Expolux brings together the most important industries in the lighting sector. Event is part of the International Construction and Lighting Week in São Paulo, which takes place between 8th-12th April at Anhembi, in São Paulo
With revenues of US$ 1 billion a year and 604 companies the Brazilian lighting sector recorded growth of around 7% in [...]

Rear Admiral Kevin McCoy of the US Navy, and Rear Admiral Bob Love, CVF Team Leader, Ministry of Defence head the international line up of speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, India, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, UK and USA at the 9th International Naval Engineering Conference (INEC 2008) being held in Hamburg, Germany 1-3 [...]

Leipzig’s duo event comprising the Z - Subcontracting Fair and the intec is once again expecting more than 1,000 exhibitors from all over Europe from February 26 to 29, 2008. Both trade fairs are closely connected with the industrial development taking place in Central Germany, where the most prominent industrial segments are automobile and [...]

To support the necessary growth and expansion of offshore wind in order to meet the EU’s 20% renewables target, several barriers need to be overcome. Low feed-in tariffs for offshore, limited and costly grid connections and complex authorisation procedures are seen as key obstacles by the offshore industry, delegates of the European Offshore Wind Energy [...]

A good school district, desirable homes and appealing surroundings have helped increase the value of Murrysville homes in recent years.
While the 2006-07 median sale price of Westmoreland County houses has risen by 1.6 percent over last year, Murrysville home prices are up 9 percent for the same period.
And since 2003-04, the median sale prices [...]

Thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike Sunday over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
While laborers have long complained about working conditions in this Gulf city known for its avant-garde skyscrapers, luxury dwellings and archipelagoes of artificial islands, [...]

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 [...]

Cheryl Daniels started noticing the dust and noxious fumes lingering in her Upper West Side apartment house after construction began in the building last fall. Then cracks appeared in the walls. One day, her front door stopped closing properly.
The breaking point came several weeks ago during a rainstorm. Ms. Daniels was awakened by a loud [...]

As a professional interior designer with Birmingham-based Maddalena Design, Sally Matak spends her days in a swirl of color, pattern and textures. So, when she heads home, it’s to a purposely serene and simple space where she can relax and refuel.
The 30-something Matak, who grew up in a “teeny, tiny town in Ontario two hours [...]

Architecture ranking showed aspirant Kartini Divya ranked at 259, when results were declared on May 25.
According to the aggregate of the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) and ISC results, she should have been ranked 163 on the list.
When Kartini’s parents pointed out the blunder on May 28 and submitted the marks-card to the CET [...]

Located in the center of the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex and within ten miles of two major airports, the city of Flower Mound has become one of the fastest growing cities in Texas.
In response to this growth, Flaherty Development recently completed the new 651,000 SF Cornerstone 1 Distribution Center in Flower Mound’s Lakeside Industrial [...]

Chinese building contractors are in big demand by the Trinidad and Tobago Government, and are often tagged for major projects over home-grown construction companies, who have been criticised for their inflated bids, poor work ethic, and failing to complete jobs on schedule.
But builders have in turn accused the Government of discrimination, saying the foreign builders [...]