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New Solar Thermal Installation at Kunde Family Estate Winery

Citizen Green Solutions, a renewable energy solutions company and the Kunde Family Estate Winery announced a new Solar Thermal installation, which generates hot water using the sun's energy. Solar water heating is id...

5 May 2010

Skanska Awarded Highway Construction Contract by Swedish Transport Administration

Skanska has received an assignment to build a new bypass around Katrineholm in Södermanland. The total contract is valued at SEK 312 M, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter. The customer is the Swedish Transport Administration.

5 May 2010

Chevron’s Subsidiary Selects AMEC to Provide FEED Services for Mafumeira Sul Project

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, has been selected by Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Ltd (CABGOC) to perform front-end engineering design (FEED) for a significant portion o...

5 May 2010

Solyndra Adds Enfinity to its Solutions Provider Program

Solyndra, Inc., a manufacturer of innovative cylindrical photovoltaic (PV) systems for commercial rooftops, today announced it has signed a “Solyndra Gold Level Solutions Provider” agreement with Enfinity, a ...

5 May 2010

Presentation on Fundamentals of Indoor Air Quality for Building and Design Professionals

Believe it or not, not all "green" buildings are as healthy and sustainable as they appear. In fact, many of them could be inadvertently harming the health of their occupants through the products and materials used in their construction and design.

5 May 2010

Aircrete Proves to be a Cost-Effective Building Material

H+H is using two detailed cost-comparison exercises to prove that price need never be a barrier to specifying aircrete for house building.

4 May 2010

Johnson Controls Announces 125th Anniversary Celebration

Johnson Controls today celebrates 125 years of making buildings more energy-efficient for its customers.

4 May 2010

Groundbreaking Ceremony of New Research Building III for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio

Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading builder of healthcare facilities, has broken ground on the $93 million Research Building III for Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. The project is scheduled for completion in 2012.

4 May 2010

McGraw-Hill Construction to Host Conference on Green Building Information Modeling

McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), will host a conference on Green Building Information Modeling (BIM): How Environmental Performance Modeling is Improving Sustainability on May 19 a...

4 May 2010

Custom Home in California Earns LEED for Homes Platinum Certification

Nestled in the hills of Mill Valley, California, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, this spectacular custom home has just received certification as the first LEED for Homes Platinum custom home in Mar...

4 May 2010

Boyuan Starts Construction of Commercial Building in China

Boyuan Construction Group, Inc., a fast-growing construction company in China of commercial, residential and municipal infrastructure projects, announced today that it has initiated the building of a commercial project valued at US $23.3 million.

4 May 2010

GENIVAR Announces Acquisition of Two Building Engineering Firms

The GENIVAR Income Fund ("GENIVAR") is pleased to announce the acquisition of two building engineering consulting firms: Edmonton-based Beaubien Glover Maskell Engineering North Inc. ("BGME North") and Red Deer-based Bearden Engineering Consultants Ltd. ("Bearden Engineering").

4 May 2010

BILD Honors Monarch as 2010 Home Builder of the Year

The Monarch Corporation was named 2010 Home Builder of the Year by the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) at the 30th Annual BILD Awards, held April 30, 2010. The Home Builder of the Year award...

4 May 2010

Chartis Announces Multi-Line Coverage Approach to Construction Insurance Products

Chartis today announced the introduction of Construction Solutions for Small Business, developed by its Small Business Division as a multi-line coverage approach designed to provide a wide array of construction-related insurance products to address construction exposure needs.

4 May 2010

Research Report on China’s Asbestos Product Manufacturing Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/de54cb/china_asbestos_pro) has announced the addition of the "China asbestos product manufacturing industry, 2010" report to their offering. ...

4 May 2010