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M+D Mechanical Contractors Bags Construction Contract from NASA

NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Miss., has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract to M&D Mechanical Contractors, Inc. of Decatur, Ala., to provide general construction servic...

13 Apr 2010

SNC-Lavalin JV Receives Highway Construction Project from Alberta Transportation

SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that Chinook Roads Partnership, its new 50/50 joint venture with Acciona, has been awarded a contract by Alberta Transportation to design, build, operate, maintain and partially finance the southeast section of Calgary's Stoney Trail Ring Road.

13 Apr 2010

Draeger Unveils Range of Architectural Systems for Hospitals in Canada

Draeger today announced the launch of architectural systems in Canada to provide custom design solutions for hospital critical care areas. The company has opened a new design studio where they will work with the hospital...

13 Apr 2010

Bird Construction Income Fund Awarded $54 Million Worth Construction Contract

Bird Construction Income Fund announced that a subsidiary of the Fund has been awarded a $54 million fixed price construction contract with Shell Canada Energy. Early construction work of approximately $5.0 million ha...

13 Apr 2010

Peab's Subsidiary to Rebuild and Extend School in Tromso

Peab's Norwegian subsidiary Bjorn Bygg has been contracted to carry out the rebuild and extension of Tromstunskolan in Tromsø. The customer is Tromsø community and the Bjorn Bygg share of the contract amoun...

13 Apr 2010

Delta’s New Series of LED Lightings to be Featured at Light+Building 2010

Delta Electronics is getting ready for the upcoming biennial Light+Building 2010 trade fair in Frankfurt, Germany.

13 Apr 2010

SaniTite HP Pipe from ADS Complies with ASTM Standards

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), announces that its SaniTite® HP pipe meets the requirements for ASTM Standards F2736 and F2764.

13 Apr 2010

Target Installs GE LEDs in Refrigerated Display Cases in 500 Stores

As part of its commitment to manage its environmental impacts and save energy, Target Corporation is installing a high-performance light-emitting diode (LED) solution from GE Lighting Solutions, a unit of GE Lighting, in refrigerated display cases in 500 stores nationwide.

13 Apr 2010

KBR Wins Construction Contract from State of Missouri

KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced it has been awarded a job order contract (JOC) by the State of Missouri to be the preferred provider of renovation and repair construction projects for state owned and managed facilities throughout Missouri.

13 Apr 2010

More than 1,800 Construction and Aggregate Equipment to be Sold in Phoenix Auction

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world's largest industrial auctioneer, will be conducting a two-day multimillion dollar unreserved public equipment auction at its permanent auction site in Phoenix, AZ on April 15-16, 2010.

13 Apr 2010

WMI’s Market Report on Australian Residential Construction Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/281cdd/australia_resident) has announced the addition of the "Australia Residential Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to th...

13 Apr 2010

Forecast Report on Construction Market in Germany

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1bb606/germany_constructi) has announced the addition of the "Germany Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offering. ...

13 Apr 2010

Tenerife Hotel gets Eco-Friendly Bathtubs

Eco-friendly bathtubs can make an important contribution to producing hotel room furnishings that are made to last. The Sunprime Group has created an impressive example of this in its flagship Coral Suites & Spa hote...

13 Apr 2010

Inexpensive Wireless Sensor Could Avert Building Failures

Could inexpensive wireless sensors based on nanotechnology be used to alert engineers to problematic cracks and damage to buildings, bridges, and other structures before they become critical? A feasibility study publishe...

12 Apr 2010

NINA to Provide Labor to AFL-CIO for Construction of Nuclear Units at STP

Nuclear Innovation North America LLC (NINA), the nuclear development company jointly owned by NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) and Toshiba Corporation, has announced an agreement for the Building and Construction Trades Depar...

12 Apr 2010