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Klober airtightness products for CSH / BREEAM dementia care centre
A £3.5M scheme to provide accommodation for those with early stage dementia has seen Klober’s Wallint 50 Air Barrier used with Solar-Line airtightness accessories.
Ultrascreen: Sight and Sound Barrier
The United States Gypsum Company, early in the 1980's started developing technologies to improve and reduced costs using lightweight cement panels. Recently, USG along with AFM Corporation introduced ULTRASCREEN: Sight a...
Skanska Wins $383 Million Contract to Extend Light Rail in Los Angeles
Skanska has been awarded a contract to extend the light rail in Los Angeles County, California. Customer is Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO). Skanska's share of the contract is worth USD 3...
Morgan Sindall appointed to £400m Welsh schools framework
The South East Wales Schools Capital Working Group has appointed Morgan Sindall plc to its four-year construction framework for major building works ranging in value from £3 million to more than £25 million. The company ...
Construction safety
Unfortunately the construction industry has become stereotyped as an accident prone industry, in fact only mining and fishing industries have higher fatalities. Depressingly, the accident rates experienced closely correl...
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Mansell to build $8 million community hospital in UK
Mansell Construction Services Limited, a Balfour Beatty brand, has been appointed to design and construct a £5.2 million ($8 million) community hospit...
Coillte profits decline to €19.9m
Coillte has today announced profit after tax of €19.9m for 2011.
Green Building
Green building or construction building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-e...
Drake & Scull wins $453m Saudi Lamar Towers deal
Drake & Scull Construction, the general contracting arm of the Dubai-based MEP specialist, has won a $460m (SR: 1.725bn) contract to complete the ...
Klober airtightness products for CSH / BREEAM dementia care centre
A £3.5M scheme to provide accommodation for those with early stage dementia has seen Klober’s Wallint 50 Air Barrier used with Solar-Line airtightness...
Development of Midyan Gas Field
Schedule | Larsen & Toubro submitted the lowest bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
Business & Industry
VOLVO P7000 SERIES ASPHALT PAVERS
Volvo P7110 tracked and P7170 wheeled asphalt pavers have been upgraded to Tier 4-Interim compliance with 235-horsepower Volvo D8 engines.
Flood Wood Care launches OneCoat Waterproofing Finish
Flood Wood Care, a prominent producer of specialty wood stains, has launched OneCoat Waterproofing Finish into the market.
NYU’s Greenwich Village expansion plan gains approval
A controversial plan that will grow NYU’s Greenwich Village campus by 2 million was unanimously approved by the City Council on Wednesday. The vote wa...
Peab secures $73 million postal terminal construction contract in Sweden
Peab AB, a Sweden-based construction and civil engineering company, has secured a contract worth SEK480 million ($72.67 million) from Posten Meddeland...
University of Pretoria Lecture Hall Complex
This is a new multidepartmental lecture hall complex for the University of Pretoria. It is situated on the corner of Burnett and Festival streets, whi...
Network Rail invests $156 million to upgrade railway around Nottingham
UK-based rail infrastructure operator Network Rail has announced that it is refurbishing the railway around Nottingham, UK with a £100 million ($156.2...
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