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Zachry Holdings standardizes on Bentley's ConstructSim to enhance productivity and provide optimum construction paths

Zachry Holdings, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas-based engineering, construction, and industrial maintenance company, has standardized on Bentley's ConstructSim. The software will be made available to all of Zachry's project teams at job sites nationwide to enhance their productivity, provide optimum construction paths, shorten schedules, reduce risks, and improve safety. The innovative software produc... [more]


IHG's Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla expected to launch later this month

Crowne Plaza is one of the fastest growing business hotel brands from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms. Globally, there are 366 Crowne Plazas with 100,994 rooms in over 60 countries. Crowne Plaza Today New Delhi Okhla, a 208-room upscale business hotel spread over 2.1 acres, is reaching final stages of completion. The capital city’s newest... [more]


ISG refurbishes and upgrades the Manchester Crown Court building

ISG has commenced work on a £3.3 million project with Her Majesty's Courts Service (HMCS) to refurbish and upgrade the Manchester Crown Court building. The scheme sees the contractor make significant internal alterations to the building to accommodate six new court rooms, as well as carrying out a comprehensive programme of refurbishment across existing facilities. To minimise disruption to cou... [more]


Modernisation of the power sector in Poland faces numerous barriers and tough challenges for investors

Due to long-standing underinvestment, the Polish power sector is facing a genuine need of finding up to €50bn on investments in new power-production capacity and transmission systems in the coming years. However, only part of the projects initially announced by investors will be actually implemented. Thus, the amount of around €25bn earmarked for capital investments in the power sector in 2010-202... [more]


UK construction activity continues to contract but at a slower rate

According to the latest CIPS/Markit UK Manufacturing PMI, UK construction activity has continued to fall during February. However, the rate of decline was one of the weakest during the current two-year period of contraction. The seasonally adjusted CIPS/Markit Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI®) posted 48.5 during February, which was only fractionally lower than the previous month’s ... [more]


 

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NoricF4 custom metal ICF frames receive fire ratings, comply with...
Reward Wall Systems' NoricF4 Custom Metal ICF Frames have received fire ratings of 1.5 hours to 3 hours and they have been evaluated to be in compliance with the prescriptive requirements of the Department of Defense Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings for blast/force protection.

New Bobcat M-Series loaders lead industry in design and performan...
New Bobcat® M-Series skid-steer and compact track loaders feature the most significant design changes undertaken by the company. This new design enables the operator to accomplish more work through performance and durability enhancements that provide more power and keep the loader working longer,

Grundfos 2010 “Pumps on Tour” Truck Begins its 48-City Journey

Seismic Structures Fared Well In Magnitude-8.8 Earthquake
Engineers inspecting Chile’s structures after the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that struck the nation’s midsection on Feb. 27 say Chile’s modern buildings are more robust than many equivalent buildings on the West Coast of the U.S. Even concrete frames under construction fared well in the

And The Winner Is...
Thanks to everyone who stopped by the MCAA booth at the 2010 World of Concrete and entered to win our “Free Flight from Southwest Airlines” contest.

Nick Drew my life in plant part three (Digger)
After being made redundant from Wimpeys around 1982-83 I became a bit like a fish out of water for a while as I had like so many people become stuck in a rut with what I thought was the security...

Caterpillar Contemplating Shift of Excavator Production from Japa...
Caterpillar Contemplating Shift of Excavator Production from Japan to United States; Plan Could Double Number of U.S. Employees Building Excavators. Japanese excavator facility could also expand to meet long-term demand for growing customer base in Asia.

Caterpillar Contemplating Shift of Excavator Production from Japa...
skip to main | skip to sidebar Heavy Equipment Blog - Equipment Trader Insider - Official Blog of Equipment Trader Thursday, March 11, 2010 Caterpillar Contemplating Shift of Excavator Production from Japan to United States; Plan Could Double Number of U.S. Employees Building Excavators Photo

Sales growth starts to return in Europe
European companies have started to see an increase in sales in the last quarter, providing a tentative boost to corporate confidence

Japanese groups creep into Africa
Executives may struggle to adjust to local ways of doing business after belatedly joining the scramble for resources and economic influence on the continent

Costain confident in face of spending cuts
Construction group focuses on blue-chip customers committed to long-term capital spending programmes, as the industry prepares for harsh cuts in public spending after the general election

Rok triples profits
Cost-cutting and shifting its focus away from new build and into repair and maintenance of existing properties pays off for the construction group

Ashtead highlights recovery
The equipment rental group is confident it has reached the bottom of the building downturn, as it sees signs of recovery at its Sunbelt business in the US

Mears shrugs off election concerns
Repair and maintenance group rebuffs concerns over post-election spending cuts and says it is 'very excited' about this year

Bovis Homes returns to profit
The lack of large writedowns allows the housebuilder to return to the black for the full year, as it ran down unsold inventory and increased the volume of private home sales

Marshalls hit as paving and patio sales?slow
Marshalls reports falling sales as spending on pavements and patios dries up amid the UK's worst building slump for 35-years

Weak pound a blessing, says inward investor
A former strong supporter of euro membership has turned against the single currency, expressing relief that the UK chose not to join

Contract wins fillip for Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty reported a solid improvement in underlying profit and said it was emerging strongly from one of the toughest years the global construction industry has seen.

 



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