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Leesburg to Produce SlenderWall in New Orlando Facility

Officials at Easi-Set® Industries recently announced that a Florida company will now produce the SlenderWall Architectural Precast Concrete Panel System under a new licensing agreement.

2 Jun 2010

Cavico Wins Contract for Construction Work at Nui Tao Stone Mine

Cavico Corp., a leading infrastructure development company based in Vietnam, today announced that its majority-owned subsidiary, Cavico Construction and Infrastructure JSC (Cavico Infrastructure) has signed a contract with Binh Thuan Minerals and Building Materials JSC for construction work at the Nui Tao Stone Mine.

2 Jun 2010

DPR Construction Chosen to Build Research Facility for Isis Pharmaceuticals

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: BMR) today announced that it broke ground on the new 176,000 square foot, state-of-the-art research facility for Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in Carlsbad, California. Employees from both co...

2 Jun 2010

Skanska Begins Construction of Uppsala Entre Building

Skanska is starting the construction of Uppsala Entré, which will be a new meeting place featuring offices and stores in the center of the city. Skanska’s investment amounts to approximately SEK 300 M.

2 Jun 2010

BASF Launches ZERO-C Concrete Repair Technology

The Building Systems business of BASF's Construction Chemicals division today announced the launch of ZERO-C Concrete Repair Technology, a line of cementitious repair mortars that exhibit no cracking when tested in a...

2 Jun 2010

NCC Awarded New Multimedia Building Project at Aarhus Harbor

NCC Construction Denmark has been commissioned by Aarhus municipality to construct a new multimedia building at Aarhus Harbor. The contract pertains to the first phase and joint planning and preparations will now commence ahead of construction start in August 2011.

2 Jun 2010

USGBC Awards LEED Gold Certification to TI's New Test Facility in Philippines

Texas Instruments (TI) Incorporated today announced the U.S. Green Building Council® (USGBC) has awarded its new assembly/test facility in the Clark Zone, Philippines a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification, distinguishing the site as the first Gold-certified facility in the Philippines.

2 Jun 2010

KONE Announces Acquisition of Reliant Elevator

KONE has acquired Reliant Elevator Company, the largest independent elevator service company in the State of Oregon, USA.

2 Jun 2010

Foster Wheeler Wins EPCM Services Contract from SONARA

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) services contract by Société...

2 Jun 2010

New Research Report on UK Construction Equipment Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2ec435/uk_construction_eq) has announced the addition of the "UK Construction Equipment Market Data & Forecast to 2013" report to their offer...

2 Jun 2010

LEED Gold Certification Awarded to U.S. Bank’s New Minnesota Branch

U.S. Bank has received LEED Gold certification for its new branch located at 900 W County Road 42 in Burnsville, Minn. It is the first U.S. Bank to receive a LEED Gold certification, and one of few buildings in Minnesota with the distinction.

2 Jun 2010

KBR to Provide Design, Early Engineering Services to Araromi Refinery Project in Nigeria

KBR announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Houston-based FPR Inc. to provide Design and Early Engineering Services for the development of the Araromi Refinery Project in the OK Free Trade Zone (OKFTZ) in Nigeria.

2 Jun 2010

APEX Block Plans to Build New MP Series Manufacturing Plants in the U.S.

APEX Block Corporation, a subsidiary of Lacuna Inc., has released its strategic business plan to investors unveiling its rollout of the next generation manufacturing facilities. APEX Block currently manufactures its uniq...

2 Jun 2010

Pike Research Report: Analysis on Green Building Certification Programs

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Green Building Certification Programs (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0203505/Green-Building-Certification-Programs.html ) Gre...

2 Jun 2010

PECO Earns LEED-EB Certification for Buildings in Pennsylvania

Following more than a year of work, PECO recently received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Existing Building (EB) silver and gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for five local buildings. In total, PECO now operates six LEED certified buildings representing nearly half of all LEED-EB certified buildings in Pennsylvania.

2 Jun 2010