Building News

RSS

Southwall Strengthens Position in Green Building Market Through Major Acquisition

Southwall Technologies Inc. strengthened its position in the fast-growing green building market with the acquisition of a 70% majority interest in Chicago-based Southwall Insulating Glass.

11 Jun 2010

McGraw-Hill Construction to Integrate Autodesk Seek into Sweets BIM Package

Autodesk, Inc., a leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software announced that the company’s Autodesk Seek web service is averaging more than 900,000 searches per month, while providing nearly 300,000 downloads of building product information and models to architects, engineers and other design professionals per month.

11 Jun 2010

New Exterior Architectural Panels from Formica to be Previewed at AIA Convention

The inventor of laminate is taking its expertise outside ... literally. Formica Corporation is previewing VIVIX™ exterior architectural panels June 10-12 at the AIA 2010 National Convention and Design Exposition in...

11 Jun 2010

U.S. Demand for Cast Polymers to Rise 5.4% Annually Through 2014

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Solid Surface Materials & Other Cast Polymers Market (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0204910/Solid-Surface-Materials--Other-Ca...

11 Jun 2010

RPM Acquires Industrial Flooring Solutions Provider in Norway

RPM International Inc. (NYSE: RPM) today announced that its Performance Coatings Group has acquired Hummervoll Industribelegg AS, a supplier and installer of industrial flooring systems based in Bergen, Norway, with annu...

11 Jun 2010

Holcim Promotes Upcoming Global Competition for Sustainable Construction Projects

Cement manufacturer Holcim (US) Inc. announced today that it has an exhibit at the American Institute of Architects Convention being held in Miami, Florida from June 10 - June 12, 2010. Holcim is promoting the upcomin...

11 Jun 2010

Spadina WaveDeck Receives Certificate of Merit in 2010 National Urban Design Awards

The Spadina WaveDeck has received a Certificate of Merit as part of the 2010 National Urban Design Awards. This marks the fifth time that the wavedeck has received a design or construction related award since opening in September 2008.

11 Jun 2010

Harmonizer-AVR Technology Now Seen Attractive for New Construction and Building Retrofits

Legend Power Systems Inc. ("Legend Power") (TSX: LPS) (FSE: XLE) recently engaged Mindscape Innovations to complete a Performance Assessment by Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) of the comp...

10 Jun 2010

Serious Materials Releases New Series of Windows for Commercial Building Sector

Serious Materials announced today it has launched a new line of extreme-energy-saving window products for the commercial building market.

10 Jun 2010

Cavico, IERC Sign JV Agreement to Market Construction Stones from Hang Co Mine

Cavico Corp., a leading infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, today announced that its majority owned subsidiary, Cavico Infrastructure Development has signed a joint venture agreement with the Investment and Exploitation of Natural Resources Joint Stock Company (IERC), to invest, exploit and market construction stones from Hang Co Mine.

10 Jun 2010

Aconex Upgrades Online Collaboration Platform for Construction and Infrastructure Projects

Aconex has released a major upgrade to its industry-leading online collaboration platform that significantly streamlines the bid and tender management process on construction, infrastructure and energy projects.

10 Jun 2010

Owens Corning Showcases Green Building Products at PCBC 2010

At the 2010 Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC), Owens Corning is showcasing solutions that help the industry frame green homes from the inside out for comfortable, energy-efficient, beautiful, affordable and green homes.

10 Jun 2010

AirRenew Wallboard from CertainTeed Improves Protection Against Moisture and Mold

CertainTeed Gypsum introduces a revolutionary and ground-breaking approach to improving indoor air quality with AirRenew™ gypsum board. Building on a proven platform of superior protection against mold and moisture...

10 Jun 2010

LINE-X Unveils New ASPART-X Coatings for Flooring and Decking Applications

LINE-X® Protective Coatings, the nation's leading developer and provider of high performance protective coatings, is proud to introduce ASPART-X™ U/V Protective Coatings.

10 Jun 2010

LEED Certification Awarded to Kimberly-Clark Professional Headquarters

Kimberly-Clark Corporation (NYSE: KMB) received another environmental accolade, achieving its first ever LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for its Kimberly-Clark Professional headquarters building (...

10 Jun 2010