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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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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.

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.

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.

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.

Primoris Services Corporation Schedules Release of 2009 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results and Conference ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LAKE FOREST, Calif. -- Primoris Services Corporation , one of the largest specialty contractors and engineering companies in the United States, announced today that it will issue its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2009 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, before the stock market opens.

Indian MoD comments various defence and security issues (Defence Professionals)
According to the Indian Press Information Bureau, the following information was recently given by Indian Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in written replies to members of the Parliament of India: ...

Quality Products for the Concrete Industry for More Than 50 Years, by Greenstreak Group Incorporated, a Feature of ... (Marketwire)
SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - March 8, 2010) - Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) will host special guest Greenstreak Group Incorporated (St. Louis, Missouri) on this week's "Industry Today" webcast. Greenstreak manufactures and engineers a complete line of products and solutions for water and chemical containment for concrete structures, joint reinforcement solutions for large slabs ...

WRScompass Receives Environmental Business Journal Award for Kissimmee River Project (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
WRScompass has been awarded an Environmental Business Journal (EBJ) award for work completed on the Kissimmee River Restoration Contract 13B Reach 4 Backfill (KRR#13 Backfill) Project. Rich Santello, President of WRScompass, will accept the EBJ award at an industry ceremony at the Environmental Industry Summit VIII in Coronado, California.

Hard hat Nat learns how to big it up! (Denbighshire Free Press)
HARD hat - check, hi vis - check, boots - check! Free Press reporter Natalie Jones spends a day in the life of a... machine driver. Ruthin firm - Jones Brothers, established since the 1950s, is one of the UKs leading civil engineering companies.