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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

Stryker’s Manufacturing Facilities Receive USGBC LEED Certifications

Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) announced today that two of its manufacturing facilities have earned Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). ...

15 Jun 2010

IdeaPaint’s Dry-Erase Paint Products Now Available at Lowe’s Stores

IdeaPaint, the creator of high-performance dry-erase paint solutions, announced today that IdeaPaint’s “HOME” product is now available at select Lowe’s stores from Virginia to Maine and will also ...

15 Jun 2010

PureSpectrum to Display Advanced Fluorescent Lights at 2010 BuildingsNY/GreenBuildingsNY

PureSpectrum (OTCBB: PSRU) will exhibit its full product line of dimmable Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL), dimmable ballasts for linear fluorescent lighting and dimmable linear fluorescent fixtures next week at BuildingsNY/GreenBuildingsNY 2010 in Manhattan.

15 Jun 2010

Glenigan Index Shows Marked Decline In View of Fewer Public Sector Projects

The value of construction projects starting on site in the three months to May 2010 fell back to below 2006 levels as fewer public sector projects started on site following the General Election. The Glenigan Index for May was 10 per cent up on a year ago, but lower than the Index for March and April this year.

15 Jun 2010

Champion Window to Supply High-Efficiency Windows for New Volume Purchase Program

Champion Window and Patio Room Company was approved on May 27 as one of 33 suppliers in The U.S. Department of Energy’s Highly Insulating R-5 Windows and Low-E Storm Windows Volume Purchase Program, part of a multi-year integrated strategy to transform the market for high-efficiency windows.

15 Jun 2010

GE to Supply Water Purification System to GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ Manufacturing Facility

GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that it has signed a contract to supply an ultrapure water system to GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ new semiconductor manufacturing facility currently under construction at the Luther Forest Technology Campus in Saratoga County, N.Y.

15 Jun 2010

Interior Painting Offers Affordable Home Remodeling Solution

If you’re like most of us, the “Great Recession” has probably had a major impact on both your spending habits and your lifestyle. You might be doing more of your shopping at discount stores, vacationing nearby (if you’re vacationing at all), and postponing plans to improve your home.

15 Jun 2010

Schilling Green Receives USGBC LEED-CS Platinum Certification

Schilling Green, a Class A office building at 230 Schilling Circle in Hunt Valley, has been certified LEED®-CS Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Developed by Merritt Properties, it is the first speculative LEED Core and Shell project in the Greater Baltimore Metropolitan area to be certified Platinum.

15 Jun 2010

Former Caterpillar Employee Opens Just Moulding Franchise in Greater Richmond Area

With the building trades struggling to recover from an economic bust, one former Caterpillar construction equipment sales manager has gone solo with his own business, launching a new franchise providing custom home inter...

15 Jun 2010

Turner Building Cost Index Continues to Decline in US Commercial Construction Market

Turner Construction Company announced that the Second Quarter 2010 Turner Building Cost Index continues to show declining costs in the non-residential building construction market in the United States.

15 Jun 2010

SCI Receives Green Business Award in Energy Efficiency Category

Scientific Conservation Inc. (SCI), a leading provider of energy efficiency, system optimization and Automated Continuous Commissioning (ACC) solutions for the $5 billion commercial building market, today announced it ha...

15 Jun 2010

National Steel Design Award Winners Announced at CISC Meeting

The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) is proud to announce the CISC-ICCA National Steel Design Awards winners presented at the 80th CISC Annual General Meeting. Nearly 100 projects competed and were evaluat...

15 Jun 2010