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COADE Posts New CADWorx 2010 Review Video Online

COADE, Inc. announced today the online posting of a new CADWorx 2010 Review Video that discusses some of the key enhancements in the latest productivity release of CADWorx P&ID, including a new intelligent match prop...

9 Dec 2009

Meridian Systems Launches New Software Version for Companies Handling Large Construction Programs

Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology solutions leader for project-based organizations, announced today the release of Proliance® software version 4.0. Providing infrastructure lifecycle management (ILM) ca...

9 Dec 2009

Global Market Research Report on Coatings

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Coatings - A World Market Review http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164417/Coatings---A-World-Market-Review.html The growth of ...

9 Dec 2009

USGunite Completes Foundation Work for Embassy Suites Hotel in Houston

USGunite of Keller, Texas recently completed an extremely demanding assignment for the foundation of a new 22-story Embassy Suites hotel in downtown Houston. Linbeck Construction is constructing the hotel at the hard cor...

9 Dec 2009

Jacobs Engineering Wins Construction Management Contract for Route Interchange Project in California

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE: JEC) announced today that it received a contract from the Riverside County Transportation Commission to provide construction management services for its State Route 74 (SR-74) and Int...

9 Dec 2009

Tilt-Up Construction Technique Likely to Save Time and Cost

"On schedule and on budget" was the central theme of a recent progress report on the four-story, 411,000-square-foot, $110 million Federal City Marine Forces Reserve (MarForRes) building, the largest tilt-up pr...

9 Dec 2009

Research Report on Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Energy-Efficient Home Renovations Market, Full Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p0167111/Energy-Efficient-Home-Renovations...

9 Dec 2009

UL Environment to Develop Sustainability Standards for Thermal Insulation and Roofing Materials

UL Environment, Inc. (ULE), a global leader in environmental evaluation and certification programs, announces a collaborative effort to develop sustainability standards for thermal insulation and roof covering materials....

9 Dec 2009

DTE Energy to Start Environmental Construction Project at its Monroe Power Plant

DTE Energy announced today that it will begin a major environmental construction project in the first quarter of 2010 at its Monroe Power Plant. The $600 million project will create 900 jobs and be one of the largest con...

9 Dec 2009

New Data Shows Off-Road Diesel Equipment Contractors to Exceed New Emissions Targets

Contractors and other operators of off-road diesel equipment will exceed ambitious new emissions targets set by California officials according to new state figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of ...

9 Dec 2009

Olympic's High Quality Makes Them Nation's Most Trusted Paints and Stains

Since 1938, Olympic Paints and Stains have helped homeowners protect and beautify their homes. The consistently high quality and value of Olympic Paints and Stains, from PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG), has helped the brand t...

9 Dec 2009

Metabo Introduces Lightweight 1/2-Inch Drill That Offers 248 In-Lbs of Torque

Metabo Corporation, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, now offers a lightweight, rugged 1/2"...

9 Dec 2009

BASF Expanded Polystyrene being Used to Create Decorative Intreiors

The film set designer Artrockz, Germany uses Neopor®, the expandable polystyrene (EPS) from BASF, to produce surface facings for decorative structures. The facings are used in film and television sets as well as decorative interior insulation in private residential buildings. The panels, which look fully three-dimensional with a relief surface, are replica models of bricks and quarry stones and can realistically recreate walls, roofs, and floors. So far, Neopor has been used primarily to insulate the facades of old and new buildings. The gray beads are an advanced version of the white classic insulation material Styropor® (EPS).

9 Dec 2009

Olympic Paints from PPG Earn Good Housekeeping Seal

9 Dec 2009

Yingli Green Energy Enters Sales Agreement with Payom Solar AG

Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), one of the world's leading vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") product manufacture...

8 Dec 2009