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Saint Luke’s Health System Opens New Free-Standing Hospice Facility

Saint Luke’s Health System’s new free-standing hospice facility, Saint Luke’s Hospice House, will open its doors on Friday, July 19, 2013 with a grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony and plan to begin admitting patients July 24. The general public is welcome to tour the facility at an open house from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., on Saturday, July 20.

20 Jul 2013

Grainger Opens LEED Platinum Certified Distribution Center in Illinois

Grainger, the leading broad line supplier of maintenance, repair and operating (MRO) products serving businesses and institutions, today hosted a grand opening to celebrate its new distribution center in Minooka, Ill. This one-million-square-foot facility serves as the company's new central stocking distribution center and runs a state-of-the-art automated system.

19 Jul 2013

New Foundation Degree in Residential Construction at Sheffield Hallam University

Bespoke courses designed to give employees at one of Britain's biggest housebuilders the chance to study a degree, have been introduced at Sheffield Hallam University. Barratt Group has pledged to put 100 students...

16 May 2013

New Handbook on Seismic Risk Assessment and Management of Buildings

Earthquakes represent a major risk to buildings, bridges and other civil infrastructure systems, causing catastrophic loss to modern society.

30 Apr 2013

DSMAC Exports Cement Aggregate Production Line for HUAXIN Cement’s Ya Bay Project in Tajikistan

DSMAC News Center has announced that DSMAC has exported a cement aggregate production line having a capacity of 250 TPH to Tajikistan for the HUAXIN Ya Bay Cement company’s Ya Bay project. This collaboration is a giant step in the global recognition of DSMAC for its high-grade products and services. HUAXIN is one of China’s biggest producers of cement and is identified as a pioneer of China’s cement sector.

29 Aug 2012

Baker Secures MKAA Runway Construction Program’ s Design Project

Michael Baker, Jr., a division of Michael Baker, has been hired by Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority (MKAA) for design services at the Runway Construction Program at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville.

29 Aug 2012

Highest Bridges of Commonwealth of Virginia to Be Constructed Using ‘American’ Materials

The Route 460 Connector Phase I found in Buchanan County, the highest bridges of the Commonwealth of Virginia, will be built with materials mined, produced and shipped in the U.S. by domestic manufacturers, producers and construction contractors.

27 Aug 2012

Principia Releases Latest Report on Residential Siding and Trim Market

Principia has released a new report on the residential siding and trim market. It forecasts the demand for residential siding and trim to increase from $7.2 billion in 2011 to $9.1 billion by 2014.

24 Aug 2012

UHC’s Chicago Headquarters Receives LEED Silver Certification

UHC, an alliance of nonprofit academic medical centers and their affiliated hospitals, has announced that it has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification for its Chicago headquarters.

24 Aug 2012

Margulies Perruzzi Architects’ Forrester Research Headquarters Earns LEED Platinum for Commercial Interiors

Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA), one of Boston’s prominent creative interior design and architectural establishments, has proclaimed that the new Forrester Research corporate headquarters has earned the LEED Platinum authentication for commercial interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

23 Aug 2012