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Shaw Wins Construction Management Contract for Barrier Island Temporary Berms

The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract by the state of Louisiana’s Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration for overall project management and construction of barrier island temporary berms in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

5 Jun 2010

Matrix Service Awarded Oil Storage Tanks Construction Contract by Gavilon

Matrix Service Co. (Nasdaq: MTRX) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Matrix Service, Inc., has been awarded a contract in excess of $40 million with Gavilon Pipeline and Storage, LLC, a wholly owned subsid...

5 Jun 2010

ENR-CURT Construction Business Forum to be Held on June 15-16, 2010

McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering News-Record (ENR) and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) will connect construction project owners with industry professionals at the 4th annual ENR-CURT Construction Busin...

5 Jun 2010

PulteGroup Expands its Solar Offerings for New Homebuyers

PulteGroup’s renewable energy strategy is unique, in that its solar offerings span the homebuilder’s diverse brand portfolio: from first-time Centex neighborhoods; to homes for move-up Pulte Homes buyers; to those in 55+ active adult Del Webb communities.

5 Jun 2010

First Zero Energy Home Uses Spray Foam Insulation from Icynene

Icynene spray foam insulation was used in concert with other energy efficient technologies such as solar power as part of a “whole-house” approach to building Connecticut’s first net zero energy home.

5 Jun 2010

Coatings COMET: Business Magazine Offering News on Coatings Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/92a302/coatings_comet) has announced the addition of the "Coatings COMET" subscription to their offering. Coatings COMET is a monthly busines...

5 Jun 2010

EllisDon’s Four Canadian Projects Achieve LEED Certification

EllisDon announced today that four of its projects have achieved LEED(R) certification through the Canada Green Building Council.

5 Jun 2010

BlueChip Begins Rinehart Solar Farm Project in Lake Mary, Florida

BlueChip Energy™, a provider of complete solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, government and utility applications, today announced it has started stage one of the Rinehart Solar Farm, a 10 MW utility-scale solar PV facility in Central Florida.

5 Jun 2010

Solarfun Unveils New Series of Building Integrated PV Modules

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd., ( "Solarfun" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers and photovoltaic ("PV") cells and modules in ...

4 Jun 2010

Aerojet Completes 6MW Solar Array Installation in its Sacramento Facility

Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, Solar Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SOPW) and SMUD announced today that the companies have completed a 2.4 megawatt (MW) expansion of the existing 3.6 MW solar system at Aerojet&...

4 Jun 2010

PEI Retains Vanguard Management as Strategic Consulting Partner

Vanguard Management Corp (a business unit of Vanguard Minerals Corp) (OTC Bulletin Board: VNGM) announced that the company has been retained as a strategic consulting partner by PEI Worldwide Holdings Inc. (Pink Sheets: ...

4 Jun 2010

Blythe Construction Wins I-485 Charlotte Outer Loop Project

Delivering on her promise to fast-track the I-485 Charlotte Outer Loop project, Gov. Perdue traveled to the Queen City as the award letter was signed for the $139.5 million contract. Shovels should be in the ground early...

4 Jun 2010

AES Solar Announces €31 Million Funding to Construct 8 MW PV Facility in Italy

AES Solar Energy Ltd, a joint venture between the AES Corporation and Riverstone Holdings LLC, announced today that one of its subsidiaries closed on long-term non-recourse financing facilities of €31 million to finance the construction of the 8 MW Torchiarolo solar photovoltaic (PV) facility project, located in the Puglia region of Italy.

4 Jun 2010

McKinstry to Renovate Great Northwest Railway Building in Washington

McKinstry, a national leader in the development of smart building systems, announced today that it purchased the historically iconic Great Northwest Railway Building in Spokane, Wash. for its new Inland Northwest campus. Renovation work begins immediately and will create over 200 jobs for the Inland Northwest market.

4 Jun 2010

ONCF Selects Axion to Supply Railroad Crossties

Axion International (OTCBB: AXIH) a producer of the world’s strongest recycled plastic industrial building products, today announced the Company’s first two purchase orders for railroad crossties made out of ...

4 Jun 2010