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Aker Solutions Enters Construction Contract with HENT

Aker Solutions has entered into a contract with the construction company HENT to build a new combined office and hotel building at the K2 site at Fornebu. The building is planned with a total area of about 46 000 m²...

30 Jan 2010

VisionREZ from Ameri-CAD Honored as Top Construction Technology

VisionREZ by Ameri-CAD, Inc. -- An ITW Company, has been named a 2010 Constructech Top Products award winner as a residential trusted product. The Constructech Top Products honor technology solutions geared toward the ho...

30 Jan 2010

Cox Plans to Construct New Office Complex in Sandy Springs Headquarters

Cox Enterprises, Inc. today announced plans to build a new 600,000 square foot office complex on its Central Park campus headquarters in Sandy Springs, Ga. to house the technology department of its Cox Communications sub...

30 Jan 2010

Indutrade Unit Purchases Metallcenter Sverige's Construction Plastics Business

Indutrade's (STO:INDTB) subsidiary Carlsson & Möller AB today acquired Metallcenter Sverige AB's construction plastics business, with annual sales of approximately SEK 6 million. The business involve...

30 Jan 2010

Yakult to Build its First Production Facility in US by 2012

Last week Tokyo-based company Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. officially announced plans to build its first U.S. production facility by 2012 and extend sales of its signature probiotic drink, Yakult, into other areas of the coun...

30 Jan 2010

Smith-Midland Wins Contract to Build Precast Concrete Soundwall

Smith-Midland Corporation® has been awarded a contract to construct a precast concrete soundwall along the new Intercounty Connector in Montgomery County, Md. Worth more than $7.8 million, it is the largest contra...

30 Jan 2010

CPFilms Introduces New Vista Exterior Window Film Series

CPFilms Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), and the world's leading producer of professional window films for automotive, residential and commercial markets, is pleased to introduce an innova...

30 Jan 2010

OAK Group Teams with Engineering, Contracting Firms to Construct North Carolina Training Complex

A multifaceted architecture, engineering and contracting team composed of The OAK Group, Inc. of Camden, N.J.; L. Robert Kimball & Associates (Kimball) of Ebensburg, Pa.; and Henderson, Inc. of Williamsburg, Va. has ...

30 Jan 2010

Burns & McDonnell to Offer Design and Construction Services for Xcel Energy

Burns & McDonnell has been retained by Xcel Energy to perform engineering services and permitting, procurement and construction support services for design and installation of biomass gasification technology at Xcel&...

30 Jan 2010

ECD Joins Enfinity to Develop Rooftop Solar Systems in Ontario, Canada

Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD) (Nasdaq: ENER) and Enfinity Corporation today announced plans to collaborate on the development of a 10MW portfolio of rooftop solar installations in Ontario, Canada. ECD and Enfi...

30 Jan 2010

AECOM Joint Venture Wins Construction Management Contract for Interchange 6 to 9 Widening Program

A joint venture of AECOM, Greenman-Pedersen and Parsons Brinckerhoff (Joint Venture) has executed a $164-million agreement with the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to provide construction management services for the Interc...

30 Jan 2010

Ashland Divests Wood Rosin and Terpenes Business to TorQuest Partners

Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) today announced that its subsidiary, Hercules Incorporated, closed the sale of its refined wood rosin and natural wood terpenes business, formerly known as Pinova, to a new company formed by TorQ...

30 Jan 2010

Weyerhaeuser Pledges $250,000 in Building Materials for Rebuilding Haiti

Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) today announced an initial pledge of up to $250,000 in building materials to aid in rebuilding Haiti. "As this devastating tragedy has shown, Haiti must not only be rebuilt, but it ...

30 Jan 2010

Smith-Midland to Provide Precast Concrete Buildings for Virginia Wastewater Plant

Smith-Midland Corporation® has been awarded a contract to provide eight precast concrete buildings as part of an overhaul of the Wilderness Wastewater Plant in Orange County, Va. Worth more than $350,000, the new ...

29 Jan 2010

ONTILITY Releases Complete End-to-End Software Platform for All Solar Projects

ONTILITY has announced the release of its industry leading and first EcoTech™ Solar and Green Business Technology Platform. The ONTILITY EcoTech™ Platform is built on a software as a service (SaaS), web 2.0, ...

29 Jan 2010