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Vetter Completes Schuetzenstrasse Multi-Functional Building on Schedule

Vetter, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) committed to providing customers with the manufacture of high quality drug products, announced today that following approximately two years of construction, its Schuetzenstrasse multi-functional building has been completed on schedule and departments critical to its operation have started to move in.

30 Jan 2016

Washington University Awarded LEED Platinum Certification for Hillman Hall

Hillman Hall, the Brown School's newest building on the Danforth Campus at Washington University in St. Louis, has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification from U.S. Green Building Council.

30 Jan 2016

Bamboo-Based Construction Improves Classroom Safety in Dominican Republic

A versatile architectural technology created by a Cornell design professor has been adopted by sustainability-minded students to build bamboo-based hurricane- and earthquake-resistant structures where they’re needed most.

29 Jan 2016

DPR Construction Completes Structural Steel Work for Pasadena’s Shriners Hospital Project

DPR Construction (DPR), one of the nation’s leading technical builders focused on highly complex and sustainable projects, today celebrates the completion of structural steel erection on the new Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena, set to open in mid-2017. DPR is the general contractor on the new state-of-the-art specialty outpatient medical center.

29 Jan 2016

Skanska Receives Highway Expansion Contract in Eastern Poland for SEK 750 Million

Skanska has signed a contract with General Directorate of Public Roads and Motorways in Poland for an expansion of National Road No 8. The contract is worth PLN 335 M, about SEK 750 M, and will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Poland for the first quarter of 2016.

29 Jan 2016

Trinity Place Holdings Announces Construction Plans for 77 Greenwich in Lower Manhattan

Trinity Place Holdings Inc., a real estate investment company, today announces its plans for a 285,000-square-foot, mixed-use development project at 77 Greenwich Street in New York City’s Financial District neighborhood.

29 Jan 2016

New York MTA Selects Tutor Perini for East Side Access Projects Worth $742 Million

Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil and building construction company, announced that the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority today issued the following press release: MTA Approves Final Major Contract for East Side Access Manhattan Caverns

29 Jan 2016

Smith-Midland Bags Precast Concrete Craftsmanship Award for Smithsonian Zoo Project

Smith-Midland Corporation The Washington Building Congress has awarded Smith-Midland the 2016 Precast Concrete Craftsmanship Award for its manufacturing of the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park Retaining Wall in Washington, DC.

29 Jan 2016

Albina Yard Office Project in Portland Uses CLT Panels

Advanced wood products are making a major breakthrough this month, with the first use of U.S.-produced cross-laminated timber panels in a building-wide structural system. The CLT panels are being installed at Albina Yard, a creative office development in north Portland.

29 Jan 2016

Wurzak Hotel Group and DoveHill Award New Building Contract in Fort Lauderdale to Tutor Perini Building

Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil and building construction company, announced today that its subsidiary, Tutor Perini Building Corp., has been awarded a contract by Wurzak Hotel Group and DoveHill for construction of a dual-branded Tribute Portfolio and Element by Westin Hotel in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The contract value was not disclosed. The project scope of work includes construction of a new 24-story, 323-room hotel to be comprised of a 209-room Tribute Portfolio Hotel and a 114-room Element by Westin Hotel within the same structure. The upscale building will feature a rooftop lounge and restaurant, a pool and gymnasium facility, parking within the building, ground-level retail spaces, a ballroom and several meeting rooms.

28 Jan 2016

AZEK Launches Advanced Reinforced Polymer Composite Siding at IBS 2016

AZEK, a CPG Building Products brand with more than 30 years of manufacturing experience bringing the industry breakthrough products in trim, deck, rail and paver categories, launched its newest product line, advanced reinforced polymer composite siding, at the 2016 International Builders' Show (IBS). Set to revolutionize the industry, AZEK Siding was first unveiled at IBS from January 19 – January 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, NV.

28 Jan 2016

TAS Commercial Concrete Wins $10 Million Construction Contract in Houston Area

TAS Commercial Concrete, a wholly owned subsidiary of Orion Marine Group, Inc. (the "Company") a leading construction company, today announced a contract award of approximately $10 million.

28 Jan 2016

YIT Awarded EUR 10 Million Contract for Construction of New Business Premises in Kuopio, Finland

YIT has signed a contract with Pohjola Insurance Ltd on the construction of a business premises project in Kuopio, Finland. The value of the contract for YIT is over EUR 10 million. The construction will start directly and the project will be completed in summer 2017. The four-floor premises will have around 5,300 floor square metres, of which two thirds will be used by OP Financial Group’s Omasairaala private hospital and the rest will serve as an office space.

28 Jan 2016

Rudolph and Sletten Awarded Construction Projects Valued at $490 Million

Tutor Perini Corporation, a leading civil and building construction company, announced today that its California building subsidiary, Rudolph and Sletten, has been awarded the following projects collectively valued at approximately $490 million. To date since the time of the awards, the Company has booked approximately $182 million into backlog, and the remaining contract amounts are expected to be booked into backlog in phases as each project progresses.

28 Jan 2016

SABIC LEXAN Resin Provides Light and Color Effects to Award-Winning 'El Batel' Building

The “El Batel” state-of-the-art building in Cartagena, Spain, covers 17.000 m² and was designed by renowned Spanish architects José Selgas and Lucía Cano. Crowned with the prestigious Biennial Spanish Architecture award, El Batel’s design is influenced by the harbor and sea.

28 Jan 2016

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Vetter Completes Schuetzenstrasse Multi-Functional Building on Schedule

Washington University Awarded LEED Platinum Certification for Hillman Hall

Bamboo-Based Construction Improves Classroom Safety in Dominican Republic

DPR Construction Completes Structural Steel Work for Pasadena’s Shriners Hospital Project

Skanska Receives Highway Expansion Contract in Eastern Poland for SEK 750 Million

Trinity Place Holdings Announces Construction Plans for 77 Greenwich in Lower Manhattan

New York MTA Selects Tutor Perini for East Side Access Projects Worth $742 Million

Smith-Midland Bags Precast Concrete Craftsmanship Award for Smithsonian Zoo Project

Albina Yard Office Project in Portland Uses CLT Panels

Wurzak Hotel Group and DoveHill Award New Building Contract in Fort Lauderdale to Tutor Perini Building

AZEK Launches Advanced Reinforced Polymer Composite Siding at IBS 2016

TAS Commercial Concrete Wins $10 Million Construction Contract in Houston Area

YIT Awarded EUR 10 Million Contract for Construction of New Business Premises in Kuopio, Finland

Rudolph and Sletten Awarded Construction Projects Valued at $490 Million

SABIC LEXAN Resin Provides Light and Color Effects to Award-Winning 'El Batel' Building

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Sustainable Challenges in the Cement Industry

Discussing Construction Heritage and Preservation with Dr. Silke Langenberg

Providing Emergency Accommodation with Modular Shelters

Construction Trends

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Trending Stories

1Nature-Inspired Lightweight Cement Material Cuts Carbon Emissions and Boosts Strength

2Geopolymer Concrete with Recycled Fillers Shows Strong Results in Durability Testing

3Analyzing the Hysteretic Behavior of Strengthened Concrete Beams

4Concrete in Road Tunnels Decomposes Unexpectedly Fast

5BIM and SHM Unite on a Massive Scale: Is This the Future of Bridge Safety?

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