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Jacobs Awarded Transportation and Engineering Consultancy Services Contract in U.K.

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it was awarded a 5-year partnership agreement (extendable to 10 years) from Devon County Council of the United Kingdom for transportation and engineering con...

16 Feb 2010

Satellier Expands Operations and Service Suite to Grow in Evolving Building Industry

Leading global architecture, engineering, construction, and building owner (AECO) services provider Satellier is reporting upswings in project activity in key service areas and geographies, spurring an expansion of servi...

16 Feb 2010

Schindler Wins Escalators Installation Contract from Los Angeles International Airport

Schindler Elevator Corporation has been awarded a $40.8 million contract with Los Angeles World Airports to install 60 escalators and four moving walkways at Los Angeles International Airport as well as to modernize six ...

16 Feb 2010

FrontDoor.com Pairs Up with DIYnetwork.com to Provide Home Improvement Ideas

Home improvements are one of the best ways to upgrade your lifestyle and home resale value. Each month, HGTV's FrontDoor.com, in a partnership with DIYnetwork.com, breaks down the most effective "Maximum Value P...

16 Feb 2010

Outlook on Home Improvement Market in UK

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/060ae4/uk_home_improvemen) has announced the addition of the "UK Home Improvement Market Data & Forecast to 2013 " report to their offering. ...

16 Feb 2010

Maestro Unveils New Web-Based Construction Bid Management Software

Maestro Technologies, a leading provider of ERP software solutions specifically designed for the construction industry, announced today the launch of MaestroBid, a web-based, hosted service that automates the constructio...

16 Feb 2010

US LBM Holdings to Acquire Edward Hines Lumber and its Subsidaries

Edward Hines Lumber Co., which began operations in Chicago in 1892, has announced the signing of a purchase agreement with US LBM Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company of BlackEagle Partners, LLC. US LBM intends to acquire ...

16 Feb 2010

WILA Launches New 621 Recessed LED Downlight for Architects

WILA Lighting announces the launch of its new 621 Recessed LED Downlight with industry-leading color consistency. The 22-watt, 1000 source Lumen luminaire has been engineered for specification grade applications where co...

16 Feb 2010

US Renewing Forests Logo Refers to Green Flooring

Everyone knows that wood flooring is a green flooring product. After all, it comes from a renewable resource – trees. Trees are a raw material that can be harvested and replanted to replenish the standi...

16 Feb 2010

AK Steel to Raise Price of Carbon Steel Products

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that it will increase spot market base prices by $50 per ton, effective immediately with all new orders for its carbon steel products. AK Steel said that the price increase is in...

16 Feb 2010

John Deere Updates Old Models of Gator Series Turf Vehicles

John Deere recently announced updates to models in its utility series of vehicles, part of the broadest portfolio of utility vehicles on the market. Within the Utility Series, the Gator TX, Gator TH and Gator TE models a...

16 Feb 2010

Market Research Report on Nanocoatings Used for Construction and Exterior Protection Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/c0d2bf/nanocoatings_for_t) has announced the addition of the "Nanocoatings for the Construction and Exterior Protection Industry" report to their...

16 Feb 2010

USDG Builds New Crude Oil Distribution Hub in St. James, Louisiana

U.S. Development Group LLC (USDG), a Houston-based developer of logistics and terminal facilities, announced today that construction has begun on its new St. James Rail Terminal, a crude oil and condensate unit train han...

16 Feb 2010

John Deere Launches New Grader Operator Training Simulator

After revolutionizing the motor grader itself by offering operators an unprecedented choice of controls with its G-Series, John Deere Construction & Forestry is once again responding to customer needs with a state-of...

16 Feb 2010

CCCC Guangzhou Dredging to Construct Navigation Channel of Jinzhou Port

On 5th February 2010, CCCC Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. won construction project of 150,000t-class navigation channel of Jinzhou Port in Liaoning province. The project is composed of reclamation for temporary working...

16 Feb 2010