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EPA’s Draft Rules Support Beneficial Use of Fly Ash in Building Products

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday two alternative draft rules to increase federal oversight of coal combustion residuals, or CCRs, the by-products of burning coal in power plants to make electricity.

6 May 2010

Energenic and Seabrook Farms Partnership on Solar Project

SBS Energy Partners, LLC today announced a 15-year agreement with Seabrook Farms to install and maintain more than 21 acres of solar panel systems at its Seabrook, NJ facility. This location will hold approximately 27,00...

6 May 2010

3M Introduce ScotchBlue Range of Painters Tapes

Today at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas, 3M introduces Edge-Lock™ Paint Line Protector, which incorporates an innovative, advanced technology for the ScotchBlue™ family of painter’s tapes that ...

5 May 2010

Uponor Displays Environmentally Friendly Building Solutions at Expo

The theme of World Expo 2010 is "Better City, Better Life". Its objective is to address global urbanisation and explore sustainable solutions for the future. Finnish indoor climate solutions can be found no...

5 May 2010

Empire Level Maufacturing to Acquire American Level Product Line

Empire Level Mfg. Corp. and M-D Building Products announced today at the The National Hardware Show® in Las Vegas that they have entered into an agreement under which Empire will purchase the American Level product l...

5 May 2010

Enersys to Construct New Battery Manufacturing Plant in China

EnerSys (NYSE: ENS), the world's largest manufacturer, marketer and distributor of industrial batteries, today announced that it is finalizing plans to construct a new battery manufacturing facility in Shuangqiao Dis...

5 May 2010

Harsco and ArcelorMittal Sign Outsourced Mill Services Agreement in France

Worldwide industrial services and engineered products company Harsco Corporation announced today a new Harsco Metals outsourced mill services contract in France with ArcelorMittal valued at approximately $18 million over its duration, as steel production levels continue to gradually recover in key markets served by Harsco.

5 May 2010

Jacobs Wins ALMBOS Contract from USSOCOM

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it received a $50 million ceiling increase to its acquisition, logistics, management, and business operations support (ALMBOS) contract with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

5 May 2010

Jacobs to Offer EPCM Services for CPCL’s Resid Upgradation Project in India

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today that it has received a contract from Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited (CPCL) to provide project management consultancy (PMC) and engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) services for the Resid Upgradation Project of CPCL at their Manali facilities in Chennai, India.

5 May 2010

Skanska Receives New University Hospital Construction Project in Sweden

Skanska, in a consortium with the UK investment fund Innisfree, has been chosen, through an allocation decision by Stockholm County Council, to develop and construct the new university hospital, New Karolinska Solna (NKS) in Solna.

5 May 2010

SBA’s Disaster Related Proposals Help Construction Firms to Secure Larger Contracts

The U.S. Small Business Administration has proposed changes, including higher surety bond guarantee limits, that will help construction and service sector firms secure larger contracts for work in areas impacted by disas...

5 May 2010

Comprehensive Research Report on Canadian Construction Stone Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/d6869b/construction_stone) has announced the addition of the "Construction Stone Market in Canada: Business Report 2009" report to their offering...

5 May 2010

Fluor Awarded FEED Contract for Umm Lulu Phase II Field Development

Fluor Corporation anounced today that its Fluor Offshore Solutions unit has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for offshore facilities located at the Umm Lulu field about 30 kilometers northwest of Abu Dhabi in the Arabian Gulf.

5 May 2010

Foster Wheeler to Provide Engineering, Construction Services for Bab Field Expansion in UAE

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (AD...

5 May 2010

EPC Integration Service Provider Spire Solar Wins U.S. GSA Contract

Spire Corporation, an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey production lines to manufacture photovoltaic (PV) modules, and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) integration services for solar systems through its Spire Solar Systems operation, announced today that it has been awarded a United States General Services Administration (GSA) contract and is now listed on GSA’s Schedule 56, under Special Identification Number (SIN) 206-3, as a Small Business entity.

5 May 2010