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HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2010 Chooses New York Resident to Offer Eco-Friendly Home

A happy, "speechless" and "surprised" Sandra Gilson learned she was the winner of the HGTV Green Home Giveaway 2010 when HGTV's Jamie Durie knocked on the door of her home in Scotia, New York.&nbs...

29 Jun 2010

SNC-Lavalin to Provide Construction Management Services for S11D Project, Brazil

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Vale has awarded a cost reimbursable contract to an SNC-Lavalin / WorleyParsons consortium for the implementation of the S11D project in Brazil.

29 Jun 2010

Cretex Concrete Products West Purchases Assets of Concrete Products of Wyoming

Cretex Companies today announced that, through its subsidiary Cretex Concrete Products West, Inc., it has acquired the assets of Concrete Products of Wyoming Co. (CPW), located in Casper, WY.

29 Jun 2010

ASLA to Offer Education Credits for USGBC LEED Credential Maintenance

For the first time, the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) will offer continuing education credits for U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED credential maintenance, adding to a record number of education ...

29 Jun 2010

Windows and Doors Maker Traco to be Acquired by Alcoa

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today it has agreed to purchase privately held Traco, a premier maker of windows and doors for the commercial building and construction market.

29 Jun 2010

Rapid Construction Thin Joint System Impresses Bristol Contractor

Bristol based contractor Barry Knapp was so impressed by the Thin Joint system he used in a recent development that he has decided to go the full course and become a registered Rå Build contractor with H+H.

28 Jun 2010

ARCADIS AQUMEN to Provide Facility Management Services to BT

ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international design, consulting, engineering and management services company, announced today that its subsidiary ARCADIS AQUMEN FACILITY MANAGEMENT (AAFM) has signed a three-year framework contract to provide services to BT (former British Telecom) in the Benelux.

From ARCADIS 28 Jun 2010

Rebuilding Together and HSBC to Conduct Green Housing Initiative

Rebuilding Together, the nation's leading nonprofit working to preserve affordable homeownership, is working with sponsor HSBC Bank, to deliver critical and energy-efficient renovations to a deserving family struggling to make ends meet.

28 Jun 2010

Solatube Daylighting System Selected as Top 10 Product for Second Consecutive Year

Award-winning, independent news source Sustainable Industries acclaimed Solatube International’s Solatube® 750 DS Daylighting System as one of its 2010 Top 10 Green Building Products award winners.

28 Jun 2010

Dominion’s Electricity-Generating Stations on Schedule to Meet Electricity Demand

Dominion Virginia Power's two electricity-generating stations under construction -- the Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center in Wise County and the Bear Garden Power Station in Buckingham County -- are on schedule and on budget.

28 Jun 2010

Stio Roofing + Construction Helps in Wadena Rebuilding Efforts

As of noon last Thursday, Stio Roofing & Construction had tarped about 30 storm damaged homes in Wadena. The Twin Cities based company brought its crews to the area last Friday and has been doing whatever it can to help free of charge.

28 Jun 2010

PulteGroup Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation in Homebuilding

Fresh out of high school in 1950, 18-year-old William J. “Bill” Pulte followed his passion for home building and hand-built his first house in Detroit. Using a plan bought from the newspaper and a lot acquired from a relative, the house sold before construction was even completed.

28 Jun 2010

New Fire Retardant Coating from ICYNENE

Icynene Inc. (Icynene), the North American leader in open-cell spray foam technology, this week introduced ICYNENE ShelterShield™, an intumescent fire retardant coating that is available exclusively to Icynene Licensed Dealers.

28 Jun 2010

Maryland Community Builders Foundation, Excel Homes Join ABC's Home Makeover Show

Excel Homes, the leading manufacturer of custom modular houses, and the Maryland Community Builders' Foundation, the charitable arm of the Home Builders Association of Maryland, announced today that they will join ABC's hit series "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for an upcoming project in the Baltimore area in July.

28 Jun 2010

AGR Tools Expands Distribution Network to Better Serve The Construction Indrustry

AGR Tools, Inc. ("AGR") (OTCBB-AGRT) is pleased to announce its wholly owned subsidiary, AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. ("AGR USA"), has recently expanded its distribution network to Northeastern Flo...

27 Jun 2010