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Colorcon Constructs New Film Coating Manufacturing Facility in Brazil

Colorcon Inc. is pleased to announce its investment in a new film coating manufacturing plant in Indaiatuba – São Paulo State, Brazil, supporting the continued growth of the pharmaceutical industry in South America.

5 May 2016

Unico Properties’ New Mixed-Use Building Features Electronically Tintable SageGlass

SageGlass®, the world’s smartest electrochromic glass, was installed in a new LEED Platinum Certified mixed-use property owned and developed by Unico Properties in downtown Boulder, Co. Located at 1738 Pearl Street, the 28,910-square-foot, three-story sustainable building features ground-floor retail, as well as commercial office space on the second and third floors.

5 May 2016

New Senior Living Facility to be Constructed in Cypress, Texas

Officials of Civitas Senior Living, Summerlin Asset Management and Consolidated Construction Co., Inc. announce that construction will begin this summer on a new senior living facility in Cypress, Tex.

5 May 2016

New Colombia Resources Announces Construction of Water Reservoir Near 1200-Acre Theme Park in Girardot

New Colombia Resources, Inc. ("New Colombia or the 'Company"), a U.S. company with premium metallurgical coal and building material mining titles, medical marijuana, and industrial hemp and other resource operations in Colombia, is pleased to announce a project to build a water reservoir near a 1200-acre theme park to be built in Girardot, Colombia.

5 May 2016

Tennessee Valley Authority Awards Construction Management Contract to Jacobs

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced today it received a contract to provide managed task construction management (CM) services to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Civil Projects and Coal Combustion Product Management group. Officials did not disclose the contract value.

5 May 2016

CEMEX Mexico Develops Fire- and Explosion-Resistant Concrete

CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (“CEMEX”) announced today that CEMEX Mexico developed a fire- and explosion-resistant concrete. The company designed this solution specifically to safeguard the Data Processing Center, Proyecto Q, of the Santander Group. Located in Queretaro, Mexico, Proyecto Q is the Santander Group’s most technologically intensive and energy-efficient data processing center in the world.

5 May 2016

Clean Sweep for Hallam at the Women in Property Student Awards

Sheffield Hallam University students have taken the top three prizes at the regional heat of the Women in Property (WiP) National Student Awards.

4 May 2016

World Elevator and Escalator Expo: Zinwave to Showcase New Wireless Coverage Solution for Elevators

Zinwave, a global provider of wideband distributed network solutions for in-building wireless, today announced that it will showcase its new wireless coverage solution for elevators at the World Elevator and Escalator Expo in Guangzhou, China on May 10-13, 2016.

4 May 2016

Valspar’s Full Industrial Coatings Portfolio on Display at COATech 2016

The Valspar Corporation, a global coatings leader, will showcase its full industrial coatings portfolio and technical expertise in Booth #202 as a first-time participant at COATech 2016 in Mexico City May 4-6.

4 May 2016

Shikun & Binui Raises Funds for Toll Road Project in Texas

Shikun & Binui Ltd., a global construction and infrastructure company headquartered in Israel, today announced that it has raised funds for the planning, construction and maintenance of a toll express lane that it plans to build in the metropolitan area of Houston, Texas for $1 billion. This is Shikun & Binui Group's first infrastructure project in the United States.

3 May 2016

Carbon Dioxide Could be Effective in Heating and Cooling Buildings in Urban Areas

Carbon dioxide is commonly used as an industrial liquid refrigerant but could also be effective in heating and cooling buildings in urban areas. A prototype developed by EPFL researchers shows the feasibility of this concept.

3 May 2016

U.S. General Services Administration Awards Two Major Contracts to Hill International

Hill International, the global leader in managing construction risk, announced today that it has received two contracts from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide construction manager as agent services during the modernization of two federal buildings in GSA’s Region 5. The two contracts have an estimated combined value to Hill of approximately $3.0 million.

3 May 2016

Skandia Fastigheter Selects JM Construction for Hus 4 Office Building Project at Danderyd Centrum, Stockholm

Skandia Fastigheter has selected JM Construction to be responsible for, as part of a turnkey contract, the construction of the Hus 4 office building at the emerging Danderyd Centrum.

3 May 2016

PermaCity to Build Solar Feed-in Tariff Project in Westmont, Los Angeles

A Los Angeles-based solar developer will build the largest solar Feed-in Tariff project in the nation this year, a 2 million-square-foot rooftop solar array that will power Los Angeles homes with clean energy while generating hundreds of jobs in low-income neighborhoods near the Port of Los Angeles.

30 Apr 2016

Development of Tension Lap Splices in High-Strength Concretes

This paper describes an examination of the development of tension lap splices in high strength concrete and the applicability of the restriction in the ACI 318 code where the values of ãfcf used to calculate development length shall not exceed 100 psi. The focus is on the development of splices with grade 60 epoxy-coated and uncoated bars in normal weight concrete.

30 Apr 2016

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Colorcon Constructs New Film Coating Manufacturing Facility in Brazil

Unico Properties’ New Mixed-Use Building Features Electronically Tintable SageGlass

New Senior Living Facility to be Constructed in Cypress, Texas

New Colombia Resources Announces Construction of Water Reservoir Near 1200-Acre Theme Park in Girardot

Tennessee Valley Authority Awards Construction Management Contract to Jacobs

CEMEX Mexico Develops Fire- and Explosion-Resistant Concrete

Clean Sweep for Hallam at the Women in Property Student Awards

World Elevator and Escalator Expo: Zinwave to Showcase New Wireless Coverage Solution for Elevators

Valspar’s Full Industrial Coatings Portfolio on Display at COATech 2016

Shikun & Binui Raises Funds for Toll Road Project in Texas

Carbon Dioxide Could be Effective in Heating and Cooling Buildings in Urban Areas

U.S. General Services Administration Awards Two Major Contracts to Hill International

Skandia Fastigheter Selects JM Construction for Hus 4 Office Building Project at Danderyd Centrum, Stockholm

PermaCity to Build Solar Feed-in Tariff Project in Westmont, Los Angeles

Development of Tension Lap Splices in High-Strength Concretes

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1How the UK Cement Industry is Tackling its Carbon Problem

2New AI System Accurately Predicts Concrete Strength in Real Time Using Sensor Data

3Researchers Develop Self-Healing Grout to Extend Lifespan of Bridges and Dams

4Bio-Inspired System Enables Concrete to Autonomously Repair Damage

5Study Shows Rice Husk Ash Can Strengthen Earth Blocks Without Cement

6Using Waste Rock and Fiber Reinforcement to Produce Efficient, High-Performance Concrete