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Global Construction Program for Growth and Success of Minority-Owned Firms

U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary Dennis Hightower, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), the International Trade Administration (ITA), the Tutor Perini Corporation, and the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning and Development today announced the nation’s first program created to globalize the U.S. minority-owned construction industry by providing education, mentoring and procurement opportunities to minority-owned firms.

12 Aug 2010

Atrium Unveils New Casement and Awning Windows

Atrium Companies Inc., one of the largest manufacturers of residential vinyl and aluminum windows and patio doors in North America, today announced the extension of its Silent Guard® 7000 Series Acoustical Window line to include two new models of casement and awning windows.

12 Aug 2010

GreenWizard Announces Partnership to Help Green Building Industry

GreenWizard®, Inc. and MBDC, LLC today announced a new collaborative partnership that will help the green building industry identify Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM products for use in construction projects and in LEED® Certifications.

12 Aug 2010

PureSpectrum Partners with Ultra-Tech Lighting to Cross Sell Products

PureSpectrum, Inc. and Ultra-Tech™ Lighting (Ultra-Tech) signed a cross licensing agreement authorizing the two energy efficient lighting companies to represent and sell each other’s product lines immediately into all distribution channels.

12 Aug 2010

DuPont’s Innovative Products Enable Development of Sustainable Buildings

As Shanghai hosts the World Expo 2010, DuPont innovations are there to deliver improved energy solutions, safeguard buildings and provide versatile and creative design options for interior design, among other benefits.

12 Aug 2010

Jacobs to Provide Design-Build Services for US 281, Loop 1604 Interchange in Texas

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a contract from the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority (Alamo RMA) through Williams Brothers Construction to provide design/build services for the US 281/Loop 1604 Interchange in San Antonio, Texas.

11 Aug 2010

LEED Certification Awarded to JCPenney Home Office in Plano, Texas

J. C. Penney Company, Inc. has been awarded a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) for Existing Buildings Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its Home Office campus located in Plano, Texas.

11 Aug 2010

Balfour Beatty Wins Second Phase Satellite Building Project at Heathrow Airport

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has signed the £460 million construction contract to deliver the second phase of a satellite building to support Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 2 – T2B for BAA.

11 Aug 2010

CCCC Second Harbor Bags Xiangjiang River Bridge Construction Contract

On 10th August 2010, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. signed Xiangjiang River Bridge contract.

11 Aug 2010

Partnership for Recycling Waste Materials to Produce Asphalt Pavement

CertainTeed Corporation's roofing plant in Shreveport, La., is teaming up with a Texas paving company to recycle nearly 100 percent of manufacturing waste.

11 Aug 2010

Nevamar Offers New Series of Eco-Friendly High Pressure Laminates

Flair and style are front and center in the new VIP line of High Pressure Laminates (HPL) from Nevamar Decorative Surfaces.

11 Aug 2010

Ames True Temper Announces Acquisition of Certain Assets of Westmix

Ames True Temper, Inc., ("ATT") a leading manufacturer of non-powered lawn and garden tools, announced today that Ames True Temper Australia Pty Ltd. ("ATT Australia"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT...

11 Aug 2010

High Energy-Efficient R-5 Windows Available for Homebuilders and Remodelers

Remodelers and homebuilders are familiar with ENERGY STAR ratings and the tax credit for energy efficient replacement windows, but on May 27, 2010, another initiative for energy efficient windows was introduced to help bring ultra efficient windows to market.

11 Aug 2010

Willbros Canada to Build Six Pump Stations for Pembina Pipeline

Willbros Group, Inc. announced today that Pembina Pipeline Corporation has awarded Willbros Canada a project for the construction of six (6) pump stations for the Nipisi Heavy Crude Pipeline Project.

11 Aug 2010

GeoStructures Constructs Soil Nail Wall at George Washington Carver Center

High school teams at George Washington Carver Center for Arts & Technology near Baltimore will eventually have new athletic fields on which to play after completion of a 5,500 square foot retaining wall from design-build contractor GeoStructures.

11 Aug 2010