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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

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