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Four-Year, $125 Million Alliance Completion Celebrated

Habitat for Humanity International and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans celebrated the completion of the 2,000th house built worldwide culminating their four-year, $125 million alliance. This milestone home is located at...

7 Dec 2009

Society for Protective Coatings' PCI Program Approved

SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings is pleased to announce that effective December 1, 2009, Lloyd's Register, the world's largest commercial shipping classification society, has approved SSPC's Protecti...

7 Dec 2009

Coatesville's Ongoing Revitalization to be Strengthened by New Hotel and Office Tower

Coatesville's ongoing revitalization will be strengthened by the construction of a new hotel and office tower, Governor Edward G. Rendell said today while helping to break ground for the $36 million project. The G...

7 Dec 2009

New Report on the Indian Building Paints Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/362e75/the_indian_buildin) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "The Indian Building Paints Market" to their offer...

7 Dec 2009

NCC Construction Awarded Project Development and Construction Contract for Rental Apartments

NCC Construction Sweden (STO:NCCA)(STO:NCCB) has been awarded the project development and construction contract for rental apartments in the Västra hamnen city district in Malmö. The project has been commiss...

7 Dec 2009

LED Products to be Displayed at the Taipei Building Exposition

Xodtec Group USA, Inc. (OTCBB:XODG) (the “Company”), a market leader in LED lighting, today announced that its various LED lighting products are going to be displayed in Taipei Building Construction & Dec...

7 Dec 2009

Solarfun Signs Agreement to Build a 100MW Solar Power Plant

Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. ("Solarfun" or "the Company") (Nasdaq: SOLF), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots and photovoltaic cells and modules in China, today announced that...

7 Dec 2009

Canadian Solar to Establish a 200MW Module Manufacturing Facility

Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ), a leading vertically integrated provider of solar cells, solar module, custom-designed solar application products and turnkey solutions for the residential, commercial and solar farm m...

7 Dec 2009

First Bath Hardware Line Launched by Top Knobs

Top Knobs, known for their exceptional kitchen cabinet hardware, just launched their first bath hardware line with six stunning collections in nine finishes. Each bath collection is complete with a wide selection of cabi...

7 Dec 2009

Construction Waste-Heat Power Generation Contract Signed by A-Power

A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (Nasdaq: APWR) ("A-Power" or "the Company"), a leading provider of distributed power generation ("DG") systems in China and a fast-growing manufacture...

7 Dec 2009

New Old Green Modular Home: An Innovative Housing Solution for Schools

At the annual conference of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), New World Home and Christchurch School will be presenting an innovative housing solution for schools with the introduction of the New Old Green Modu...

7 Dec 2009

New Disaster Recovery Housing Program Provides Assistance to Galveston Homeowners

Galveston homeowners whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Ike can now apply for assistance from the city's new Disaster Recovery Housing Program - a voluntary program designed to help repair damage and, when necessary, ...

7 Dec 2009

Construction Industry Likely to Remain Weak for Another Year: PCA

Although recent economic news and activity may suggest a technical end to the "Great Recession," the conditions facing the construction industry are likely to remain weak for another year or more, causing a dra...

7 Dec 2009

Constructability Experts Improve Their Corporate Asset Base During Economic Downturn

As a result of the economic downturn, the entire construction community is under capacity. While many companies play a waiting game and rely on constant belt-tightening, Ruby+Associates has chosen to take advantage of th...

7 Dec 2009

Blu Homes to Construct Green Buildings for Commercial and Residential Uses

Blu Homes, Inc. today announced it recently opened a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Littleton, Mass. to build modern, healthy, green buildings for commercial and residential use. The Littleton facility curren...

7 Dec 2009