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PV Mounting Solutions Manufacturer Announces Production in Ontario

Unirac, Inc., North America’s leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) mounting solutions, announced today they are currently manufacturing products in Ontario, Canada, which meet all Ontario Power Authority local-content requirements.

8 Apr 2010

TigerTurf’s Advanced Synthetic Turf System Installed in Cardinal Newman High School

Cardinal Newman High School, a respected Catholic college preparatory school in Santa Rosa, has been blessed with a new asset for its students and athletic program: ProTrophy Turf™, an advanced synthetic turf syste...

8 Apr 2010

ProCure to Build New Proton Therapy Center in New Jersey

Cancer survivors joined representatives from ProCure Treatment Centers, Inc., Princeton Radiation Oncology (PRO), and CentraState Healthcare System to break ground on the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset – the first proton therapy center to be built in the state, located 40 miles from downtown Manhattan.

8 Apr 2010

CEMEX First to Provide Certified Carbon Labelled Cement

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX), announced today that its United Kingdom operation is the first cement company in the world to provide certified carbon labels for its cement using the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label, demonstrating the company’s commitment to reduce the environmental impact of its cement.

8 Apr 2010

Moretrench Selects Computer Guidance’s eCMS to Manage Projects

Computer Guidance Corporation, the leading developer of financial and project management software solutions for architecture, engineering and construction companies, today announced that Moretrench will be utilizing Computer Guidance’s Hosted eCMS construction management solution to address its financial and project management needs.

8 Apr 2010

Comcast's Sonoma County Operations Center Receives LEED Platinum Certification

Comcast's new zero-carbon Sonoma County Operations Center received the LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification -- the top honor available -- from the U.S. Green Building Counc...

8 Apr 2010

A Comprehensive Guidebook for Optimizing Construction Productivity

With the recent push for "Green Industry," the public has heard about everything from making cars greener to cooking greener. But what about construction? To date, there has been very little mentioned regarding...

8 Apr 2010

Jacobs to Upgrade Icing Research Tunnel at NASA Glenn Research Center

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from NASA to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services to upgrade the Icing Research Tunnel (IRT) at Glenn Research Center (GRC) in Ohio.

8 Apr 2010

MassMutual to Install PV Solar Panels to Reduce Electric Costs

As part of its ongoing commitment to reduce the company's impact on the environment, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) has announced it will install more than 500 solar panels on a portion of t...

8 Apr 2010

New Take on the Drywall Cart Makes Life Easier

NuWay Tools is excited to debut the 'Pump-er Up', a completely brand new take on the drywall cart. Conceived with everyday workers and the way they actually work in mind, Pump-er Up makes it much easier to get your job done.

7 Apr 2010

Global Demand for Architectural Paints to Increase 3.6% Annually Through 2013

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Architectural Paints Market (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0185967/World-Architectural-Paints-Market.html) Global demand...

7 Apr 2010

Stream Data Centers Starts its New Data Center Construction in Texas

Stream Data Centers has begun construction on a new data center in Richardson, Texas – a suburb of Dallas.

7 Apr 2010

Alpha Rho Chi Honors McGraw-Hill's Vice President as Master Architect

Alpha Rho Chi, a national architecture fraternity, has named Robert Ivy, FAIA, Vice President and Editorial Director of McGraw-Hill Construction Media and Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Record, as "Master Architec...

7 Apr 2010

Boyuan Construction Starts Residential Project in Pinghu, China

Boyuan Construction Group, Inc., (TSX-V: BOY & BOY.DB) a fast-growing construction company in China of commercial, residential and municipal infrastructure projects, announced today that it has initiated the building...

7 Apr 2010

Skanska Awarded Hospital Construction Project in Marion, Virginia

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has been awarded the assignment to build the Smyth County Community Hospital in Marion, Virginia, in the U.S. The contract totals USD 47.6 M, corresponding to about SEK 340 M, which will be included in order bookings for the first quarter. The client is Mountain States Health Alliance.

7 Apr 2010