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Grand Valley to Construct New Library at Allendale Campus

Grand Valley State University's Board of Trustees voted at its Feb. 5 meeting to approve a new library project for the Allendale campus using private and university funds. The construction of the Mary Idema Pew Li...

6 Feb 2010

ACCIONA and Riojana de Asfaltos Begin Construction of La Maja Business Park in Arnedo

The park will be built by ACCIONA Infrastructure in a Temporary Joint Venture with Riojana de Asfaltos, at an investment of 30 million euros. Construction work is expected to end in February 2011. The President of ...

6 Feb 2010

Calpine Receives BAAQMD Approval to Construct Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) today received approval to build the nation's first power plant with a federal limit on greenhouse gas emissions - putting both the plant and the company at the forefront of the fight a...

6 Feb 2010

OCI-Aqualia Joint Venture Signs Direct Agreement for Cairo Waste Water Treatment Plant

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) confirmed today that its 50/50 joint venture with Spanish group Aqualia (Orasqualia) has signed both the facility and direct agreements for the New Cairo Waste Water Treatment Plant ...

6 Feb 2010

CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Receives Cruise Centre Construction Contract

Recently, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won Shanghai Wusongkou international Cruise Centre project. The project value is amounted to RMB100 million with construction period of 210 days. This project is an el...

6 Feb 2010

HOCHTIEF Wins Contracts Worth EUR 301 Million in USA and Hong Kong

Through its subsidiaries Flatiron and Leighton, HOCHTIEF has won new contracts with a value of EUR 301 million. HOCHTIEF’s US subsidiary Flatiron secured no fewer than four infrastructure contracts in southern Cali...

6 Feb 2010

Research Report on Saudi Arabian Construction Stone Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/107081/construction_stone) has announced the addition of the "Construction Stone Market in Saudi Arabia: Business Report 2009" report to their of...

6 Feb 2010

Komatsu-Cummins Engine to Manufacture Next Generation Tier 4 Low-Emissions Engines

The Komatsu-Cummins Engine Company (KCEC) in Japan has achieved a major manufacturing milestone with the recent production of the 500,000th engine from the Oyama joint venture operation. The joint venture has also an...

6 Feb 2010

Skanska Purchases Cooperative-Housing Projects from SBC in Gothenburg

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has acquired two cooperative-housing projects from SBC, Sveriges Bostadsrättscentrum AB. The acquisition entails building rights and progressive project plans for a total of about 280 cooperative ...

6 Feb 2010

Business Report on Ukraine Structural Building Materials Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f788c/structural_buildin) has announced the addition of the "Structural Building Materials Market in Ukraine: Business Report 2009" report to th...

6 Feb 2010

LEED-EB Operations and Maintenance Gold Certification Awarded to Caterpillar's World Headquarters

The Caterpillar Administration Building, which serves as the company's world headquarters, has been awarded LEED-EB® O+M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maint...

6 Feb 2010

Exploration Sciences Building at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earns LEED Gold Certification

What does it take to turn silver into gold? For NASA scientists, the answer is "two protons." For Manhattan Construction Company in Washington, it is creative green building solutions which have resulted in the...

6 Feb 2010

Peab Assigned to Maintain Parks, Streets, Beaches in Helsingborg

Peab (STO:PEABB) has been commissioned to run and maintain the parks, streets, waterworks and beaches in Helsingborg. Peab received the order from Helsingborg City and the total value of the contract over a six-year peri...

6 Feb 2010

Cypress Semiconductor Joins NIT to Set Up New PSoC Lab at Calicut, India

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ:CY) and National Institute of Technology (NIT) announced a partnership to set up a new lab at Calicut based on the PSoC® programmable system-on-chip. The agreement was signed at NI...

6 Feb 2010

Viewpoint Construction Software Partners with Top Resellers in US

Viewpoint Construction Software is proud to announce a partnership with three of the top construction software resellers in the United States. These new partners add even more momentum to the accelerating demand for View...

6 Feb 2010