Construction

Research and Markets: Construction Sector in Russia 2009 - Get the Vital New Information on Planned Energy and Transportation Infrastructure Projects

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

Steel ETFs: PSTL vs. SLX

SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

ETF Database submits: The steel industry has taken a beating over the past two years, as prices and demand have fallen in tandem with the overall market, erasing years of gains in many steel equities. This near collapse was brought on by a perfect storm of events against the steel industry; a severe downturn in the construction industry, depressed automotive sales, and shaky debt markets that made...

Prez of Cook County Board candidate forum

PrairieStateBlue - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday

On Thursday night HACIA ( Hispanic American Construction Industry Association ) hosted a candidate forum that included Todd Stroger, Toni Preckwinkle, Terry O'Brien, Tom Tresser (Green) and John Garrido (Republican). WLS-TV covered it. And the Chicagoist has links to raw stuff. I wrote about it on Proviso Probe .

• President of the Cook County Board candidates forum - Proviso Probe

Cranes poised to rise in Boston

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

Experts think they can hear a faint pulse within the battered commercial real estate and construction industry here and elsewhere. The sector is still clearly in dire trouble...

New York Legislative Bill Overlooks Necessary Business Costs in Public-Option for Land Title Insurance Proposal

Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Land Title Association contended that hasty efforts in New York to create a government-run title insurer and displace the private sector in the real estate closing process would not produce the results asserted by proponents. Land title agents in New York go through labor-intensive steps to ensure homebuyers have “good title” before a land title...

Arclin Announces the Addition of its Portland, OR and Hayward, WI Facilities to its FSC Chain of Custody Certification

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Arclin, a leading provider of bonding, surfacing and related products for today's engineered building, industrial materials and natural resources markets recently announced that their Portland, OR and Hayward, WI Surfaces facilities have been added to its FSC Chain of Custody Certification. The Certification now covers all of Arclin's Surfaces facilities...

Regional Home Builder Agrees to Clean Water Act Settlement

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

Company will pay $350,000 penalty and upgrade environmental programs

NeighborWorks America Supports Extension of Homebuyer Tax Credit

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NeighborWorks America applauds the latest decision by Congress and the Obama Administration to renew the homebuyer tax credit and make the credit available to both first-time homebuyers and repeat homeowners who have lived in their homes for five years. Regardless of whether you are a first-time homebuyer or an existing homeowner ready to make your next home purchase, NeighborWorks...

Doubletree Arrives at Cincinnati International Airport

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Doubletree Hotels has announced the opening of the 177-room Doubletree Hotel Cincinnati Airport. The Doubletree Hotel Cincinnati Airport – the only hotel located directly at the entrance to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) – is uniquely positioned to serve the Tri-State area. Conveniently situated just 12 miles from Downtown Cincinnati,...

Stratus Properties Inc. Reports Third-Quarter and Nine-Month 2009 Results and Updates W Austin Hotel & Residences Development Activities

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stratus Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: STRS): HIGHLIGHTS On October 21, 2009, Stratus’ joint venture with Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund II, L.P. closed on a $120 million construction loan with Beal Bank Nevada for the W Austin Hotel & Residences project. W Austin Hotel & Residences project in downtown Austin, Texas, continues to be on schedule and within budgeted...

Ferro Announces Closing of Common Stock Offering

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ferro Corporation (NYSE: FOE) announced today that it has closed on its previously announced common stock offering. The total number of shares sold was 41,112,500, including 5,362,500 shares issued in connection with the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to purchase additional shares. Ferro intends to use up to $50 million of the net proceeds from...

DIR Launches Campaign to Build California’s Future Skilled Workforce

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Department of Industrial Relations: What: DIR’s Launch of the 2009 “I Built It – Youth” Apprenticeship Public Awareness Campaign Who: DIR Director John C. Duncan State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell; Deputy Secretary of Education Anne McKinney; Acting Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency Doug Hoffner When: Monday...

Masonite Inc. Announces Acquisition of Israeli Steel Security and Safety Entry Door Business

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Masonite Inc., a world leader in interior doors and entry door systems, announced its acquisition of the assets of 7 Tech, an Israeli-based steel security and safety door business. Masonite’s Israeli subsidiaries Etz Karmiel Ltd. and Open Gallery Ltd. will add the 7 Tech steel security and safety doors, with their attractive modern and European styling,...

Associated Materials and AMH Holdings to Hold Third Quarter Earnings Conference Call - Time Changed

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Associated Materials (the "Company") and AMH Holdings today announced that the time for its third quarter earnings conference call has been changed and the call will now be held on Friday, November 13, 2009 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time. The call was previously scheduled for the same date at 11 a.m. Eastern Time. You are invited to listen to the call,...

CapLease Congratulates the World Champion New York Yankees

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CapLease, Inc. (NYSE: LSE) expresses its best wishes to the New York Yankees on earning their 27th World Series Championship. CapLease’s $2 billion portfolio of well located single tenant commercial real estate assets includes the Tiffany & Co. primary operating facility and office building in Parsippany, New Jersey, where Major League Baseball’s World Series...

Pidilite Industries Limited - Financial Analysis Review

aarkstore | 11/05/2009

Summary Pidilite Industries Limited is one of the leading manufactures of adhesive products and chemicals. The company is principally engaged in the manufacture, the sale and distribution of adhesive products and chemicals. The company’s product portfolio includes industrial adhesives, construction adhesive, pigments, textile resins and leather chemicals, stationery art & material, fabric care & maintenance...

SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. - Financial Analysis Review

aarkstore | 10/23/2009

Summary SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. (SeaBright) provides multi-jurisdictional workers’ compensation insurance in the US through its subsidiaries. The company provides its services to maritime employers with coverage needs over land, shore, and navigable waters; employers in the construction industry; and employers who are obligated to pay insurance benefits specifically under state worker’s...

Brazil is witnessing massive investments in its housing sector

bharatbook | 10/10/2009

Bharatbook.com added a new report on "Brazil Housing Sector Analysis" provides extensive research and objective analysis on the growing housing industry in Brazil. Brazil Housing Sector Analysis Brazil has emerged as one of the favorable destinations for the real estate developers to tap unexplored opportunities in housing sector, despite gloomy economic environment. This is largely due to the fact