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Webinar Tackles New e-Verification Regulations

New e-verification regulations are now mandatory to ensure federal contractors have a legal and authorized workforce. Failure to comply with the new rules can detrimentally affect a contractor's chances of being awar...

7 Dec 2009

Webinar Helps Contrsuction Professionals Schedule Weather Contingencies

When it comes to planning for predictable as well as unpredictable weather contingencies, construction contractors and project owners need to know how to beat Mother Nature at her own game, or at least work around her. K...

7 Dec 2009

Overhead Door Company Acquires Residential and Commercial Door Business

Overhead Door Corporation today completed its acquisition of Wayne-Dalton’s residential and commercial door business, as well as their Fabric-Shield® storm panel business, based in North America and Europe. Thi...

7 Dec 2009

Special-Lite Release Electronic Version of Their 2010 Entrance Product Catalog

Special-Lite, Inc. has released the electronic version of their 2010 product catalog to provide architects, designers, contractors, building owners and maintenance directors the complete range of information needed to evaluate their heavy-duty entrance system products.

7 Dec 2009

Siemens to Install Baggage Handling Systems in Spain, Mexico and Hungary

Siemens Mobility has won orders to install airport logistics systems at small and medium-sized airports in Spain, Mexico and Hungary. These orders are worth more than 12 million euros. Siemens will be installing new or e...

7 Dec 2009

Kingspan Win Britain's Most Admired Compant Award in the Building Materials + Merchants Category

Kingspan Group plc has won the 2009 Britain’s Most Admired Company (BMAC) award in the ‘Building Materials & Merchants’ category, the second consecutive year that the Irish company has won the award...

7 Dec 2009

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