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Turner’s New Construction Management Academy Program for York College Students and Small Businesses

Turner Construction Company, in partnership with the York College School of Business and the Small Business Development Center, have developed the first undergraduate accredited program based on the Turner School of Construction Management training program curriculum for York College students and area small businesses.

11 May 2010

Yongye Starts Construction of New Production Facility in Inner Mongolia

Yongye International, Inc. (Nasdaq: YONG), ("Yongye" or the "Company") a leading manufacturer, developer and distributor of Shengmingsu brand plant and animal nutrient products in the People's Rep...

11 May 2010

Market Research Report on Pipes and Fittings Industry in Australia

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c137f7/pipes_and_fittings) has announced the addition of the "Pipes and Fittings Market in Australia: Business Report 2009" report to their offer...

11 May 2010

Research Tool to Enter Hong Kong's Special Building Materials Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c26970/special_building_m) has announced the addition of the "Special Building Materials Market in Hong Kong: Business Report 2009" report to the...

11 May 2010

Architectural Material Firms Jointly Open New Design Centre in New York

The world-leading architectural materials companies Arpa and Trespa have announced the grand opening of their Design Centre at 62 Greene St. in New York's SoHo, opening May 14 to a VIP preview and inaugural party (pr...

10 May 2010

Berggruen, Meier Celebrate Success of New Luxury Building Project in Israel

Investor Nicolas Berggruen and Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier hosted a cocktail reception on Thursday evening at Sotheby’s in New York to toast the success of their new project “Meier on Rothschild”, a 37-story luxury tower in downtown Tel Aviv.

10 May 2010

Ground Breaking for New Senior Building in West Baltimore

Representatives from federal, state and local government joined Enterprise Homes, Inc. and partners Wayland Baptist Church CDC and Bon Secours Baltimore Health System to break ground for Wayland Village Senior Apartments...

10 May 2010

Caterpillar Announces Acquisition of Michigan-Based FCM Rail

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) announced today that Progress Rail Leasing Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Progress Rail Services, a division of Caterpillar, has acquired FCM Rail, Ltd. (FCM). Based in Fento...

10 May 2010

Penn State Softball Starts Construction of New LEED-Certified Stadium

Penn State softball officially marked a new era on Friday, May 7, as members of the team and coaching staff, donors, Penn State President Graham Spanier and others gathered to celebrate the construction of the new Nittany Lion Softball Park with a groundbreaking ceremony.

10 May 2010

Groundbreaking Ceremony for Construction of Jaguar Energy‘s New Power Generation Facility

The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, along with cabinet ministers and representatives from AEI and the private sector, led a groundbreaking ceremony today to inaugurate the construction of Jaguar Energy Guatemala LL...

10 May 2010

U.S. Labor Department Reports Minor Improvement in Construction Jobs

Today the U.S. Labor Department reported that the jobs situation in the construction industry – a key driver of the U.S. economy – improved slightly for the second consecutive month, while still lagging behind other sectors. The number of construction jobs increased by 14,000, but construction unemployment still remained near Depression-era levels at 21.8 percent. Currently, more than 1.9 million construction workers are still looking for work.

10 May 2010

Matsuyama Solar Power Plant to Install Kyocera's Solar Modules

Kyocera Corporation today announced that it will supply 9,000 solar modules — a total of 1.7 megawatts (MW) — for the first stage (south-east area) of the Matsuyama solar power plant.

10 May 2010

Lockheed Martin Selects Matrix Service and DynaVac to Build Thermal Vacuum Chamber Test Facility

Matrix Service Co. (Nasdaq: MTRX) announced today that its subsidiary Matrix Service Inc. has been awarded a turnkey project in excess of $20 million to construct and install a thermal vacuum chamber test facility at the...

10 May 2010

Dalmia Cement and KKR Sign Definitive Agreement

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd. (DCBL), and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (together with its affiliates, “KKR”) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which KKR has agreed to invest ...

10 May 2010

Study on Mexican Construction Stone Market

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

10 May 2010