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Pro-Tech Wins New Retrofitting Contracts in Private Sector

Pro-Tech Industries (OTCBB: PTCK), a leader in design-build infrastructure services, has announced that it has received approximately $1.1 million in new fire protection systems contracts. These contracts are for ins...

18 Mar 2010

New Mexico Homes Powered by Solar Thermal Collector Systems

Solar Panels Plus (SPP) announced that its SPP-25 evacuated tube solar thermal collectors are being installed on homes built by Los Ebanistas Construction in Northern New Mexico.

18 Mar 2010

Major Utility to Receive Construction Support from ICF International

ICF International has been awarded a $34.4 million contract from a major utility to support construction of electrical facilities. The work under this agreement is expected to last approximately three years.

18 Mar 2010

DiggersList Relaunches Website, Adds Interesting Home Improvement Resources

DiggersList, the online renovation resource, today announced the re-launch of its website. The revamped DiggersList.com now has consumer-friendly categories aimed at providing renovation minded consumers with a one-stop shop for all things home improvement, from finding furniture or building materials like paint or tile, to hiring contractors for projects such as landscaping or swimming pool installations.

18 Mar 2010

Door Manufacturer LEDCO Acquired by Masonite

Masonite Inc. today announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Ledco, Inc., located in Shelbyville, KY. LEDCO is a premier interior flush door manufacturer specializing in molded, veneer, mirror, pine, and bifold doors. LEDCO (previously known as Lake Erie Door Company) was founded in 1964 in Akron, Ohio, by the Solomon family and has been manufacturing and selling high quality door products since its inception.

18 Mar 2010

Skanska and Granite JV to Build PATH Train Station at the World Trade Center

Granite Construction Incorporated (NYSE: GVA) announced today that the joint-venture team composed of Granite Construction Northeast Inc. and Skanska USA has been awarded a $542 million contract by the Port Authority of ...

18 Mar 2010

Indian Service-Oriented Architecture Market is Still Emerging

The service-oriented architecture (SOA) market in India is at a nascent stage, and the market remains largely untapped by major vendors although many opportunities exist. Many corporations are still evaluating and ana...

18 Mar 2010

Market Report on Infrastructure Construction in India: Value and Projections

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2830d6/india_infrastructu) has announced the addition of the "India Infrastructure Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2014" report to their offerin...

18 Mar 2010

Two Construction Contracts Awarded to Versar in Virginia

Versar, Inc. (NYSE Amex:VSR) announced it was awarded a $1.3 million project to construct a Liquid Oxygen Storage Plant in Lorton, Virginia. In addition, through its joint venture with Johnson Controls the Company was awarded a $900,000 stimulus funded design-build project at the Robinson-Merhige U.S. Federal Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia.

18 Mar 2010

Foster Wheeler to Offer EPCm Services for Fischer-Tropsch Wax Expansion Project

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCm) contract by Sasol for its Fischer-Tropsc...

18 Mar 2010

National Energy Services Granted Rights to Manufacture and Sell Patent Pending Building Panel

National Energy Services Co. acquired the rights to manufacture and sell/install a patent pending building panel in Central and South America. These structurally insulated panels are one of the most well suited products for use in component building systems in Central America where the moisture, winds and weather play an important role in dictating the type of building material to be used.

18 Mar 2010