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Comprehensive Analysis on China’s Institutional Construction Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/083d57/china_institutiona) has announced the addition of the "China Institutional Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to thei...

12 Apr 2010

FMI Releases First Quarter 2010 Outlook Report on Construction Industry

FMI, management consultants and investment bankers for the construction industry, releases the Construction Outlook: First Quarter 2010 Report.

12 Apr 2010

Blue Rock Plans to Build New Cement Plant in Peru

Blue Rock Cement Holdings S.A. (Blue Rock) announced today its plans to develop a new US$230 million cement plant in Peru. The new plant will have an initial production capacity of 1 million tons of cement per year. ...

12 Apr 2010

CTC Approves Two Regional Design-Build Projects

On Wednesday, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) took historic action and authorized two regional projects to move forward under the state's new Design-Build Program. The Los Angeles County Metropolit...

12 Apr 2010

Statkraft Awards Two Hydropower Plants Construction Project to Skanska

Skanska has been commissioned to construct two hydropower plants in Høyanger Municipality, Sognefjorden, in western Norway. The contract amounts to NOK 254 M, approximately SEK 310 M, which will be included in order bookings for the second quarter of 2010. The client is the Norwegian power company, Statkraft.

12 Apr 2010

GE Lighting to Present OLED Lighting Application Ideas at Two Trade Shows

Imagine the impact on the lighting design industry—and life as a consumer of lighting—if there was a flexible, energy-efficient, paper-thin light source that could be produced economically.

12 Apr 2010

Forecast Analysis on Concreting Equipment Market in China

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/764ac7/china_concreting_e) has announced the addition of the "China Concreting Equipment Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offe...

12 Apr 2010

Ingo Maurer to Exhibit Two OLED Lamps at Light+Building 2010 Show

Ingo Maurer, internationally renowned designer and producer of exceptional lamps and lighting systems, will exhibit two OLED lamps which are the result of joint efforts with Novaled on the Light + Building trade show in Frankfurt.

12 Apr 2010

Hal Hays Construction Owner Honored as California’s Small Business Person of the Year

A former logger who started his own construction company has been named California’s Small Business Person of the Year. Hal Hays, the owner of Hal Hays Construction, Inc., in Riverside, will join other small busine...

12 Apr 2010

U.S. Green Building Council Recognizes Clear One Health Plans with LEED Gold Certification

Clear One Health Plans, Inc. (OTCBB: CCHN) announced it has been awarded LEED® Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, further advancing the company’s commitment toward making a positive impact on the environment, the community, and its members’ wellbeing.

12 Apr 2010

Design and Engineering Firm VHB Announces Acquisition of MSCW

Bob Brustlin, President and CEO of Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. (VHB), a top-rated planning, design and engineering firm based in Watertown, Mass., announced today its acquisition of MSCW, an Orlando, Fla.-based planning...

12 Apr 2010

Groundbreaking Ceremony of NRL’s New Facility Construction

The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) held a groundbreaking ceremony today, April 8, 2010, to mark the start of construction of a major new facility called the Autonomous Systems Research Laboratory.

12 Apr 2010

Equitable Gas Company Receives Grant for Construction of CNG Fueling Station in Pittsburgh

Equitable Gas Company was selected today by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to receive an Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) to assist in the construction of a regional Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station in Pittsburgh's Strip District.

12 Apr 2010

PEI Signs Agreement to Build THURA-Block Manufacturing Plants in Canada

PEI Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Pink Sheets: PEIW) announced today that the company has been diligently working with our Canadian licensee for over one year and there is now a signed agreement to place up to seven THURA-Bl...

12 Apr 2010

URS to Offer Technical Design-Build and Construction Services to USFWS

URS Corporation (NYSE:URS) today announced the Company has been awarded a Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) for comprehensive technical design-build and construction services for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servi...

12 Apr 2010