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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

UMEC Wins Contract to Install Mechanical Systems at Caris Life Sciences in Arizona

EMCOR Group, Inc. (NYSE: EME), a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its University Mechanical & Engineering Contractors, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a contract for the installation of mechanical systems at Caris Life Sciences, a division of Caris Life Sciences, Inc., in Phoenix, Arizona.

7 Apr 2010

Borrego to Install Solar Energy Systems at Housing Facilities in Southern California

Borrego Solar Systems, Inc., a leading designer and installer of grid-tied commercial and public-sector solar electric power systems, and Sunwheel Energy Partners, a renewable energy firm that provides turnkey solar ener...

7 Apr 2010

Update on China Shuangji's New Zhaoyuan Cement Plant

China Shuangji Cement, Ltd. (OTCBB:CSGJ)( "China Shuangji" or the "Company"), a leading producer of high-quality Portland cement in Shandong and Hainan Provinces in the People’s Republic of Chin...

7 Apr 2010

J. Ray McDermott to Provide Transportation, Installation Services to TGT Project in Vietnam

McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) ("McDermott") announced today that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray") has been awarded a transportation and installation contract by PTSC Mechanical & Construction Company Limited (“PTSC”) for the Te Giac Trang (“TGT”) field development project, offshore Vietnam. The value of this project will be included in McDermott’s first quarter 2010 backlog.

7 Apr 2010

AIA Adds New Contract Documents to its Web-Based Service

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) today announced that it has added six new documents, including three sub-contractor forms, to AIA Documents-on-Demand™, bringing the total documents available through this...

7 Apr 2010

W San Francisco Hotel Achieves Silver LEED Certification

Crowning an industry-leading, employee-driven green program, the four-diamond W San Francisco made history this week by earning the first LEED certification of an existing building belonging to a major hotel brand.

7 Apr 2010

Extreme Window and Entrance Systems Joins Royal’s Concerto Eco-Window Program

Royal Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of its valuable customer, Extreme Window and Entrance Systems, to Royal’s Concerto Eco-Window™ Program.

7 Apr 2010

Smith-Midland Secures Contract to Make Custom Precast Concrete Manholes

Smith-Midland Corporation® was awarded an $800,000 contract in January to produce 117 custom precast concrete electrical manholes as part of the expansion of Metrorail to Dulles International Airport. “Twen...

7 Apr 2010

Littelfuse’s Ground Fault Monitoring Relay Wins EC+M Product of the Year Award

Littelfuse, Inc. the global leader in circuit protection, today announced that it has won Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) magazine’s “Product of the Year” award in its category for the PGR-5330 advanced ground fault and resistor monitoring relay.

7 Apr 2010

Nuventix’s Next-Generation SynJet Technology Improves Reliability of LED Lightings

Nuventix, Inc., innovator of SynJet® active thermal management solutions, will reveal next week to attendees at Light+Building 2010 the next generation of its groundbreaking active cooling technology.

7 Apr 2010

Historical Review of Developments in Aluminium Cast-House Technology

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1e66b0/aluminium_cast_hou) has announced the addition of the "Aluminium Cast House Technology XI" report to their offering. Series: Materials...

7 Apr 2010

Two Healthcare Construction Firms Join to Launch New Company in Florida

Two leading healthcare construction firms have joined forces to launch Moss Miller Healthcare, a unique company designed to meet the growing demand for hospitals, clinics and research institutions across the state of Flo...

7 Apr 2010