Xceive Corporation, the market leader in hybrid silicon tuners with proven success in PC, television and the digital home, today announced its furthered partnership with Trident Microsystems to produce a mid- to high-end flat panel TV reference design platform. This “Aspen” reference design combines the superior technology of Xceive’s highly integrated silicon tuner, the XC5000, [...]

Xceive Corporation, the market leader in hybrid silicon tuners with proven success in PC, television and the digital home, has announced its furthered partnership with Trident Microsystems to produce a mid- to high-end flat panel TV reference design platform. This “Aspen” reference design combines the superior technology of Xceive’s highly integrated silicon tuner, the XC5000, [...]

Xceive, a maker of hybrid silicon tuners for PC, TV and digital home, on June 5 announced its “Breckenridge” reference design for small-size and transportable hybrid TVs and is demonstrating what it claims is the world’s smallest high-definition TV (HDTV) this week at the Computex trade show in Taipei (June 5-9).
Xceive’s XC5000, a hybrid silicon [...]

Urban experts apprehend that Dhaka’s planned urbanisation is set to face a doom with thousands of building plans approved hurriedly over the last few months without considering vital prerequisites, constraints of utility services and physical infrastructures.
As many as 13,500 building plans were approved from January to May this year.

SolCool One LLC and Perform Wall teamed up at the fourth annual Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo in Santa Monica, CA May 18th & 19th.
Perform Wall manufactures a stay-in-place insulated concrete form that is structurally strong, energy efficient, sound proof, resistant to fire, wind, mildew, and fungus, including black mold. Perform Wall building blocks [...]

Alternative Construction Company, Inc. announced the formation of the Future of Building Institute, Inc. (FBII), a non-profit organization currently being formed for the purposes of attracting and combining
Mr. A.J. Francel, President of FBII, stated, “We are interested in achieving total housing solutions. For years, the economics of housing have looked at mortgage costs, maintenance costs, [...]

Speaking at this week’s 11th Annual East Coast Gaming Congress, Kevin DeSanctis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Revel Entertainment Group, announced that Arquitectonica has been named the design architect, BLT Architects has been named Executive Architect and Architect of Record and SOSH Architects has been named Associate Architect for the Company’s Atlantic City resort [...]

For Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS), the world leader in innovative precise positioning products and technologies, 2007 will be a benchmark year, according to Ray O’Connor, company president and CEO.
Topcon, in conjunction with TSD Integrated Controls, the Topcon and Sauer-Danfoss joint venture company, will announce a combined 13 new products this week at Bauma, the world’s [...]

Atkins has celebrated a world first, with the installation of the turbine blades onto Manama’s Bahrain World Trade Center towers. The installation of the 29 metre diameter turbine blades represents a culmination of over three years of intensive research and development by Atkins architects and engineers in association with Danish partners Ramboll and Norwin. The [...]

The new BCA Part J “greenhouse regulations” will send everyone in the building and construction industry back to school to relearn the basics, according to Mark Tatum, Technical Manager with Kingspan Insulated Panels.
Part J summary
NEW BUILDING REGULATIONS NOW IN FORCE
* BCA PART J: Mandatory Energy Efficiency Measures for Non-Residential Construction.
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Ameco, a unit of Fluor Corporation providing integrated equipment and tool solutions to government and industry, is celebrating its 60th anniversary. Originating in 1947 in Greenville, S.C., as the equipment division of Daniel Construction Company, Ameco celebrates this anniversary with diverse, worldwide operations that include opening a new office in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada; supplying [...]

The construction industry is going through a period of extraordinary growth. At the same time, there is much discussion about the sugar industry and the significant land use.
As we stand at the threshold of this massive period of construction, we need to ask ourselves if we will create a worthwhile legacy. The changes to the [...]