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BioBased Insulation® Sealants Approved to Use USDA Biobased Product Label
Two high-density sealants marketed under the BioBased Insulation® brand have been approved to use the U.S. Department of Agriculture certified biobased product label. The label indicates that the products have been independently certified to meet USDA BioPreferredTM program standards for... - August 25, 2011 - BioBased Insulation
Ceram Launches New Service - Hygrothermal Performance Testing of External Wall Insulation (EWI) Systems to M.O.A.T. 22 and ETAG 004
Ceram extends the scope of its testing of external wall insulation (EWI) systems, following the investment in two bespoke hygrothermal rigs. - August 25, 2011 - Lucideon
Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc. Continues Growth with Expansion of Strategic Roof and Waterproofing Services in the U.S. Northeast Regional Market
Graywolf today announced further growth with the expansion of strategic roofing and waterproofing services for commercial, industrial and multi-family clients in the Northeast region of the U.S. - August 25, 2011 - Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc
Graywolf Announces Significant Product Development Progress for Innovative Roofing Products Designed to Mitigate Storm and Wind Damage
Graywolf has successfully completed rigorous wind tunnel testing which has confirmed the products ability to dramatically reduce wind uplift and mitigate potential wind damage for commercial, industrial and residential buildings. - August 25, 2011 - Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc
Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc. Expands Strategic Roof and Waterproofing Services Throughout Florida
Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc. continues growth with the expansion of strategic roofing and waterproofing services for commercial, industrial and multi-family clients throughout Florida. - August 25, 2011 - Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc
Rabine Group Supports Less Fortunate Children
The Rabine Group Foundation has partnered with the Palatine Park District to collect school supplies for needy children before classes begin. - August 24, 2011 - Rabine Group
QA Graphics Offers Educational Solutions for Fall Building Projects
QA Graphics provides architects, integrators, engineers, and others involved in new construction or retrofitting projects the opportunity to offer their clients an educational display that can inform building visitors about the sustainable building features they have put into effect. - August 24, 2011 - QA Graphics
The Woodlands, TX Roofing Credentials of Weather Guard Roofing
Credential tips for Woodlands Residents. Also, Weather Guard Roofing now has a new You Tube Video for viewing. - August 20, 2011 - Weather Guard Roofing
Floyd McMillin of McMillin Construction Custom Homes, Inc. Releases New Website
Floyd McMillin of McMillin Construction Custom Homes, Inc., a leading construction company based in Topeka, Kansas has released a new website: http://www.floydmcmillin.com The website of Floyd McMillin contains information and a list of places where you can connect with Floyd McMillin and McMillin... - August 19, 2011 - McMillin Construction Custom Homes, Inc.
Mattamy Homes Teams with Beasley & Henley for Model Design
Award-winning Beasley & Henley Interior Design is pleased to again provide dynamic Merchandising and Interior Detailing for two new Mattamy Homes town home models, located at The Reserve at Loch Lake (Lake Mary Blvd and Sterling Pine Road). The models will reflect the community’s appeal... - August 18, 2011 - Beasley & Henley Interior Design
To Better Serve Locals, Concrete Contractors in Albany Now Working with SEO Company
Concrete Raising of Upstate New York has chosen Prospect Genius for the lead generation program in order to better serve their customers. - August 18, 2011 - Concrete Raising of Upstate New York
Urban Exteriors: A Decade Dedicated to High-Quality Decking & Woodworking in Brownstone Brooklyn, NYC
For the past decade, Steve Rayboy of Urban Exteriors has dedicated his livelihood to fulfilling the fine decking and woodworking needs of residents based throughout the historic Brownstone Brooklyn section of New York City, where nearly 60 percent of the area’s fabled brownstones fetch... - August 17, 2011 - Starborn Industries
QA Graphics Joins COSC, Combining Sustainable Education and Design
QA Graphics has joined the Center on Sustainable Communities (COSC), a non-profit membership organization that serves as Iowa's trusted educational resource for sustainable building. With both QA Graphics and COSC’s focus on providing education about sustainability, this relationship was a natural progression. - August 17, 2011 - QA Graphics
Collins Sports & Fitness Center Installs Lockers for a Tough Crowd
Collins Perley Sports & Fitness Center in St. Albans VT has installed sturdy, durable partitions and lockers from Scranton Products in their hybrid school, sports team and community membership gym. The HDPE material resists vandalism, door slamming, bacteria and rust and are easy to clean. - August 16, 2011 - Scranton Products
QA Graphics’ BAS Image Module More Accessible for Niagara AX Users
QA Graphics®’ alliance partner, Lynxspring, Inc., has made QA Graphics’ BAS Image Module even more accessible by including a pre-installed version of the Module in the new release of their JENEsys® ProBuilder software for Tridium’s NiagaraAX platform. Lynxspring is a... - August 14, 2011 - QA Graphics
Therm-All Insulation Featured in the August Issue of Construction Digital Magazine
Therm-All Insulation, a leading building products manufacturer in the U.S., is featured in an 11-page company report in the August issue of Construction Digital magazine. - August 14, 2011 - Therm-All, Inc.
