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Zamagias Properties Redevelops Building in Bethany College, West Virginia

Zamagias Properties announced today it has begun the redevelopment of an existing building on the campus of Bethany College, returning it to its original use of student housing. Bethany, a small college of nati...

13 Jan 2010

Virginia-Based Dietze Construction Group Acquired by Suffolk Construction

Suffolk Construction Company, one of the nation’s largest private construction managers, announced today that it has acquired The Dietze Construction Group based in Ashburn, Virginia. The merging of these two promi...

13 Jan 2010

FHVE to Invest in Construction of Family Holiday Village in Elkhart County

Elkhart County, Indiana today announced $10 million in assistance through Recovery Zone Facility Bonds. This assistance will be used to fund the first of three holiday villages. The first holiday village site will be loc...

13 Jan 2010

Fortress Group Delivers 100,000 Metric Tons of Cement to Cameroon

Fortress Group, a global sourcing, commodities trading and investment company headquartered in Hong Kong, with operational presence in New York, Dubai, China and several African Countries has embarked on shipping 100,000...

13 Jan 2010

AK Steel Increases Spot Market Base Price for Carbon Steel Products, Effective Immediately

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said today that it will increase spot market base prices by $60 per ton, effective immediately with all new orders for its carbon steel products. AK Steel also said that it has also increase...

13 Jan 2010

China Infrastructure Construction Enters Deal with Institute of Building Materials for Technical Support

China Infrastructure Construction Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: CHNC), one of the major U.S.- listed providers of ready-mix concrete in Beijing, today announced that it reached a three year agreement with the Institut...

13 Jan 2010

Saflex SilentGlas Technology Wins Product of the Year

Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), the world leader in the production and sale of polyvinyl butyral (PVB) interlayers, today announced that the company's Saflex(R) SilentGlass Technology(TM) product was awarded first place, s...

12 Jan 2010

BASF Building Materials that Reduce Carbon Emissions go on Show in Dubai

Insulation materials for buildings, black pigments for reducing surface heat and concrete admixtures helping to lower CO2 emissions – these are just a few examples of the solutions that BASF will be exhibiting at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates from January 18 to 21. With its cost-efficient concepts for sustainable building, BASF is showing that CO2 emissions can be substantially reduced in the construction and use of buildings and that the living comfort is improved as well.

12 Jan 2010

Finnish Plywood Manufacturer to Undergo Restructure to Remain Competitive

In November 2009, UPM announced plans concerning significant restructuring of its Plywood and Timber operations to ensure their competitiveness in Finland. The measures now decided include centralising operations and inv...

12 Jan 2010

Analysis on Growth of Green Buildings Industry in Asia Pacific

The challenging economic environment affected the overall performance of the environmental industry, especially during the first half of 2009. The period saw a decline in industrial production, and less waste generation,...

12 Jan 2010

Shaw Group Announces Completion of CVBH Setting at Sanmen AP1000 Nuclear Power Plant

The Shaw Group Inc. and Westinghouse Electric Company, along with China’s State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation, Sanmen Nuclear Power Company and China Nuclear Industry Fifth Construction Corporation successfully completed the lift and setting of the containment vessel bottom head of Unit 1 at the Sanmen AP1000 nuclear power plant project

12 Jan 2010

Crownbutte Starts Design Work for Gascoyne Wind Project

Crownbutte Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CBWP) announced today that it has completed its review of geotechnical reports from Braun Intertec Corporation of Fargo, ND, based on a geotechnical survey completed in Ap...

12 Jan 2010

SynGest to Begin Construction of Biomass-to-Ammonia Plant in 2010

SynGest Inc. announced that the company has engaged Stern Brothers & Co. to raise capital for its first biomass-to-ammonia plant to be located in Menlo, Iowa. “Our decision to work with Stern Brothers was ma...

12 Jan 2010

Dexter + Chaney Enhances Spectrum Construction Software with New Service Request Center

Dexter + Chaney has introduced a new Service Request center in its Spectrum® Construction Software that provides, on a single screen, access to all of the information required to handle a customer’s servi...

12 Jan 2010

OGC Session Mainly Focuses on Open Floor Plan Display Project

On December 8 in Mountain View, California, the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC®) held a special session of the OGC 3DIM (3D Information Management) Domain Working Group to bring together professionals represen...

12 Jan 2010