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Mortenson to Manage Construction of Wisconsin Energy Institute in Madison

Mortenson was recently selected as the Construction Manager for the new Wisconsin Energy Institute (WEI) on the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison. This $75.7 million project, being designed by Potter Lawson /...

31 Dec 2009

Patch Management’s Pothole Killer Offers Effective Road Damage Repair

Potholes, a problem usually reserved for late winter and spring has arrived early thanks to this month’s snowfall

31 Dec 2009

Ameresco to Upgrade Many Buildings in Knoxville with Solar Thermal, PV Energy Systems

City Council approved an ambitious energy services agreement with Ameresco Tuesday night providing for improvements that will save the City of Knoxville millions of dollars while reducing its energy consumption and carbo...

31 Dec 2009

New Report Rates Canada Poor in Green Building Policies

Governments across Canada received poor grades for their policies to promote green buildings in a report released today by Environmental Defence. The report, Greening Canada's Buildings: Report Card, evaluates the co...

31 Dec 2009

Analysis Finds Construction Sector Has Major Impact on Material Handling Systems Market

As material handling systems enable reduced inventory levels and improved order to delivery cycles, they are witnessing increasing uptake. Material handling systems help companies cope with buying cultures that are in a ...

31 Dec 2009

CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Wins Contract to Construct Section 2 of Kunming Ring Road

On 21th December 2009, CCCC Second Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for Section 2 of Kunming Ring Road. The bidding price is RMB320 million with construction period of 720 days. This project is 59km long with ...

31 Dec 2009

CRBC to Build Section 4 of Chuanshan-Haosifang Expressway in Ningbo

Recently, CRBC Co., Ltd. won section 4 of Chuanshan-Haosifang Expressway in Ningbo. The bidding price is RMB450 million with construction period of 24 months. This highway is 33km long with dual three-lane, while Sect...

31 Dec 2009

CCCC Wins Bid for Construction of National Industrialization Base in Wuxi

Recently, CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co., Ltd. won the bid for the National Industrialization Base for IC Design in Wuxi. The bidding price is RMB1,660 million with construction period of 669 days. The project is l...

31 Dec 2009

Delta Companies Commences Construction of Packaging Service Complex in Shanghai

Delta Companies Group (Delta), a subsidiary of Greif, Inc. ( GEF, GEF.B), has initiated construction of a multi-client packaging service complex in Shanghai near the Shanghai Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP). When comp...

31 Dec 2009

B+W NPG to Use Coreworx Software for Development of New mPower Nuclear Reactor

Coreworx Inc., a subsidiary of Acorn Energy Inc. (Nasdaq: ACFN), announced today that Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Power Generation, Inc. (B&W NPG) will employ Coreworx support software in the development, licensing ...

31 Dec 2009

AK Steel Announces UAW Ratifies Extension to Labor Agreement for its Coshocton Works

AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) said that members of the United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 3462 have ratified a three-year extension to a labor agreement covering about 340 hourly production and maintenance employees at the company&#3...

31 Dec 2009

Stanley Works and The Black+Decker Report Expiration of Review Period for Merger

The Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) and The Black & Decker Corporation (NYSE: BDK) announced today that the Hart-Scott-Rodino antitrust review period for the combination of their businesses has expired. Stanley and Bla...

31 Dec 2009

Esmark Acquires Assets of Pennsylvania-Based Excalibur Machine Company

Esmark Industrial Group, a newly formed subsidiary of Esmark Incorporated, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of assets of Meadville, Pennsylvania-based Excalibur Machine Company, Inc. for $3.5 million...

31 Dec 2009

Fiber Composites Announces Change of its Corporate Name to Fiberon

Fiberon(®), a leading manufacturer of composite and PVC decking, railing and fencing is changing its corporate name from Fiber Composites LLC to Fiberon, LLC. The company began manufacturing composite decking in 1997...

31 Dec 2009

Systemates Reports on its Acheivements in 2009

Systemates, Inc. enjoyed customer successes and new version releases in 2009 with their award-winning construction project management software, Projectmates. Systemates released two new versions in 2009 and built customi...

31 Dec 2009