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2012 Olympic Park takes top Institution of Civil Engineers Award

Thirteen infrastructure and building projects were shortlisted for the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) annual Awards, which recognise engineering excellence in the capital. The London 2012 Olympic Park Enabling Projects in Stratford have been awarded the top honour at the ICE London Civil Engineering Awards 2010. Four other projects received awards including King’s Cross St Pancras Underground Station Redevelopment – Phase 2, The Shard ... [more]

DavyMarkham acquired by India's Hindustan Dorr Oliver

DavyMarkham has been acquired by India’s leading engineering procurement and construction company, Hindustan Dorr Oliver (HDO) Limited, a subsidiary of IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd, which is involved in engineered solutions, technologies and EPC installations in liquid-solid separation applications. The acquisition provides HDO with an entry into the Heavy Engineering sector. The firm’s Managing Director, Kevin Parkin, who was named B... [more]

Dyer and Butler complete civil works on Thameslink upgrade for the Olympics

Ludgate Cellars is Europe’s largest feeder station for railway traction current and has been designed to cope with the Thameslink upgrade which will see the central London section carrying twice as many trains in peak periods, with each train fifty per cent longer. Dyer and Butler has recently completed all the civil works on the substation which will supply power for the major 2012 upgrade to Thameslink London in preparation for the Olympics. ... [more]

Nanolia's nano coating enables any machine to operate more efficiently, while reducing fuel costs and emissions

Nanolia has introduced a product that enables virtually any machine to operate more efficiently, while reducing fuel costs by around 11% and emissions by around 60%. Based on the latest German nanotechnology the product which is simply added to engine or gearbox oil is a low cost way to reduce the cost of operating machinery – from the smallest motors and generators to the largest marine diesel engines and including pumps, gearboxes and winches.... [more]

Incoming work into the construction sector is now stabilising

According to the latest ONS data on new construction orders, orders in the three months to November 2009 rose by 1 per cent compared with the previous three month period. Orders in the 12 months to November 2009 fell by 14 per cent compared with the previous 12 months but orders in the three months to November 2009 rose by 4 per cent compared with the same period a year earlier. In the three months to November 2009, compared with the same period ... [more]

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Primoris Services Corporation to Present at Roth Capital Partners' 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Primoris Services Corporation , one of the largest specialty contractors and engineering companies in the United States, today announced that Peter J. Moerbeek, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, is scheduled to present at the Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 8:30 am Pacific Time / 11:30 am Eastern Time.

Pool, stormwater costs increase (Sapulpa Daily Herald)
Herald City Reporter The Sapulpa City Council approved a $32,400.07 change order in the contract with DCâBass Construction for the Sapulpa Aquatic Center Facility package.

Best Winter Games ever? (BBC News)
James Pearce on why Vancouver was so special

Construction industry still shedding jobs (Mississippi Business Journal)
The nation’s nonresidential building construction sector lost 9,600 jobs in February, according to the March 5 employment report by the U.S. Labor Department. Since Feb. 2009, the sector has shed 101,700 jobs, or 13.3 percent.

Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. announces year end 2009 financial results (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
TSX: BXE) Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. announces its financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2009. Effective November 1, 2009 Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. became the successor to True Energy Trust as a result of a Plan of Arrangement approved by the Trust's securityholders at a special meeting held on October 28, 2009.

Fabricating a steely outlook (The Borneo Post)
KUCHING: Within the heavy industrial and construction services sector, being involved in structural steel and galvanisation works is a mammoth task.

Primoris Services Corporation Names R. Steve Lewis Senior Vice President, Government Contracting Services (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Primoris Services Corporation , one of the largest specialty contractors and engineering companies in the United States, today announced that R. Steve Lewis has been named to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Government Contracting Services.

CORRECTING and REPLACING -- Primoris Services Corporation Announces 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- In a release issued this morning by Primoris Services Corporation , please note that a correction has been made to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Twelve Month Period Ended December 31, 2009; specifically, Basic Net Income Per Share for the period should read $0.81, not .

Primoris Services Corporation Announces 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Q4 2009 Financial Highlights

Hindustan Dorr buys UK engineering firm (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
MUMBAI, March 2 (Reuters) - Construction and civil engineering firm Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Ltd has acquired Sheffield-based heavy engineering company DavyMarkham, the Indian firm said.