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PPL Announces Groundbreaking for Expansion of Holtwood Hydroelectric Plant

PPL Generation focused on the plant's future Monday (5/3) by breaking ground on a $434 million expansion project that will more than double its production of renewable energy.

4 May 2010

Turner to Host Training Program for Minority- and Women-Business Enterprises in Construction Industry

Turner Construction Company's Chicago office will hold its 22nd annual Turner School of Construction Management (TSCM) training program for owners of minority- and women-business enterprises (M/WBEs) in the construct...

4 May 2010

fiberAmerica Adds New Products to its Green Seal Cellulose Fiber Insulation Family

fiberAmerica, an innovative manufacturer of consistent, high quality and environmentally-friendly cellulose fiber insulation products, today announced the addition of three new products to its Green Seal cellulose fiber insulation line.

4 May 2010

PG+E Honored for its Contributions to Habitat Homes Built in California

Habitat for Humanity International is pleased to announce that its partner Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was recognized for its work to provide solar powered systems for Habitat homes built in California. ...

4 May 2010

ADMA-OPCO Selects Fluor for Front-End Engineering and Design Services

Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced 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 facil...

4 May 2010

Skanska Chosen to Design and Construct Toll Road in Chile

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has been awarded a concession contract by the Chilean Ministry of Public Works to design, construct, operate and maintain a toll road in Antofagasta, Chile. The design and construction contract is e...

4 May 2010

Skanska Awarded SEK 780 M Worth Contract to Build Three New PFI Schools

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has signed an agreement for the financing, design, construction and operation of three schools as part of a Private Finance Initiative, PFI, in Essex, UK. This means that Skanska: - receives a c...

4 May 2010

PEI Partners with D.C. Associates to Strengthen its Position in the Global Construction Market

PEI Worldwide Holdings (Pink Sheets: PEIW) is pleased to announce that a strategic alliance has been established with D.C. Associates, LLC (DCA), a government affairs and business consulting firm that provides strategic ...

3 May 2010

Honeywell Receives $78-Million Contract to Maintain New LEED Schools in Alberta, Canada

Honeywell today announced a $78-million (CAD) contract with B2L Partnership, which is contracted to the province of Alberta, Canada, to deliver a Total Asset Management program for 10 new kindergarten through 9th-grade schools in Calgary and Edmonton.

3 May 2010

McDermott’s Subsidiary Signs Scrubber Supply Contract with Detroit Edison

McDermott International, Inc. (“McDermott”), announced today that one of its subsidiaries, Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (“B&W”), has signed a contract worth approximately $90 million to design, engineer, procure and construct wet flue gas desulfurization (“FGD”) systems, commonly called scrubbers, for two 825 megawatt units at Detroit Edison Company’s Monroe Power Plant in Monroe, Michigan.

3 May 2010

ASU to Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Architecture Education

The 2009-2010 academic year marks the 50th anniversary of architecture education at ASU.

3 May 2010

Cooper Lighting Recalls Chain Sets Sold with Metalux Light Fixtures

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unles...

3 May 2010

RCE Selects Hazard Construction for Major Infrastructure Project

Rancho Cielo Estates (RCE), Ltd., the Master Developer of Montagna at CIELO, announced today that construction is under way on a major infrastructure project in the exclusive enclave near Rancho Santa Fe, featuring spect...

3 May 2010

SunEdison and NORD LB Sign Financing Deal to Develop Solar Plants in Italy

SunEdison, a division of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., today announced plans to complete 12 one-megawatt (MW) solar energy plants in the province of Lecce, Apulia in Italy, and announced a 47-million-euro financing deal with Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentale in Germany.

3 May 2010

State of California Announces $960.7 Million Funding for School Construction Projects

The State of California allocated $960.7 million for school construction projects across the state this week, the largest distribution of school facility funds in more than a year. These state matching funds will help finance 185 school construction projects by local school districts.

3 May 2010