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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

Global Strategic Business Report on Bricks Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Global Bricks industry (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0197158/Global-Bricks-industry.html) This report analyzes the Global an...

19 Jun 2010

BHG.com Offers Design Ideas for Deck Building or Remodeling

With the warm weather here now, Better Homes and Gardens and BHG.com is featuring photos and planning ideas for deck designs, deck remodeling and building and outdoor kitchens designs for every budget level. Regardless o...

19 Jun 2010

Dynamite Mountain Ranch Development Features Pinnacle Rubber Mulch from LTR

The Dynamite Mountain Ranch Development in Phoenix, Arizona will feature high-performance, safety-driven Pinnacle Rubber Mulch at a neighborhood playground installed in conjunction with Pulte Homes, Exerplay Inc., and Valley Crest Landscape Development.

19 Jun 2010

SNC-Lavalin Wins EPC Contract for CentrePort Canada Way Corridor

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract by Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation to design and build a four-lane, four-kilometre section of a divided expressway linking Winnipeg's inland port to the James A. Richardson International Airport and the Perimeter Highway.

19 Jun 2010

Special Flame-Retardant Material for New Generation of Dishwashers

Working in close cooperation with the Product Area Dishwashers of BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH in Dillingen, Germany, Bayer MaterialScience has developed a special flame-retardant PC/ABS (polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) blend under the trade name Bayblend® FR 3008 HR (Hydrolysis Resistant), which is exceptionally resistant in extremely warm, humid environments.

18 Jun 2010

Cavico to Build Access Road on Highway 279 at Ban Chat Hydropower Plant

Cavico Corp., a leading infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, today announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Cavico Mining, has signed a construction contract with Project Management Unit No.1 to construct an access road to avoid flooded roadways on Highway 279 at the Ban Chat Hydropower Plant.

18 Jun 2010

Forrester Receives $11 Million Worth Design-Build Project from GSA

This approximately $11 Million Design Build Project will involve the energy retrofit of the General Services Administration's (GSA's) highest energy consuming building in its Region 3 portfolio. Renov...

18 Jun 2010

New Report Offered for UK Infrastructure Construction Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e508d7/uk_infrastructure) has announced the addition of the "UK Infrastructure Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their o...

18 Jun 2010