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LEED Silver Certification Awarded to Wrigley's Chicago Engineering Technology Center

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Engineering Technology Center (ETC) in Chicago has received LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), further advancing the company's goal to leverage high-pe...

3 Feb 2010

Crownbutte Wind Power Receives Fast-Track Status for Projects in North Dakota, Montana

Crownbutte Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBWP) today announced that it has been informed by the Midwest ISO that its 20 MW wind project near Elgin, ND, and its 20 MW wind project near Wibaux, MT, have been fast-t...

3 Feb 2010

Trimble Introduces New Mechanical Total Station for Construction Industry

Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today introduced the Trimble® TS835 Mechanical Total Station, a premium mechanical total station for building construction professionals. The unique instrument features an onboard Windows CE de...

3 Feb 2010

Tile Shop Opens New Store in Nashville with Stones, Tiles from All Over the World

The Tile Shop is bringing distinctive stone and tiles from all over the world to Nashville-area homeowners with the grand opening of its new, 18,500 square foot retail store in Thoroughbred Village, near the Cool Springs...

3 Feb 2010

Rytec Launches Fastest Insulated Roll Door for Frozen Food Warehouses

With a peak speed of 182" per second, Rytec Corporation has introduced the fastest insulated roll door available for refrigerated and frozen food warehouses. The new Turbo-Seal® Insulated door maintains critical...

3 Feb 2010

Trimble Unveils New CX 3D Scanner for Use in Building Construction

Trimble CX 3D Scanner Captures Dense Clouds of Data Ideal for Recording As-Built Structures for Mechanical, Engineering and Plumbing Contractors

3 Feb 2010

Trimble Introduces AllTrak Asset Management System for Building Contractors

Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) today introduced the Trimble® AllTrak™ Asset Management System running on the advanced Trimble Tablet™ Rugged PC. Trimble AllTrak on the Trimble Tablet supplies building constructio...

3 Feb 2010

Jacobs Wins Engineering Services Contract from LyondellBasell

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a 2.5 year contract from LyondellBasell to provide engineering services in support of plant changes and small project work at two of its manufact...

3 Feb 2010

China Valves Technology Recieves Qualified Supplier Certificate from CNPEC

China Valves Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CVVT) ("China Valves" or the "Company"), a leading metal valve manufacturer with operations in the People's Republic of China ("China" or the &quot...

3 Feb 2010

Presidential Budget Includes Funding for Restoration of US Gulf Coast

Three national environmental groups praised President Obama today for crafting the first presidential budget to provide funding to restore the Gulf Coast along Louisiana and Mississippi. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 pre...

3 Feb 2010

Fitzgerald Development at UB Midtown to Achieve LEED Certification

The Bozzuto Group today announced The Fitzgerald at UB Midtown is on track to become the most sizeable LEED certified apartment community in the Baltimore area. The development, comprised of 275 apartments, 24,000 squ...

3 Feb 2010

Clean Energy Receives CNG Fueling Stations Building Contract from TAS

Taxi Affiliation Services (TAS), which operates Yellow Cab Chicago, the nation’s oldest and largest continuously operating taxicab fleet, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) a new 10-year contract t...

3 Feb 2010

Overview of Building Construction Sector in Qatar

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4b2494/qatar_building_con) has announced the addition of the "Qatar Building Construction Sector Overview 2010" report to their offering. Tou...

3 Feb 2010

Report on Impact of Change of Government on UK Construction Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/853904/building_a_conserv) has announced the addition of the "Building a Conservative Britain - The Impact of a Change of Government on the Constructi...

3 Feb 2010

ThyssenKrupp Divest Insulated Door Manufacturing Plant

ThyssenKrupp Bausysteme GmbH has sold its manufacturing plant for insulated doors in Pansdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, effective February 1, 2010. The plant mainly produces hinged and sliding doors for cold and freezer rooms...

2 Feb 2010