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Report on Vinyl and Hard Surface Flooring in the U.S.

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. US Hard Surface Flooring Market US demand to grow 2.8% annually through 2013 US demand for hard surface flooring is projected ...

5 Oct 2009

Prolog Converge for Construction Project Delivery Applications

Pre-Recorded Webinar Previews How Construction Project Teams Can Gain Efficient Collaboration and Flexible Choice in Accessing Project Data by Using Prolog Converge Meridian Systems, the Plan-Build-Operate technology s...

3 Oct 2009

Discussion on the Role of Aluminum in Building and Design

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that Eddie Bugg, Director, Sustainable Solutions for Kawneer and Alcoa Building and Construction Systems, will discuss aluminum’s role in sustainable building design at METALCON Inte...

3 Oct 2009

DHDB to Begin Construction of First Biodigester in Nevada

A Minden subsidiary of Carbon Bank Ireland Ltd., Desert Hills Dairy Biodigester, LLC (DHDB), has begun plans and acquired land to construct the first biodigester in the State of Nevada at Desert Hills Dairy in Wabuska, n...

3 Oct 2009

First Green Modular Home Completed

SGB Homes in partnership with Haven Custom Homes have completed the Whitaker model, the first green modular home for the 2009 Homearama show held at Culpepper Landing in Chesapeake, Virginia. The Homearama show, beginn...

3 Oct 2009

Petroterminal de Panama Awards US$100 million Contract to CB&I

THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CB&I (NYSE: CBI) has been awarded a contract in excess of US$100 million by Petroterminal de Panama, S.A. to engineer, procure and construct the Phase 2 expansion of the Trans-P...

1 Oct 2009

Jackson Civil Engineering Wins Bid to Build Sittingbourne Northern Relief Road

Kent County Council has appointed Jackson Civil Engineering to build the Sittingbourne Northern relief road. It had been anticipated that the work would be worth £26m, but Jackson has won the deal with a bid of &p...

1 Oct 2009

Nursing Home Deal Won by Connaught

Connaught has been awarded a £35m nursing home deal by Portsmouth City Council. The contract is for the design, build, operation and maintenance of a 92-bed nursing home in Portsmouth, of which 62 will be filled b...

1 Oct 2009

GPCO to Expand Existing Facility by 91,000 Square Feet

Grandville Printing Company (GPCO), a Michigan-based printer, announced plans today to expand its facility by 91,000 sq. ft. to accommodate their Nexgen Retail Division that produces On-Demand Variable Data Retail Shelf ...

1 Oct 2009

Construction of the First Hospice for Children in Alberta Complete

Rotary/Flames House set to open in November On Friday, October 2, 2009, Alberta Health Services and the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation will host an Open House and "House Warming" Celebration for Ro...

1 Oct 2009