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Volvo China Receives Order for 102 Crawler Excavators

Volvo Construction Equipment’s organization in China has made a kick-start to the new year by receiving an order for 102 crawler excavators during a customer event day. Not bad for a day’s work. It was the...

28 Jan 2010

Skanska Wins Contract to Build Office and Shopping Center in Oslo

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has secured the assignment to construct an office and shopping center in Skøyen, in Oslo. The contract amount totals approximately NOK 280 M, approximately SEK 345 M, which will be included in ord...

28 Jan 2010

Clayton County Announces Renovations for County Facilities to Save Energy

Clayton County will soon undertake infrastructure upgrades to its buildings anticipated to improve its annual budget by nearly $575,000. The county expects the renovations to save $361,000 in annual utility costs and ...

28 Jan 2010

Faux Iron Solutions to Present on Tableaux Wrought Iron at SGO Europe Conference, Morocco

Faux Iron Solutions Inc., the largest US distributor of Tableaux® faux wrought iron announced that it accepted an invitation to present at the SGO Europe International Conference

28 Jan 2010

New Enhanced Trimble Software Offers Faster, More Accurate Layout of Pipe, Cable Trays

Trimble (Nasdaq: TRMB) introduced today a new version of Trimble® MEP Field Software for Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) contractors. Trimble MEP 2.0 is the world's first layout solution designed specif...

28 Jan 2010

Rentech, ClearFuels Secure DOE Grant for Biomass Gasifier Construction Project

Rentech, Inc. (NYSE AMEX:RTK) and ClearFuels Technology Inc. (ClearFuels) jointly announced today that their project to construct a biomass gasifier at Rentech’s Energy Technology Center (“RETC”) in Den...

28 Jan 2010

Clean Energy Fuels to Build New CNG Fueling Station for DFW International Contract

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has awarded a 10-year contract to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) to build and operate a new CNG fueling station to support the DFW Rental Car Center’s new flee...

28 Jan 2010

U. S. Steel and Precoat Metals Unveil Weathered Metal Series Steel Products

Architects, building designers and structural engineers looking to incorporate the rich, organic look of weathered metals in their work now have exciting new steel product options that will provide them with the distinct...

28 Jan 2010

Top Knobs Introduces New Crystal Knobs in Three Jewel Tones

Top Knobs, known for their exceptional kitchen cabinet hardware, has unveiled their exquisite line of seven new crystal knobs. With three distinct jewel tones to choose from, homeowners and designers can select the ideal...

28 Jan 2010

LG Electronics Announces New Products and Plans to Expand HVAC Business in US

LG Electronics today announced new initiatives and energy efficient products designed to grow the company's U.S. commercial and residential HVAC business at AHR Expo (booth# 4310). As a fairly new player in the U...

28 Jan 2010

BACnet, EnOcean Alliance to Develop Interoperability Specification for Building Automation

BACnet International and the EnOcean Alliance, an international consortium of 130 companies from the building sector, today announced its cooperation with BACnet's Wireless Networking-Working Group (WN-WG) to develop...

28 Jan 2010

New Worldwide Market Research Report on Countertops

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Countertops Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p0172980/World-Countertops-Market.html Global demand to rise 3.3% per an...

28 Jan 2010

Research Report Added on Construction Chemicals Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Construction Chemicals Industry http://www.reportlinker.com/p0172979/Construction-Chemicals-Industry.html US demand to increa...

28 Jan 2010

Skanska to Develop 224 Apartments in Kungsholmen, Stockholm

Skanska (STO:SKAB) has established cooperation with Areim and Index Estate to construct and participate in the development and financing of 224 tenant-owned apartments in Kungsholmen, in central Stockholm. The contract a...

27 Jan 2010

Survey Indicates Greenbelt Building Set to Continue for the Next Decade

Latest research conducted by property specialists, movewithus, has revealed that developers are foreseeing a continued strategy of building on the Greenbelt, with 55% of those surveyed expecting the level of development ...

27 Jan 2010