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Alstom Wins €700 Million Supply Contract for Slovenia Steam Power Plant

Alstom has been awarded a supply contract, worth approximately €700 million, by Slovenian state-owned utility, Termoelektrarna Šoštanj d.o.o., for the construction of a 600 MW coal-fired steam power plant ...

14 Dec 2009

Kornberg Completes Construction of University of California's Stem Cell Core Facility

Kornberg Associates | Architects has converted part of an existing building (Keen Hall), including a previously unused covered open area, into an innovative stem cell core facility for the University of California, River...

14 Dec 2009

Sterling Construction's RLW Unit is Venture Partner in I-15 Corridor Reconstruction Project

Sterling Construction Company, Inc. (NasdaqGS: STRL), ("Sterling" or the "Company") today announced that Provo River Constructors, a joint venture in which its subsidiary, Ralph L. Wadsworth Construct...

11 Dec 2009

Perini Building Completes Largest Private Development in US, CityCenter

Perini Building Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation, completes CityCenter on time for its grand opening ceremony

11 Dec 2009

New Home Green Materials Joins DECK Monitoring to Offer Flexible Solar Monitoring

New Home Green Materials and Learning Center is pleased to partner with DECK Monitoring to provide our clients with one of the most robust and flexible solar monitoring systems in the market. “DECK Monitoring of...

11 Dec 2009

Quarterly Research Report on US Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6cbc58/plumbing_fixture_f) has announced the addition of Supplier Relations US, LLC's new report "Plumbing Fixture Fitting and Trim Manufacturing Industry ...

11 Dec 2009

Bath Fittings and Accessories Market in India Likely to Rise Sharply in 2012

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6d7d78/bath_fittings_and) has announced the addition of the "Bath Fittings and Accessories Market - India" report to their offering. The bath fittings an...

11 Dec 2009

Berkeley Lab Secures DOE Fund to Build User Facility for Net-Zero Energy Buildings

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will build and operate a new National User Facility for Net-Zero Energy Buildings using a competitively selected award of $15.9 million in stimulus funds from the U.S. Department of ...

11 Dec 2009

IBM Breaks Ground for Reliability Level 3+ Data Center in New Zealand

IBM ( IBM) today announced that construction has commenced on a state-of-the-art IBM Reliability Level 3+ data center in Auckland, New Zealand which is being built to support clients' mission critical applications an...

11 Dec 2009

Study on Synthetic Turf Finds Health Risk Components Below Concern Levels

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today the results of a scoping study of the health risks from inhalation, ingestion, and dermal contact with synthetic turf and crumb rubber. It concluded that...

11 Dec 2009

PPG to Donate Windows to Restore Architectural Masterwork

PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) will donate more than 1,900 square feet of Starphire ultra-clear glass to restore 319 windows at Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterwork in Mill Run, Pa.

11 Dec 2009

Veolia Transportation Services Assigns Clean Energy Fuels for Construction of CNG Fuel Station

Veolia Transportation Services, Inc., North America’s largest private provider of public transit services, has awarded Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq:CLNE) a contract to build, operate, and maintain a compressed ...

11 Dec 2009

ThyssenKrupp to Supply 64 Elevators for Vietnam's Tallest Building

ThyssenKrupp Elevator has been awarded the contract to supply 41 high-speed elevators and 23 further installations for the Hanoi Landmark Tower in the Vietnamese capital. In the future, passengers will be whisked to the ...

11 Dec 2009

Esso Highlands Awards EPC Contract to Chiyoda-JGC Joint Venture

Chiyoda Corporation ("Chiyoda") (TOKYO:6366)(ISIN:JP3528600004) and JGC Corporation ("JGC") (TOKYO:1963)(ISIN:JP3667600005), both Japan's leading engineering and construction firms, today jointly ...

11 Dec 2009

Skanska Secures SEK 680 Million Construction Contract for Clarion Hotel in Norway

Skanska has secured an assignment to construct a Clarion Hotel in Trondheim, Norway. The contract value is NOK 550 M, or about SEK 680 M, which will be included in order bookings for the fourth quarter. The customer is S...

11 Dec 2009