Damage Prevented at Historic Ohio Building by Use of Epoxy Pipe Lining Process
Plumbing Professors uses innovative epoxy lining techniques to repair 150 year old vertical pipes without disturbing historic building whatsoever. - August 13, 2011 - Plumbing Professors
Buro Happold Selected as Structural Engineers for New Basketball Arena in Nebraska
The 16,500-seat arena – which will break ground in September – will be the new home of the Huskers, aka the Nebraska Cornhuskers, the men’s and women’s basketball teams of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. - August 13, 2011 - Buro Happold
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. Supplies Precast for All Precast Dormitory in New York
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. Supplying Precast Concrete Building Components for the University at Albany’s New 500 Bed All Precast Concrete Dormitory. - August 13, 2011 - Oldcastle Precast, Inc
Stonhard Launches Stongard, a Product Family That Provides Long-Term Solutions for Moisture Control
Stonhard’s newest product family, Stongard, provides solutions to address moisture control issues in a variety of environments. - August 11, 2011 - Stonhard, Inc.
Rinox Products Replace Faulty Wall; Give Homeowners a Sigh of Relief
Homeowners were growing concerned with the failing timber wall originally installed to retain earth and support the back end of the home’s driveway. Rinox products provided a permanent and attractive solution, creating happy homeowners. - August 10, 2011 - Rinox
Sika Sarnafil's Stanley Graveline Receives ASTM William C. Cullen Award
Sika Sarnafil, the worldwide market leader in thermoplastic roofing and waterproofing membranes, is pleased to announce that Stanley Graveline, Vice President, Technical Services, has received the William C. Cullen Award from ASTM International in recognition of his long-time outstanding... - August 10, 2011 - Sika Sarnafil
STATE Contracting, Inc. Attends 2011 Business Opportunity Conference
Carolina's Minority Supplier Development Council’s 34th Annual Event Scheduled for Aug. 10 - August 10, 2011 - State Contracting
Addison Homes Wins National Safety Award
Addison Homes in Greenville, SC, wins a national Safety Award for Excellence for its comprehensive efforts designed to ensure an accident-free work environment for employees, trade partners and vendors. - August 10, 2011 - Addison Homes
Rocksolid Stone Works Achieves Certification to Fabricate PaperStone, a 100% Eco-Friendly, Recycled Solid Surface
Countertop Fabricator of Granite, Quartz, and Natural Stone Adds an Environmentally-Friendly Choice to their Extensive Product Offerings - August 10, 2011 - Rocksolid Surfaces
GFRC Construction Group Announces Mike Kavanaugh President
Mike Kavanaugh "The Grandfather of GFRC"; President of GFRC Construction Group. - August 09, 2011 - GFRC Construction Group
Synergy Builders Inc, Announces Its Participation at the College of DuPage Home Show
Synergy Builders Inc, a design-build home remodeling company, announces its participation at the College of DuPage Home Show in Glen Ellyn Illinois, Chicago along with 100 additional vendors. - August 08, 2011 - Synergy Builders
Synergy Builders Invites You to Participate in Their Upcoming Raffle on Facebook
Synergy Builders, a design-build home remodeling company invites you to participate in their upcoming raffle on Facebook and spread the word about their services. - August 08, 2011 - Synergy Builders
Synergy Builders Thanks Everyone Who Participated in Facebook Raffle for a Brand New iPad 2
Synergy Builders held its Facebook raffle for a brand new iPad 2 on June 6th 2011. They would like to thank everyone who participated and helped in spreading the word about Synergy Builders. - August 08, 2011 - Synergy Builders
New Home Sales Soar for LGI Homes with a Record Breaking July
LGI Homes is pleased to announce that July was a record breaking month for residential closings. With a previous closing record of 56 in October of 2010, LGI Homes reached 57 closings on new homes in July 2011, an all-time high for the homebuilder. Currently, LGI Homes is ranked 58th by Builder... - August 06, 2011 - LGI Homes
Oldcastle Precast, Inc. Purchases Enviro-Systems Corporation
Oldcastle Precast, Inc., a premier provider of precast concrete products, today announced that it has acquired Enviro-Systems Corporation - August 06, 2011 - Oldcastle Precast, Inc
Rabine Paving Sponsors CAI Homeowners Forum
Communication Associations Institute uses the state of the art Rabine Group Academy Auditorium to host their Homeowners Forum. - August 06, 2011 - Rabine Group
Housing Slump Boosts Screened Porches’ Popularity
Long® Fence recommends screened porches for homeowners who want to extend their living space. Screened porches can be used for many activities, and they increase a home’s appeal when built correctly with high-quality materials. According to a 2010 Fannie Mae National Housing Survey,... - August 05, 2011 - Long Fence
U.S. Concrete Awarded High Profile Infrastructure Project in Dallas, Texas
U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: USCR) today announced that its Redi-Mix, LLP operation in Dallas/Fort Worth has been selected by Trinity Infrastructure, LLC as the concrete supplier for a major section of the LBJ Express project in Dallas, Texas. Redi-Mix will supply concrete for the western section... - August 05, 2011 - US Concrete
Rabine Group to Install the First Tubular Solar Panel System in the Midwest
