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IdeaPaint Expands Global Distribution Network

IdeaPaint, the creator of high-performance dry-erase paint solutions, announced today that it is now partnered with seven global distributors to provide IdeaPaint to customers around the world. The company is expanding a...

28 May 2010

Shaw to Provide Construction Management Services to Marathon Oil Refinery

The Shaw Group Inc. today announced it has been awarded a contract from Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) to provide construction management services for a benzene reduction project at its refinery in Robinson, Ill.

28 May 2010

Standard Solar’s New SES Division Offers Auditing and Retrofitting Services

Standard Solar, Inc., a full-service developer, integrator and installer of solar electric systems for academic, commercial, government and residential customers throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

28 May 2010

Perkins+Will Issues FSC Equal + Better to Promote Regenerative Forestry Practices

Today, Perkins+Will, a global leader in sustainable architecture and design, released updated comments regarding the proposed 3rd certified wood credit benchmark issued by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The...

28 May 2010

AECOM to Provide Construction-Inspection Services for NJDOT’s Roadway Project

AECOM Technology Corporation, a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has been designated for a US$10-million construction engineering and inspection contract from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).

27 May 2010

PureSpectrum to Supply Dimmable T8 Fixtures to Wall Street Building

PureSpectrum, Inc. has received a commitment to purchase dimmable T8 fixtures from a multistory Wall Street building, and several other Manhattan buildings are currently testing the company’s step dimming ballast using motion sensors.

27 May 2010

ASHGAL Signs MOU on Sustainable Building Concept

Public Works Authority (ASHGAL), adopts Qatar Sustainable Assessment System (QSAS) and the concept of sustainable developments in its public building projects. ASHGAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BARWA...

27 May 2010

Data Foundry Selects Holder Construction for New Development in Austin

Data Foundry, a leading provider of wholesale and retail data center outsourcing, colocation and disaster recovery services, today announced plans for a new 250,000 sq ft master-planned greenfield data center development in Austin.

27 May 2010

Romanian Market Analysis on Sandwich Panels Used in Industrial Buildings

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e71fcb/romanian_sandwich) has announced the addition of the "Romanian Sandwich Panels Market - 2010" report to their offering. This research ...

27 May 2010

Building Products Supplier Georgia-Pacific Acquires OSB Facilities from Grant Forest

Georgia-Pacific today announced that it has completed the purchase of Grant Forest Products' oriented strand board (OSB) facilities at Allendale and Clarendon, S.C., as well as the facility at Englehart, Ontario, and the associated facility at Earlton, Ontario. The acquisition, first announced in January, totaled approximately $400 million.

27 May 2010

Key Trends and Competitive Landscape Analysis on Construction Materials in Spain

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c5816e/construction_mater) has announced the addition of the "Construction Materials in Spain" report to their offering. The Construction Mat...

27 May 2010

Baker Awarded I-95 Bridges Rehabilitation Project in Virginia

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation, announced today that it has been awarded a 48-month, $14.9 million contract from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to deliver construction engineering and inspection (CEI) services for the I-95 Bridges Rehabilitation Project in Richmond, Virginia.

27 May 2010

HARC and PISD Collaborate for 145kW Solar Rooftop Installation

The Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), in partnership with the Pasadena Independent School District (PISD), today announced that construction is set to begin in June to install approximately 145 kilowatts (kW) of s...

27 May 2010

SITES Selects Pilot Projects to Test Sustainable Landscape Rating System

The Sustainable Sites Initiative™ (SITES™) has selected pilot projects to test a national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance. The Smithsonian’s National Mus...

27 May 2010

Construction of UniSource Energy’s Headquarters Building in Tucson

Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup joined Paul Bonavia, Chairman, President and CEO of UniSource Energy Corporation (NYSE: UNS), and other officials in a groundbreaking ceremony this morning to formally kick off construction of the...

27 May 2010