Posts Tagged ‘Design’

Finished Basement Company wins gold in design competition

Finished Basement Company, with offices in Denver, Colorado, and Eagan, Minnesota, was recently recognized by two national remodeling publications for excellence in basement design.
The company won two gold awards in basement design from the “Best of the Best” design awards sponsored by Professional Remodeler Magazine. Now in its sixth year, the Best of the Best [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Architecture, General News

New WireFusion Version from Demicron

Demicron announced the latest version of its acclaimed 3D visualization tool WireFusion. Demicron is now shipping WireFusion 5, which represents a leap forward in productivity and performance for industrial designers, architects and CAD engineers engaged in interactive 3D visualization development. The new version is focused on improved performance, memory management and workflow. It is [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Architecture

Komatsu America launches new hydraulic excavator

Komatsu America Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. which is the world’s second largest manufacturer and supplier of construction, mining and compact construction equipment, introduced its new PC300HD-8 hydraulic excavator. Komatsu has developed an upgraded version of this model, distinguished by an enhanced cab design for superior operator comfort and control as well as [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Construction Equipment, Construction Machinery, General News

Trespa introduces new Colour concept

Trespa International’s new Colour concept is designed to show architects and designers how to create even more imaginative and aesthetically different façades using Trespa Meteon panels. This follows similar concepts for Light and Curved Elements launched earlier this year under Trespa’s source of inspiration called Perspectives. Architects are always interested in new design ideas [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Architecture, Building Construction, Construction Equipment, General News

Brockholes visitor centre shortlist

Lancashire Wildlife Trust has announced the shortlist in its competition to design its new multi-million pound visitor centre for the prestigious Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve near Preston. 61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs for the centre, which will include a café, shop, gallery, education and meeting rooms. The emphasis was on [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Architecture, Building Construction, General News

SABIC Innovative Plastics Advances Solar Panel Technology

As part of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ accelerating investments in new application and market development, the company announced the creation of a new Energy Center of Excellence at the company’s European headquarters in Bergen op Zoom, The Netherlands. The new facility, an expansion of SABIC Innovative Plastics’ existing Fluid Engineering Center of Excellence and part of [...]

Thursday, November 1st, 2007 In Architecture, Building Construction, Construction Equipment, General News

Homebuilder comes closer to gaining additional building permits

An initial step toward granting homebuilder T.R. Hughes further building permits for construction projects in Fairview Heights was taken on Tuesday night.
The Fairview Heights Planning Committee voted unanimously to recommend that a hold on permit applications filed by the company be lifted.
The action comes two weeks after the entire City Council voted to deny further [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Accelerated Building Concepts Corporation Announces Completion of Building Project At Sea World in Orlando, Florida

Accelerated Building Concepts Corporation , a provider in the design, manufacturing, and construction services for modular and component building facilities utilizing concrete and steel and structural insulated panels (SIPs) structures, today announced the completion of the construction of an operations support building at the Orlando site of SeaWorld(r) Adventure Park owned by Busch Entertainment [...]

Thursday, October 25th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News

Host. International Exhibition of the Hospitality Industry

Expo CTS and the Italian Ministry for the Environment invite operators from the hotel and hospitality sectors, together with their clients, to the Nemo Next Hotel, an exhibition-event on hospitality in the future, at Fiera Milano between 19 and 23 October 2007, as part of Host, the international trade fair on professional hospitality. A [...]

Monday, October 22nd, 2007 In General News

City works to clean up former Construction Machinery site

The city is preparing to sink another $375,000 into cleaning up the former Construction Machinery Co. site.
Waterloo City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a contract for that amount with Environmark Corp. of Davenport to complete remediating underground contamination at the former manufacturer at Vinton and Glenwood streets.
“They’ll be removing the underground storage tanks,” [...]

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 In General News

Experts urge building construction officials to ‘remove hidden risks’

Bad materials used in building construction are the primary reason for loss of property and human lives during an emergency, fire experts reiterated at the Civil Defence Exhibition and Conference organised by Dar Al Sharq at the Diplomatic Club yesterday.
Speaking on the topic ‘The Hidden Risk’ Philip Field, Technical Director of Loss Prevention Certification Board [...]

Sunday, September 9th, 2007 In General News

Jacobs Gets Roadway Widening and Reconstruction Contract From Georgia Dept. of Transport

Construction services provider Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said Wednesday it received a contract to widen and reconstruct two roadway sections north of Atlanta.
Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

Thursday, September 6th, 2007 In Building Construction, General News