The Rabine Group will be starting the reconstruction of a sustainable roof at its Schaumburg headquarters, the first tubular, photovoltaic solar panel roof that fully integrates with white roof membranes - August 05, 2011 - Rabine Group
Los Feliz Home Builder Reveals the Company's Home, Kitchen and Bathroom Designs
Fine Designs by Roger Perron, Inc., a Los Feliz general contractor has launched a new website, which focuses on the company's innovative home, kitchen and bathroom designs at www.RogerPerron.com/los-feliz/. - August 05, 2011 - Los Feliz Construction
Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc. Announces Expansion of Strategic Roof and Waterproofing Consulting Services in the Dallas Fort-Worth Metrolplex Market
Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc., today announced further progress in its strategic growth initiative focused on professional roof and waterproofing services for key commercial, industrial and multi-family clients in the Dallas Fort Worth region. - August 04, 2011 - Graywolf Construction Innovations Inc
Building Envelope Science Institute Holds Training Seminar for Defective Drywall in Orlando, Florida
The Building Envelope Science Institute (BESI) has held training seminars on Defective Drywall throughout Florida since October 2009; to provide qualified individuals training to perform inspections and remediation on structures with Defective “Chinese" Drywall. - August 04, 2011 - Building Envelope Science Institute
Boston Cedar Adds a Social Media Platform to Its Marketing Strategy
"This key initiative will continue to become an integral part of the overall marketing strategy for the company going forward," said Paul Colliton, Boston Cedar’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. - August 03, 2011 - Boston Cedar
Rabine Group is Honored to be No. 19 in Crain's Fast Fifty List of 2011
Crain’s Chicago recognizes the Rabine Group in this year’s Fifty Fastest Growing Companies List for the second year in a row. - August 03, 2011 - Rabine Group
The Right Window Company Announces "Right Now Program"
Now, in addition to manufacturing vinyl windows in a made-to-order fashion, The Right Window Company will begin to stock one hundred of the most popular vinyl window sizes so that contractors and DIY-ers can come in and pick them up for projects that same day. - August 02, 2011 - The Right Window Company
Metal-Era’s ANSI/SPRI ES-1 Tested Fascia Outperforms Other System
Metal-Era, Inc., the national leader in commercial roof edge and roof ventilation solutions, announces that the performance of its Anchor-Tite Standard Fascia System was successfully tested during a severe thunderstorm in Wittenberg, WI, which damaged many other surrounding buildings. On July 20,... - August 02, 2011 - Metal-Era, Inc.
Acoustiblok® and QuietFiber® Layered to Quiet Residential Generator in Maryland Homeowner’s Weekend DIY Sounproofing Project
Acoustifence and QuietFiber are combined in a weekend DIY soundproofing project for a Maryland homeowner looking to quiet his backyard emergency generator. - August 01, 2011 - Acoustiblok, Inc.
Rinox Products Allow Homeowners to Extend Living Space to the Outdoors
Rinox Products allow a homeowner to match their new backyard patio to the look of their existing home, while also extending their living space to the outdoors. - July 29, 2011 - Rinox
Purdue University Engages MySmartPlans for ASHE Case Study
Purdue University, in conjunction with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering, has selected MySmartPlans to provide Project Information Management services on case study for renovations being performed at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. - July 29, 2011 - MySmartPlans
FABLOGIC Metal Composite Panel Project Featured in MetalMag
FABLOGIC(TM) by BAMCO, Inc., an award-winning leader in the design and fabrication of composite metal panels, is proud to have one of its projects featured in the May/June 2011 issue of MetalMag. The featured project is the Loggia Athletic Center at Grinnell College in Iowa. The athletic center... - July 29, 2011 - BAMCO, Inc.
Badger Insulated Pipe Creates New Tubing for Outdoor Wood Furnaces with Much Less Heat Loss
Badger Insulated Pipe manufactures insulated pipe for Outdoor Wood Furnaces, Solar applications and Geo Thermal applications. Badger Insulated Pipe has recently developed a 5 wrap Insulated pex tubing. This was developed to replace the foam insulated or other expensive insulated pipe for... - July 28, 2011 - Badger Insulated Pipe
Nations Roof LLC Appoints Michael “Kevin” Warf as President of Nations Roof of Carolinas – Charlotte, North Carolina
Nations Roof announced the appointment of Michael “Kevin” Warf as President of Nations Roof of Carolinas, LLC, which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Rich Nugent, CEO of Nations Roof said, "We are pleased that Kevin Warf has joined Nations Roof at this critical stage in... - July 28, 2011 - Nations Roof LLC
F.E. Moran Special Hazard Systems Launches New “VITAL” Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Program
Strategic Tagging System Simplifies ITM Processes and Increases Accuracy - July 28, 2011 - The Moran Group
Rose Paving Opens Satellite Office in Streamwood, IL
Ed Campbell, President of Rose Paving Co., announced today that the company has continued its expansion efforts by opening a satellite office in Streamwood, IL. The new location is now open for business and is managed by Rose Paving’s Vice President, Tim Chimack, who currently oversees a... - July 27, 2011 - Rose Paving Company