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Trimble is establishing SITECH Technology Dealers in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific regions

Trimble has announced today that a SITECH® Technology Dealer has been established to serve contractors in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. SITECH South East joins the network of SITECH dealerships - the first fully dedicated global distribution network offering the most comprehensive portfolio of construction technology systems available to the heavy and highway contractor. SITECH Technology Dealers represent Trimble® machine control systems for ... [more]

Blu Balance prefab green home's a flexible floor plan comes with two or three bedrooms and two full bathrooms

Blu Homes, Inc. has launched its newest prefab green home, the Blu Balance. The eco-friendly and spacious Blu Balance is the largest Blu design at more than 1,600 square feet. The one-story home has a flexible floor plan and comes with two or three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The prefabricated Blu Balance is much more spacious than a conventional modular home, unfolding to 34' wide with 16' ceilings, and because of Blu's unique folding t... [more]

Elliptical concrete pipes solve surface water flooding problems

With localised surface water flooding continuing to be a major problem, elliptical concrete pipes are now a far more effective and economic alternative to drainage systems such as box culverts – according to Stanton Bonna. “The elliptical system offers significant advantages over others, particularly box culverts, because it provides a far superior hydraulic performance and a fully watertight elastomeric captive gasket joint”, explains Richard... [more]

Seavus Project Planner offers Google Apps Integration

Seavus Group has announced the launch of the new version 1.3 of Seavus Project Planner. The new version offers Google Apps Integration that empowers the project managers to continuously collaborate with project’s stakeholders. Project managers are able to collaborate and share project plans created in Seavus Project Planner and store those on Google Apps which can be accessed and updated by all stakeholders. Having in mind how complicated ... [more]

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 produces a construction information model that links dat... [more]

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RTI International Warm-Syngas Cleanup Technology Selected for Large-Scale Application at Tampa Electric
Technology improves efficiency of combined cycle power plants by 10 percent, captures CO2 emissions.

Training, New Technology Take Center Stage at the Remodeling Show
New to this year’s Remodeling Show, September 15-17, at the Baltimore Convention Center, is the Propane Innovation Pavilion in booth 2712, where remodelers and construction professionals can learn more about new propane-fueled equipment, appliances, and vehicles and participate in training workshops.

Construction to start on high-speed network
With the province's approval and a recently inked agreement with Execulink, Oxford's rural residents are that much closer to a high-speed Internet service.[...]

Construction in Muskegon County school districts winding down as students head back to class
Area school districts have undertaken significant construction and facility improvements over the summer. • A roundup of school construction projects Photo gallery Video

Geo-Technology Associates Inc. celebrates 25 years
Geo-Technology Associates Inc. celebrates its 25th year this month. The company was founded by John L. Wirth, Rich Morris, Kirk Ritchie and Thomas O’Laughlin as a geo-technical engineering firm to expand and complement the services provided by sister company, Morris & Ritchie Associates Inc.

School Lends Habitat a Hand
Students at Choffin Career and Technical Center are lending a helping hand to Habitat for Humanity. Juniors in Choffin's Construction Technology class are building the interior walls for the latest Habitat house. Since school just started, many of the students are getting a crash course in building. They have two weeks to complete the walls, but the teacher plans to use this quick lesson to ...

Resource Management Tool suits asphalt and aggregate companies.
Designed specifically for construction industry, web-based PreCise MRM (Mobile Resource Management) includes report that helps paving companies handle variable cost of hauling materials to and from job site. Geofencing technology and haul cycle analysis report enable operations personnel to monitor haul cycles of each job to identify instances where time at job, plant, or in-between is excessive ...

VW Energy Systems Most Efficient
CHATTANOOGA - Construction on Chattanooga's Volkswagen plant is close to completion, but the vital systems needed to run the massive site are finished. Those systems make the plant one of the most energy efficient in the world. It's some pretty amazing technology.

Technology enterprise zone sought to create a Miami 'Silicon Valley'
By Jacquelyn Weiner Miami may reign as Latin America's gateway to the US, but there's one area where it has fallen behind: technology.

Sutor Technology Group Limited Announces Preliminary Financial Results for Fiscal 2010 Fourth Quarter
Sutor Technology Group Limited , a leading China-based manufacturer and distributor of high-end fine finished steel products and welded steel pipes used by a variety of down-stream applications, today announced preliminary financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2010.