Nick Gilbert

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PPG Commodity Chemicals, Georgia Gulf to Create Chemicals and Building Products Company

PPG Industries, a provider of coatings and specialty products, has inked definitive agreements for the division of its commodity chemicals business and subsequent merger of the business with Georgia Gulf, an integrated North American manufacturer of chlorovinyls and aromatics and producer of vinyl-based building and home improvement products, in a tax efficient deal worth $2.1 billion.

23 Jul 2012

Visibly Transparent Solar Cells for Smart Windows

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have created a new type of transparent polymer solar cells (PSC) that are capable of generating electricity. These cells can be fixed onto windows. The novel technology allows people within the buildings to see outside as they are visibly transparent.

21 Jul 2012

Stanek Windows Provides Total Window Replacement Solution to Stearns Homestead Farm in Ohio

Associates at Stanek Windows offered to replace 23 windows at Stearns Homestead Farm in Parma, Ohio. Stanek Windows manufactures doors and windows and is located at Cleveland, Ohio.

21 Jul 2012

High Concrete Group Wins Best Military Structure in 2012 PCI Design Awards

Denver, PA-based High Concrete Group has been recognized in the 50th Annual Design Award by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI). The company has been honored for its design of architectural precast concrete walls for military structures.

21 Jul 2012

Trumark Homes, Resmark Plan to Break Ground on Contour Project in Silicon Valley

Trumark Homes and a unit of The Resmark Companies, Resmark Land and Housing, have recently acquired a nine-acre residential development project in Silicon Valley for roughly $18.5 million. Trumark Homes is expecting to start construction on the project, called "Contour", later this year.

21 Jul 2012

New Senior Living Community in Florida Reaches Major Construction Milestone

A topping out ceremony was celebrated in recognition of finishing the construction of the main buildings comprising common areas, a three-floor healthcare building and a six-floor residential building at The Terraces, the living community for elderly citizens at Bonita Springs, Florida.

21 Jul 2012