environmental related services for various projects until 2013.

19 Aug 2010

Construction Starts on New Les Bois Homes in Wilsonville, Oregon

Costa Pacific Homes recently began construction on its newest housing product – the Les Bois Collection – in the award-winning Villebois Village Center in Wilsonville, Ore.

19 Aug 2010