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Preventing Injuries to People from Broken Glass Facades

Modern glass facades inform the architecture of major cities throughout the world. In recent years, however, there have been cases of broken glass, with collapsing facades endangering passers-by. Now, a special sensor can detect micro-fissures and warn of impending breakage beforehand.

3 May 2010

Abraxis Selected LCS for Multi-Phase Renovation Project in Costa Mesa, California

Abraxis BioScience initially engaged LCS Constructors, Inc. to perform an evaluation of the former ICN/Valient Pharmaceutical building in Costa Mesa, California prior to their purchasing this 165,000 square foot building...

30 Apr 2010

Habitat for Humanity Canada Honors Leadership in Sustainable and Affordable Home Building

Today, Habitat for Humanity Canada presented Jim Carragher with the second-annual Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life National Award for Leadership in Sustainable and Affordable Home Building at its Annual Gener...

30 Apr 2010

Market Analysis on France Wood-Based Panels Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/16dfc8/france_woodbased) has announced the addition of the "France Wood-Based Panels Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offering...

30 Apr 2010

Forecast Report on Wood-Based Panels Market in Germany

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ef5318/germany_woodbased) has announced the addition of the "Germany Wood-Based Panels Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offeri...

30 Apr 2010

Vindby Develops First Home-Use Wind Turbine in Denmark Using Autodesk Inventor Software

Autodesk, Inc. has named Vindby, a Danish supplier of renewable energy solutions, as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for April.

30 Apr 2010

Survey Shows That Landscape Architecture Firms Mark Sign of Recovery

The worst of the recession may finally be over for landscape architecture firms. According to the latest American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Business Quarterly survey, firm leaders reported higher levels of b...

30 Apr 2010

CEI Ranks Higher in Business Journal’s Top Employer List

Cupertino Electric, Inc. (CEI) today announced that the San Francisco Business Times and the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal named the electrical contracting company the fourteenth “Best Place to Work” in the San Francisco Bay Area among companies employing between 101 to 500 employees.

30 Apr 2010

Fixtures Equipped with GE’s New Infusion LED to be Available for Commercial Customers

GE’s new Infusion™ LED (light-emitting diode) module becomes available for the first time in the coming months in fixtures made by four companies.

30 Apr 2010

Shrink Announces Formation of New Subsidiary, Shrink Solar

Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc., an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy production, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today the formation of a new wholly owned subsidiary called Shrink Solar LLC, which is focused on commercializing its solar technologies.

30 Apr 2010

Incheon Bridge Wins International Design Contest for Unique Appearance

Incheon Bridge has already become a symbol of Incheon. Now Incheon Bridge Observatory, chosen as the prizewinner in an authoritative international design contest with its unique appearance, is expected to become as famous as the bridge itself.

30 Apr 2010

Grace Construction Products Forms Joint Venture with Saudi-Based Alturki

Grace Construction Products, an operating segment of W. R. Grace & Co. (NYSE: GRA), has formed a joint venture in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the Khalid Ali Alturki & Sons Company (Alturki), a Saudi family o...

30 Apr 2010

SiteOne Maintains 98% Customer Retention Rate in Homebuilding Industry

SiteOne Services – the nation’s premiere provider of residential warranty and work-order technology solutions, selective outsourcing, and centralized call-center services – today announced that it continues to add customers at a remarkable rate, especially given the state of the homebuilding industry.

30 Apr 2010

LEED: Establishes Important Benchmark for Smarter, Greener Construction

There was a time when the term 'LEED' - short for 'Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design' - was reserved almost solely for construction-related manuals and trade publications. Not so anymore. Take the example of a February 2009 Toronto Star headline, LEED-ing the way, for a story about Canada's first residential development built entirely to LEED Platinum specifications.

30 Apr 2010

Leader in Concrete Accessories Launches New MB Erector Connector

Leading provider and innovator of concrete accessories, Meadow Burke, announces the release of the MB Erector Connector Generation II. Skip Francies, National Precast Manager for Meadow Burke says, "The new MB Er...

30 Apr 2010