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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 4 reports

Drake & Scull International Wins Contract to Complete Lamar Towers

Drake & Scull Construction (DSC), the General Contracting Arm of Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI), has been awarded a SAR 1.725 billion contract by Lamar Investment and Real Estate Development Co. to complete the Lamar Towers project in Jeddah, ... [Published Construct Arabia - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Drake & Scull International, Wins Contract, Construction

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 2 reports

Construction Backlog Indicator 7% Higher than One Year Ago Despite Recent Declines

Source: Associated Builders and Contractors Inc.Backlog expected to expand moderately later in 2013 but construction volumes will be roughly flat for rest of the yearAssociated Builders and Contractors Inc.The Construction Backlog Indicator declined 1.1% ... [Published For Construction Pros - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Construction, Declination, Construction Spending, Infrastructure

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Associated Equipment Company

Construction Industry, Unions Urge Support for House Keystone XL Approval Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Seventeen national construction associations and unions joined Associated Equipment Distributors (AED) Monday, May 20, calling on the House of Representatives to support the Northern Route Approval Act, legislation that would eliminate ... [Published Construction Equipment Guide - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Construction, Associated Equipment Company, Workers

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Jewson supplies new eco-development

Passivhaus in Portland: supplied by Jewson Pennsylvannia Heights on the Isle of Portland, near Weymouth, is being built to the Passivhaus Standard using a range of materials from Jewson including bricks, blocks, plasterboard and, crucially, Chain of Custody ... [Published Builders Merchants Journal - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Jewson, John Green, Custody

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 12 reports

Cemex SAB de CV

Competition Commission to break up UK cement market

The Competition Commision bellieves there are too few cement producers operating in the UK market The Commission says it has provisionally found that coordination between the three major producers - Lafarge Tarmac, Cemex and Hanson - in the cement market ... [Published Builders Merchants Journal - 4 hours ago]

Entities: United Kingdom, Stocks, Cemex SAB de CV, Initial Assessment, Lafarge SA

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 reports

Carillion plc

Carillion set for £350m Battersea Power Station first phase

Carillion is set to be awarded the first phase £350m deal for the Battersea Power Station redevelopment, Construction News has learned. ... [Published Construction News - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Carillion plc, Power Plant, Construction

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 3 reports

Work To Begin On New Link Road In Taunton

Work on a new link road will go ahead in Taunton after receiving final approval from Local Transport Minister Norman Baker.The work is needed to improve east-west connections across Taunton and open up access to new development.The scheme will see Somerset ... [Published Build.co.uk - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Norman Baker, Economic Growth, Construction

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 11 hours ago - 4 reports

Emmitt Smith & George P. Bush to Keynote Carolinas AGC Construction Industry Summit

PR NewswireCHARLOTTE, N.C., May 21, 2013CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/... ... [Published SPi World News - 11 hours ago]

Entities: Emmitt Smith, George P. Bush

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Government doubles renewable heat subsidies

Renewable Heat Premium Payment increases to help boost industry while another government scheme is delayedThis article is available for registered users onlyYou have reached this page because you have viewed your 30-day allowance of 1 free article without ... [Published Building.co.uk - 18 hours ago]

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 4 reports

NICEIC is top certification body for Green Deal

Green Deal certificationGreen Deal is proving to be a great opportunity for contractors of all trades and over 380 companies have already signed up for Green Deal installer status via the NICEIC, making them the leading Green Deal certification body. ... [Published Building Talk - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Certification

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 4 reports

Why Is China Stealing Cities, Towns, and Buildings?

53 mins 0 1A lot of Chinese people look up to the West as an ideal, so the construction of these towns could be seen as a way of accelerating their progress; a quick way of achieving through emulation. — psmag.comTagged china, plagiarism, copyingNo C ... [Published Archinect - May 20 2013]

Entities: China, Pinterest, Zaha Hadid

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 7 reports

Legal rows now more costly and lengthy

Legal disputes in the construction industry now take longer to settle and are far more expensive, according to a new report.An EC Harris study shows that disagreement costs almost tripled from £6.6 million in 2011 to £17.7 million last year and continued ... [Published Specifinder.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: EC Harris LLP, Construction, United Kingdom

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...top, and there will be a wider shoulder than what now exists," said Dave Hamburg, Public Information Office for the Department of Transportation. "It's coming up to current design standard which was not the case back in the 1960's."

Construction to close Chenango Street [Published WICZ - 1 hour ago]

...The decision was published in the so-called official gazette of the regime on 10 May 2013, under the title "Annulment of the decision of the Council of Ministers of the issue no E-174-2010 and date 27.01.2010 and separating land in Neo Chorio village for the construction of a new prison" . The paper recalls that the issue of the construction of a new prison had been discussed recently in Ankara between the self-styled minister of internal...

Cyprus PIO: Turkish Cypriot and Turkish Media Review, 13-05-21 [Published Hellenic Resources Network - 1 hour ago]

"We are very pleased to have generated our first unit of energy," landowner Penny McKerrow said. "After almost four years of work it is really exciting to see this project come to fruition."

Gilkes outfits micro hydro project in Scotland [Published Hydro World - 1 hour ago]

...sjearthquakes.com/newstadium/webcam. "We are very excited to launch our new stadium webcam," said Earthquakes president Dave Kaval. "Thanks to the folks at EarthCam, our fans can keep tabs on the construction process from start to finish. We look forward to providing a time-lapse video for fans to enjoy at the conclusion of the project as well." Following in the footsteps of neighbor and fellow sports organization, the San Francisco 49ers, the San Jose Earthquakes have entrusted construction...

EarthCam Construction Camera Captures Progress for New San Jose Earthquakes Stadium [Published Noodls - 2 hours ago]

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