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Tips on Vacation Home Design from Andrea Lauren Elegant Interiors

In Florida, a vacation home is where great memories are made. Who can forget the place that became a favorite getaway, or where family and friends gathered each summer for parties and relaxation?

16 Jun 2010

LPMI Designs Sound-Attenuated Building for Pumping Station Rehabilitation Projects

Lonestar Prestress Mfg., Inc. (LPMI), a manufacturer of prestressed concrete poles and Easi-Set® precast concrete buildings, recently designed a sound-attenuated generator building for two Harris County Toll Road Aut...

16 Jun 2010

GreenWizard Emerges as Top Online Tool for LEED and Green-Product Research

GreenWizard, Inc. – a web-based expert system that allows architects, engineers, and contractors to cross-search, compare, and document products for LEED and green commercial construction – today announced that just weeks after announcing a $1.15 million venture capital investment, the Company has quickly emerged as the top online search tool for finding green products and researching their attributes for LEED point contributions.

16 Jun 2010

TLCD Architecture to Design New Lakeport Courthouse for AOC in California

TLCD Architecture, a team of architects, interior designers, and collaborators designing community-oriented projects throughout Northern California, announced today that they are now under contract with the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) for the New Lakeport Courthouse.

16 Jun 2010

Choice Hotels Partners with Rebuilding Together to Rehabilitate American Homes

Choice Hotels has joined Rebuilding Together and their upcoming event, Fifty for Five, as an official sponsor. Fifty for Five is projected to be Rebuilding Together's biggest and most impactful project in the organiz...

16 Jun 2010

Montgomery McCracken Earns LEED Silver Certification for Sustainable Renovations

Montgomery McCracken today announced that the firm was recently awarded Silver certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED® -CI rating system for energy-efficient and eco-friendly environment renovations made to the Firm's office located on 123 South Broad Street in Philadelphia.

16 Jun 2010

New Study on Construction Stone Industry in Bulgaria

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/599b9d/construction_stone) has announced the addition of the "Construction Stone Market in Bulgaria: Business Report 2009" report to their offeri...

16 Jun 2010

PBK Acquires ANO Architects in Ontario, Canada

PBK Architects Inc. ("PBK Architects"), GENIVAR's business partner in architectural services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of ANO Architects Inc. ("ANO Architects"), an architectural con...

16 Jun 2010

New KUBIK R+D Facility to Develop Sustainable Construction Technologies

The Technological Corporation Tecnalia has inaugurated KUBIK, a state-of-the-art experimental infrastructure unique worldwide, for the research and development of sustainable and ecoefficient technologies in architecture and construction.

16 Jun 2010

Nader Homes Receives Award of Excellence from CBRA for Best Kitchen Addition

Nader Homes, Inc. was awarded the Community Builders & Remodelers Association (CBRA) Award of Excellence for Best Kitchen Addition at the 2010 Awards of Excellence gala, held on June 10th, 2010. "In today&#3...

16 Jun 2010

STRABAG Chosen for Construction and Modernization of School Buildings in Germany

A consortium led by STRABAG Real Estate GmbH, a company of the STRABAG Group, has been awarded the contract for a public private partnership (PPP) from the city of Mülheim, Germany.

16 Jun 2010

Skanska Awarded Logan Airport Expansion and Renovation Contract

Skanska has secured the assignment to expand and renovate Logan International Airport, in Boston, in the U.S. The contract amount totals USD 48 M, approximately SEK 375 M, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter.

16 Jun 2010

BESIX to Construct North Manama Causeway Road in Kingdom of Bahrain

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) confirmed today that the BESIX Group (50%-owned by OCI) has been awarded a US$ 265 million contract to build the North Manama causeway in the Kingdom of Bahrain in joint venture with the Haji Hassan Group.

16 Jun 2010

Steelcase Displays New Wood Products at NeoCon 2010 Trade Fair

Steelcase Inc. (NYSE:SCS), a global office environments manufacturer, today revealed new solutions for its popular, contemporary wood line Elective Elements® 6 along with a new product: FlexFrame™ workwall – at NeoCon 2010, the World’s Trade Fair for Interior Design and Facilities Management.

15 Jun 2010

Empower Constructs New Generating Plant in Nouakchott, Africa

On 26 May 2010, the Prime Minister of Mauritania, Mr Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, together with Luka Buljan, Empower CEO, laid the first brick during the Ceremony to mark the beginning of construction of the new Empower...

15 Jun 2010