Ireland’s National Roads Authority has selected the ICON consortium, which comprises FCC (45%), Sacyr Vallehermoso (45% through its infrastructure subsidiary, Itinere) and PJ Hegarty (10%), as Preliminary Preferred Tenderer to design, build, finance and manage the M50 ring road in Dublin, Ireland.
The concession is for 35 years. Work is expected to commence in August 2007 [...]

The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group has received orders from Equinox Minerals Limited, Canada, for the supply of electrical equipment and systems for Open-Cast mine haulage trucks, Grinding Mills and “In-Pit” electrical reticulation, required for the development of its new Lumwana Copper Mine in Zambia. The order volume amounts to around 40 million euros [...]

Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, OCI Cimento Anonim Sirketi, has received approval from the Capital Markets Board, to make a voluntary tender offer for all outstanding A and B class shares in Bati Anadolu Cimento Sanayii Anonim Sirketi that OCI does not currently own for a minimum price of [...]

Atlanta-based Beazer Homes USA, Inc. has responded to statements made by the representative of FBI on the possibility of a federal investigation of the company in connection with alleged mortgage fraud. “Beazer Homes has been in contact with the U.S. Attorney’s Office and, at this time, there have been no allegations of any wrongdoing,” the [...]

Granite Construction Incorporated announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of The Superior Group of Companies, a Pacific Northwest-based construction materials producer and asphalt paving company for an estimated purchase price at closing of between $56.8 million and $59.8 million in cash.
Under the signed agreement, Granite will purchase certain assets of [...]

Nilfisk-Advance America announced Nilfisk GWD 255 Drum Vac. Designed to meet the general plant cleaning and maintenance needs of manufacturers throughout various industries, the GWD 255 is powered by 2 independent bypass motors and can fit both 30 and 55 gallon drums, allowing users to recycle drums that are abundant in nearly every production plant.
An [...]

CECO Filters introduced long-life, centralized CECO Mist Collector Systems. Providing up to 10 years of filter life with 99.5% and higher efficiencies at capturing mist emissions, the CMC ‘boxed solution’ collectors allow effluent from multiple operations, even plant-wide, to be treated at one location. In turn, captured liquids and particulates can be efficiently and economically [...]

Chuck Taylor, landscape architect at Georgia Southern University for 10 years, was honored recently by the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) for projects in two separate categories. He received an award of merit in the Parks and Public Works category for “Creating a Pedestrian-friendly Campus,” a project that was implemented [...]

Scott Brothers announces new range of high performance evaporative bioclimatic air-conditioning units. The new Bioclimatic Convair appliances operate with windows and doors open, providing dependable cooling in a safe, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way.
During hot weather, most people prefer to leave the windows and doors of their living rooms, bedrooms, conservatories, offices and shops open. [...]

British architect Lord Richard Rogers, acclaimed for his urban, socially minded and open designs including the airy Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, is the winner of the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize, it was announced Wednesday.
Rogers, 73, is the fourth British architect to receive the field’s top honor, founded in 1979 and sponsored by the family [...]

ew Hum-B profilers from CDCLarue are ergonomically designed surface scarfiers. The Hum-B profiler is suitable for preparing concrete, terrazzo, stone and masonry, and for removing paint, adhesives, and epoxy floor coatings.
Available in 6″, 8″ and 10″ configurations with zero depth height adjustment, a centrally located drum assembly that provides better balance and less vibration and [...]

Xantrex Technology’s inverters have been installed by Grupo Enerpal for a 800 kilowatt photovoltaic solar project in Brazatortas, Spain. The PV system is the largest in Ciudad Real, a province of central Spain, in the southwestern part of the region of Castile La Mancha.
Eight Xantrex GT100E inverters were installed and convert direct current power from [...]