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 12th International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Manufacturing Equipment / The 12th International Exhibition on Furniture Accessories, Materials and Wood Products (also known as WMF 2008) will be staged at China International Exhibition Centre (CIEC), Beijing, P.R. China on March 7 – 10, 2008. The upcoming edition is the largest ever, in both [...]

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 NewAcoustic stretch ceiling system is designed for high acoustical absorption for ceiling or wall applications. Designed by Newmat, a specialist in stretch ceilings, this system consists of a patented microperforated PVC membrane that can be installed by itself or over an acoustical core. NewAcoustic, one of many Newmat lines, is a flexible PVC membrane [...]

Axis Technologies Group, Inc. announced today that Kirchhoff Construction will join the company as an efficiency advocate in energy saving partnering. Kirchhoff, a leader in innovation, recently installed in their own facility the energy efficient lighting fixtures by Crescent/Stonco, a division of the Genlyte Group, Inc. that is equipped with the Axis Dimming/Daylight Harvesting [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Tantiprasut will be focusing his initial efforts on developing a systematic approach to packaging generationE solutions around IBM Service Management products. “Dr. Tantiprasut adds an important new element to our leadership team at generationE. With his deep expertise both in our target industries and with the IBM Service Management portfolio, we expect to bring our [...]

The 49ers may again be in the market for a new home. After burning most of their bridges with San Francisco and then annoying Santa Clara with demands, the 49ers are stirring up memories of 1997’s failed stadium plan.
What the team needs is a new location, and we have one in mind: the Concord Naval [...]

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 [...]

The Farmington School Board approved a contract Thursday for its new elementary school with a Cabot construction company.
GAG Construction was the apparent low bidder a week ago, bidding $4.5 million to build the 53,700-square-foot building. Construction could begin before the end of the month.
The school will be built on a 15-acre tract south of U.S. [...]