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Black Hills Receives ENERGY STAR Award for Energy-Efficient Home Construction

Black Hills Energy has received a 2010 ENERGY STAR® Leadership in Housing Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This award recognizes the contribution Black Hills Energy has made to energy-efficient co...

22 Jun 2010

BGC Uses Dynapac F6-4W Paver for Laying Roads in New Northern Suburb of Perth

In 1970 Perth, Western Australia had a population of just 700,000 and a footprint of approximately 500 km2; less than half the size of today’s metropolitan area and a population of 1.9 million.

21 Jun 2010

L+T Secures New Residential and Factory Construction Contracts

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Buildings & Factories Operating Company – part of its Construction Division – has secured orders aggregating to Rs. 1440 crore for the construction of residential towers, township and factory buildings.

21 Jun 2010

Saipem to Construct New Gas Booster Station in Kuwait

Saipem has been awarded an onshore contract worth approximately $900 million to build a new gas booster station in West Kuwait.

21 Jun 2010

Skanska Receives Statoil’s New Office Building Project in Oslo

Skanska has been commissioned to build an office in Oslo. The contract amount is NOK 1.3 billion, approximately SEK 1.6 billion, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter of 2010.

21 Jun 2010

New Study on Construction Stone Industry in Spain

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a74d77/construction_stone) has announced the addition of the "Construction Stone Market in Spain: Business Report 2009" report to their offering....

21 Jun 2010

CHEC Awarded Grain Storage Project in UAE

Recently, CHEC Ltd. won Grain Storage project in United Arab Emirates project.

21 Jun 2010

Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for 127 Elevators, Escalators from Shanghai JiXiang

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today it has received an order for 127 elevators and escalators to be installed in the Shanghai JingAn Kerry Centre, a large complex of buildings under construction in Shanghai, China.

21 Jun 2010

Komatsu to Celebrate 90th Anniversary; Works on Commemorative Projects

Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Kunio Noji) is going to celebrate its 90th Anniversary in May 2011.

19 Jun 2010

New Handbook Features Cost-Effective Designs of Blast Resistant Buildings

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/286b86/handbook_for_blast) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Handbook for Blast Resistant Design of Buildings&quot...

19 Jun 2010

Aker Verdal Bags New EPC Contract in Offshore Wind Market

The German Utility Company RWE Innogy has awarded Aker Solutions yard in Verdal, Aker Verdal AS, an EPC-contract for supply of 48 steel jackets and piles for the Offshore Wind Farm Nordsee Ost project in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately 115 million Euro.

19 Jun 2010

Balfour Beatty to Construct Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Line in Denver, Colorado

Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been selected, as part of the Denver Transit Partners (DTP) team, to construct the Eagle P3 commuter rail project in the Denver metropolitan area of the United States.

19 Jun 2010

TfL Awards Victoria Tube Station Upgrade Contract to VINCI

Transport for London (TfL) has awarded the contract to upgrade Victoria Tube station to VINCI BAM Nuttall Ltd, the consortium comprising Taylor Woodrow (VINCI Construction UK) and BAM Nuttall Ltd.

19 Jun 2010

Dufferin Concrete's Ready-Mix Trucks Equipped with Enviroguard Wash-Out System

Dufferin Concrete, a division of Holcim Canada Inc. announced today that its entire fleet of over 400 concrete ready-mix vehicles in Ontario has been equipped with Enviroguard, a new and innovative self-contained ready-mix truck chute wash-out system which effectively eliminates any concrete chute wash water released into the environment.

19 Jun 2010

Ghilotti Construction and NBC Sign Agreement to Merge Operations

Two of the Bay Area’s best-known construction firms - Ghilotti Construction Company (GCC) of Santa Rosa and North Bay Construction (NBC) of Petaluma – said today they have reached agreement to combine their b...

19 Jun 2010