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USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to Millipore

Millipore Corporation, a leading provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, announced that its Danvers, Massachusetts manufacturing facility clean room has achieved Gold level certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building rating system.

24 Jun 2010

Southwall Receives Grant to Advance Energy-Efficient Building Technologies

Southwall Technologies Inc., the worldwide innovator of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, has been awarded a $1.43 million stimulus grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop advanced technologies aimed at making homes and buildings more energy efficient.

24 Jun 2010

New Research Report on European Architectural Barometer

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/a474bd/european_architect) has announced the addition of the "European Architectural Barometer (Q2 2009) - Theme: Sustainability and Sustainable Const...

24 Jun 2010

PennDOT Awards Freeport Bridge and Freeport Ramps Project to Baker

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a 40-month, $3.5 million contract from Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) to deliver construction inspection services for the Freeport Bridge and Freeport Ramps Project in Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler, and Westmoreland County, Pa.

24 Jun 2010

KBR Wins Construction Management Contract from DuPont

KBR announced today that it has been selected to provide construction management services at the DuPont™ Tedlar® production facility in Circleville, Ohio.

24 Jun 2010

Mitsubishi Electric Unveils New Series of Compact, Light Weight Elevators

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced it has launched the NEXIEZ series of elevators for the global market. The series offers a range in load capacity (450~1,350 kilograms) and rated speed (60~105 meters per minute), and helps users reduce carbon dioxide emissions through high energy efficiency enabled by compact, light weight designs.

24 Jun 2010

First Federal Earns LEED Certification for New Office in North Carolina

First Federal's newest location has become the first in-store bank office in the nation to earn LEED® certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Located within the Lowes Food Store at 341 Sout...

24 Jun 2010

RLJ to Construct Structured Insulated Panel Manufacturing Plants

In an effort to spur economic revitalization in Haiti, Bob Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies (RLJ), today announced a strategic relationship with Global Building Solutions, LLC, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (RCL) and Haiti-based WIN Group, to build two structured insulated panel (SIP) manufacturing facilities that will provide construction materials for building housing and critical infrastructure in and around Port-Au-Prince, Cap Hatien, as well as throughout other key business centers in Haiti.

24 Jun 2010

American Metal Market Awards AK Steel for Outstanding Service

AK Steel has received two "Awards for Steel Excellence" from American Metal Market (AMM), a leading metal industry publication. The company was named "Steel Producer of the Year" and presented the award for "Best Turnaround of the Decade."

24 Jun 2010

NuCrane Begins Specialty Crane Production for Nuclear Power Plants

NuCrane Manufacturing LLC (NuCrane) has begun fabricating, assembling and testing specialty cranes for nuclear power plants, including the Westinghouse-designed AP1000™ plants under construction in China and those ...

24 Jun 2010

IBI/HB Architects, Rockwell Group Chosen for New Entertainment Project in Vancouver

The award-winning IBI/HB Architects and Rockwell Group have been named Architect of Record and Design Architect respectively for Paragon Development Ltd.'s new $450 million entertainment destination at BC Place, Scot...

24 Jun 2010

Construction Industry's Average Productivity Increased 15% in 2009

The latest Construction Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) officially launched at the Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) yesterday show that construction industry average productivity per employee increased by 15 per cent in 2009.

23 Jun 2010

CCCC Wins Auxiliary Engineering Project of Erqi Yangtze River Bridge

Recently, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Section III of auxiliary engineering project of Erqi Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan. The bidding price amounted to RMB130 million with construction period of 487 days.

23 Jun 2010

Three Organizations Chosen to Submit Tender for Borders Railway Construction Contract

Delivery of the Borders Railway moved a step closer today as Transport Scotland announced its intention to invite three organisations consisting of seven of Europe's biggest construction and financial companies to tender for the contract.

23 Jun 2010

L+T Awarded Two Thermal Power Plant Construction Contracts

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Thermal Power Plant Construction (TPPC) Business Unit has secured two orders aggregating Rs.827 crore from GVK Power for their Gautami Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) Expansion and from SEPCO-I for Talwandi Sabo Power Plant in Punjab.

23 Jun 2010