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Principia Announces Hot Topics Program on WPCs Used in Building Materials

Principia Partners is pleased to announce a “Hot Topics” program format for its seventh annual executive conference on WOOD-PLASTIC and NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES 2010 at Charlotte Marriott City Center in Charl...

30 Mar 2010

Big-D Receives Nine Excellence in Construction Awards from ABC Utah

Big-D Construction recently received nine Excellence in Construction awards from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Utah.

30 Mar 2010

NCC Construction Awarded E45 Highway Expansion Project

NCC Construction Sweden has been commissioned to expand the E45 Highway between Agnesberg and Bohus into a four-lane highway.

30 Mar 2010

Sanwei Hexion Chemicals to Construct VeoVa Monomer Production Plant in China

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., and Shanxi Sanwei Group Co., Ltd., today announced the formation of a joint venture company that will build and operate a new plant in Shanxi Province, China, to produce VeoVa™ mon...

30 Mar 2010

New IndustryEdge Insurance Solution Helps Tile Contractors Manage Risks

Driven in part by a growing preference for ceramic tile, demand for hard surface flooring products in the U.S. is forecast to increase 4.6 percent annually to 9.6 billion square feet in 2013. As tile contractors work to ...

30 Mar 2010

SunEdison and SkyPower Start Construction of Solar PV Parks in Ontario

A groundbreaking ceremony was held March 25, 2010 to celebrate the launch of two solar PV (photovoltaic) parks totalling 18 MW of solar energy capacity in Norfolk County, Ontario—the first utility-scale projects of their kind to break ground in 2010.

30 Mar 2010

Indonesian Construction Industry Growth Declined 9.2% in 2009

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/83f97c/the_future_of_cons) has announced the addition of the "The Future of Construction in Indonesia" report to their offering. This report ...

30 Mar 2010

BIDMYCRIB Introduces New Group Purchasing Module for Home Improvement Packages

BIDMYCRIB, LLC announced today they are launching a new, group purchasing module on their website BidMyCrib.com®, early April 2010, allowing homeowners to purchase remodeling and maintenance packages at a tremendous discount from their pre-screened contractor network.

30 Mar 2010

MedBuild Receives Top Honors for Imaging Facility Construction at Nash General Hospital

Modular Building Institute (MBI) has named MedBuild, a healthcare division of ModSpace, first-place winner for their 2010 Awards of Distinction.

30 Mar 2010

Chemtura to Increase Price of Bromine Derivatives and Flame Retardants

Chemtura Corporation, debtor-in-possession (Pink Sheets: CEMJQ) (“Chemtura”), today announced that it will increase prices in all regions on bromine-based products by up to 25 percent, where contracts allow.

30 Mar 2010

Operating Engineers Union Signs Five-Year Contract with National Gypsum

Locals 721 and 721B of the International Union of Operating Engineers have ratified an agreement with National Gypsum Canada Ltd., setting in place a five-year contract for the company’s Milford quarry and its Burn...

30 Mar 2010

AGC Honors Flatiron's Contribution to Lenihan Dam Project

Flatiron was honored for its work on the Lenihan Dam Outlet Modifications in Los Gatos, Calif. The project was one of six to be honored with the 2009 Associated General Contractors of America's prestigious Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Special Recognition Award.

30 Mar 2010

KBR's Building Group Wins Construction Contract from Virginia Tech

KBR announced that its Building Group has been awarded a contract to provide construction services for the Visitor’s and Undergraduate Admissions Center at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg, Virginia.

30 Mar 2010

Abu Dhabi UPC and Otak Unveil New Urban Street Design Manual

Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council (UPC), the agency responsible for Abu Dhabi’s urban environment, has unveiled the Urban Street Design Manual for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The manual, developed in association with ...

30 Mar 2010