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CR Laurence and PPG to Promote One Anothers Products

PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG) and C.R. Laurence Co. have announced a joint marketing initiative enabling architects to specify premium C.R. Laurence glass entrance and door hardware through members of the PPG Certified Fabricator Network™ (PPG/CFP). In return, C.R. Laurence will showcase Starphire® ultra-clear glass by PPG in premium, door and handrail displays at architectural shows and in company showrooms.

19 Jul 2010

Tebodin Consultants Opens New Offices in Russia and Oman

Tebodin Consultants & Engineers has set up new offices in Rostov, Russia, and in Sohar, Oman. The new office in Oman has already started its first project. Sohar Industrial Port Company (SIPC), a joint venture co...

19 Jul 2010

Aker Receives LOI for Gudrun Tie-In to Sleipner Project

Aker Solutions has received a letter of intent for the Sleipner Modifications Portfolio Agreement and the first project-specific agreements for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) for the Gudrun tie-in to Sleipner.

19 Jul 2010

Balfour Beatty’s UK Construction Subsidiary Wins Hackney Homes Contract

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that Mansell, the UK construction services business, has been appointed as one of three contractors to a £220 million four-year framework for the London Borough of Hackney and Hackney Homes’ Decent Homes programme.

19 Jul 2010

Forecast Report on Infrastructure Construction Market in Poland

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9d6cd1/poland_infrastruct) has announced the addition of the "Poland Infrastructure Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to th...

19 Jul 2010

Dyesol-Corus Team Presents Dye Solar Cell Technology on Steel Structures

On 7 July, the executive and project management from Dyesol and Corus met with the Welsh Assembly Government representatives to present the achievements and final milestone elements of the 2 year R&D phase of the joint project to industrialise dye solar cell (DSC) technology on steel for continuous manufacture of integrated building products.

19 Jul 2010

BrickStainable Design Competition to be Held Again This Year

Teams of architects, engineers, material scientists, landscape architects, ecologists, students and others have another opportunity to design an sustainable building using clay brick as the primary material for BrickStai...

19 Jul 2010

Ruukki to Supply Steel Frame to Mega Image’s Logistics Centre in Romania

Ruukki has agreed a contract to deliver the steel frame for the roof of a 40,000-square-metre logistics centre for the Mega Image supermarket chain in Romania. The contract is worth over EUR 2 million and includes steel ...

19 Jul 2010

CSA Certification Awarded to Lumeta for Building-Integrated Solar Module

Lumeta, Inc. announced today that it was awarded CSA International (CSA) certification for its patented PowerPly™ roof integrated photovoltaic (PV) solar module in accordance with UL 1703. "UL 1703 complia...

19 Jul 2010

New Book Available on Interior Design Practice

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d9b6f2/interior_design_in) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successf...

19 Jul 2010

USGBC Receives Petition for LEED Recognition of Wood and Paper Products

In a letter steered by Congressmen Kurt Schrader (D-OR) and Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to the U.S. Green Building Council, 79 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing 35 different states, have urged the organ...

19 Jul 2010

New Course Schedule Released by Volvo Construction Equipment

Volvo Road Institute enters its 46th year as the asphalt industry’s premier training school, providing practical instruction for contractors and professionals.

19 Jul 2010

L+T Wins $83 Million Offshore Project from ONGC

L&T has won an important Offshore Rig Refurbishment Contract from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) valued at Rs.376 crores (about US$83 million).

19 Jul 2010

Beacon Acquires Canadian Tapered Roof Insulation System Designer

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (Nasdaq: BECN) announced today that it has acquired Posi-Slope Enterprises, Inc. and its sister company Posi-Pentes, which specialize in the design and fabrication of tapered roof insulation s...

17 Jul 2010

Tecnalia Develops New Eco-Friendly Cement

The Tecnalia Construction Unit, within the framework of its commitment to sustainability, has developed a new generation of environmentally-friendly cements that enable cutting direct CO2 emissions to the atmosphere by u...

17 Jul 2010