Up-front costs and lack of federal incentives remain obstacle to strong growth
Driven by consumer concerns over climate change and rising electricity prices, the U.S. small wind turbine market grew 14% and deployed 9.7 megawatts (MW) of new power generating capacity in 2007, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its annual small wind [...]

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Monday that it will acquire certain assets of Gremada Industries Inc., which reclaims and remanufactures metal components.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The agreement was signed on Sunday and the deal is expected to close when legal and regulatory requirements are completed, Caterpillar said.
West Fargo, N.D.-based Gremada remanufactures and reclaims metal [...]

The first international and professional exhibition on machinery trading —India international machinery and equipment exhibition, which was successfully organized by Worldex G.E.C in May,2007, will launch its second show in Mumbai, the firstly biggest city in India at BEC Exhibition Center from May 15th to 17th, 2008. At that time, exhibitors from China Taiwan, Korea, [...]

China Building 2007 Review Chinabuilding2007, covering a total exhibition floor space of 35,000m2, was joined by more than 400 building materials manufacturers from domestic and abroad including 100 foreign exhibitors and visited by more than 50.000 professional visitors, including: China, America, Korea, German, France, Spanish, Italy, Finland, Japan and India, etc. About US 5 [...]

The steep slump in housing intensified at the end of last year, pushing home construction down by the biggest amount in nearly three decades.
Analysts forecast more bad news in the months ahead with the big question remaining whether the housing slump will be severe enough to push the country into a recession.
The Commerce Department reported [...]

The construction of three stations and eight substations along Bungo/Baia railway line, which started in mid 2007 is already at the final stage, informed to ANGOP Luanda Railway (CFL) project director, Paulo Cuanza.
In an interview to ANGOP, the official said that of the three stations, two are new, namely Musseques and Viana, while the one [...]

Construction of the RM3 billion Penang Second Bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year holiday, said Penang Second Bridge Task Force head Tan Sri Zaini Omar.
“The preliminary work is progressing as scheduled with no major problems encountered while the actual work on the bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year,” he told a [...]

The eighth annual Construction Safety Expo for workers — which includes classes on construction safety such as electrical, scaffolding and crane operations — will be this Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Atlantic Technical Center in Coconut Creek, 4700 Coconut Creek Pkwy.

The volume of construction materials sales at the commodity exchange (UzEX) is constantly rising, which is the results of the increase in the volume of construction works being carried out in the country and the Central Asian region as a whole. At the same time the sales dynamics for the year are also demonstrating a [...]

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced that it is providing civil, structural, and environmental design services to Peel Media Ltd for phase one of the mediacity:uk development in Salford, United Kingdom.
The first phase of this internationally significant development will provide new accommodations and studio facilities for the BBC and consists of the site infrastructure, three new [...]

Spanish builder FCC named Baldomero Falcones Jaquotot as CEO and Executive Vice-Chairman of the company. Baldomero Falcones is replacing Rafael Montes, who has been appointed as Non-Executive Chairman of the Group.
FCC’s new chief executive, Baldomero Falcones, was born in Mallorca in 1946; he holds a degree in engineering and an MBA from IESE.

SNC-Lavalin ProFac Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin, Canada’s biggest engineering firm, has been awarded a contract by The Standard Life Assurance Company of Canada to provide facility management services for its investment real estate portfolio. The five-year contract begins on January 1, 2008, with options for renewals.
SNC-Lavalin ProFac was selected by Standard Life [...]