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UDOT Selects CHC to Build New Mountain View Corridor

Granite Construction Incorporated announced today that the Copper Hills Constructors (“CHC”) joint venture team has been awarded a $106 million construction management/general contractor (“CM/GC”) contract by the Utah Department of Transportation (“UDOT”) to build the new Mountain View Corridor freeway, transit and trail system in and around Salt Lake County.

2 Jul 2010

National Safety Council Publishes New Journal on Construction Safety

The National Safety Council today released a special edition of its Journal of Safety Research focused on construction. The special issue includes a research-based case study sharing lessons learned from eight tragic dea...

2 Jul 2010

CER to Install Waste Heat Recovery System at Wuxi Greenapple’s New Plant

China Energy Recovery, Inc. (Pink Sheets: CGYV) ("CER"), which designs, manufactures and installs waste heat energy recovery systems, today announced it entered into an agreement with a new customer, Wuxi Green...

2 Jul 2010

United Heartland Earns LEED Silver Certification for New Headquarters

The new headquarters facility for national workers compensation insurer, United Heartland, was recently awarded LEED® Silver certification by the U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

2 Jul 2010

New Contracts Help to Establish Design-Build Engineering Firm WPCS

WPCS International Incorporated (Nasdaq: WPCS), a leader in design-build engineering services for communications infrastructure, has announced that it has received approximately $7.3 million in new contracts. The new ...

1 Jul 2010

NDIA Phase III Construction Contract Awarded to Six Construct, Midmac Contracting JV

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) confirmed today that Six Construct Qatar (a fully owned subsidiary of the BESIX Group which is 50%-owned by OCI) has been awarded a US$ 750 million contract to build Phase III of the New Doha International Airport (NDIA) Passenger Terminal Complex in joint venture with the Midmac Contracting Co. Six Construct Qatar’s share of the contract is approximately US$ 375 million or 50% of the total contract value.

1 Jul 2010

CCCC Shanghai Awarded Yangpu Shentou Port Renovation Contract

On 29 June 2010, CCCC Shanghai Dredging Co., Ltd. won Reclamation project Area A of Yangpu Shentou Port. The bidding price amounted to RMB115 million with construction period of 150 days. Source: http://www.cccclt...

1 Jul 2010

Northland Power Selects Aecon to Construct 86 MW Peaking Plant in Canada

Aecon Group Inc. announced today a joint venture, in which its Industrial Division is a partner, has been awarded an approximately $60 million engineering, procurement, and construction contract by Northland Power for an 86 MW gas-fired peaking plant in Spy Hill Saskatchewan.

1 Jul 2010

Technip to Offer Construction Services for WDDM Expansion Project

Technip has been awarded a lump sum engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) contract by Burullus Gas Company SAE for the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase VIIIa development project.

1 Jul 2010

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Earns LEED Gold Designation from USGBC

In recognition of its environmentally sustainable design, the newly opened Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center has received LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold designation from the U.S. Green Building Council.

1 Jul 2010

E.W. Howell to Construct New Facility for Brookhaven National Laboratory

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory has awarded a contract to a general contractor for the construction of a new $66.8 million Interdisciplinary Science Building (ISB), a state-of-the-art facility that will bring together scientists focused on the nation’s most pressing challenge of the 21st century — energy.

1 Jul 2010

Strategic Business Report on Global Ready-Mix Concrete Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Ready-Mix Concrete industry (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0197218/Global-Ready-Mix-Concrete--industry.html) This repo...

1 Jul 2010

Technip Bags £100 Million Worth Offshore Projects from BP

Technip has been awarded by BP two significant contracts, with a combined total value in the region of £100 million (€120 million).

1 Jul 2010

Scranton State Office Building Receives ENERGY STAR Award from EPA

For the first time, the Scranton State Office Building has earned the prestigious ENERGY STAR® award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for superior energy efficiency, the Pennsylvania Department of General Services announced today.

1 Jul 2010

Baker to Provide Construction Inspection Services for PennDOT’s Boston Bridge Project

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation has been awarded a three year, $2.3 million contract by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) for construction inspection services for the Boston Bridge Project.

1 Jul 2010