Construction/Building

NORTHVILLE, Mich., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Amerigon Incorporated (NASDAQ-GS: ARGN), a global developer and marketer of innovative thermal management technologies for a broad range of heating and cooling and temperature control applications, announced today that management...

BRUXELLES, February 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Le groupe Goodman vient de clôturer une année exceptionnellement fructueuse avec un total de 1032000 m2 de nouveaux projets pré-commercialisés en Europe continentale en 2011 et des résultats record en Allemagne et en...

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite a weakened economy, data center industry experts predict strong continued growth and construction activity for the foreseeable future according to a new study by Mortenson Construction, a leading U.S. data center contractor. ...

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WESCO International, Inc. (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of electrical, industrial, and communications MRO and OEM products, construction materials, and advanced supply chain management and logistics services, today announced that Richard P....

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Pacific Corp. (NYSE: SPF) announced results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. 2011 Fourth Quarter Highlights and Comparisons to the 2010 Fourth Quarter Net income of $15.3 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, vs....

BOSTON, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Whittier Street Health Center (Whittier) publicly unveils its new six-story, 79,000 square foot green building in Roxbury, Massachusetts.  The new health and wellness facility provides expanded capacity for the Center to continue its...

The Federal Finance Housing Agency, which oversees the government conservatorship of lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has announced a program wherein it will package and sell foreclosed homes at a discount to investors who agree to convert the properties into rentals for a set term of years...

Republican presidential candidate and front-runner Mitt Romney has won the Nevada caucus, but critics were quick to note his strategy of sidestepping the state’s dire housing market situation. Nevada leads the U.S. in foreclosures and in Las Vegas 70% of current borrowers are underwater on their...

Distressed sales including short sales and bank-owned property transactions helped to drive down U.S. residential real estate prices for the fifth year in a row. Core Logic reports that prices dropped an average of 4.7% across the nation, although when distressed sales were left out of the equation...

It used to be that franchises were born in a brick-and-mortar establishment, with historical examples that include McDonald’s, Dunkin Donuts and KFC. Now, home-based franchises are becoming more popular – and more successful. As of 2007, more than half of U.S. businesses were home-based...

DataQuick reports that Las Vegas home sales increased for the sixth consecutive month in December, with both resale home and new homes seeing improvement. The majority of transactions occurred for homes priced less than $200,000, with 42% of all deals inked in the month falling under $100,000. Distressed...

Some prospective homebuyers in Portugal who are having trouble securing a bank loan now have the option of getting funding from the property developer. Portuguese property agent Infinito Real reports that some borrowers are being given the opportunity to finance with the developer, typically for a short...

HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- United Technologies Corp.'s (NYSE: UTX) Board of Directors today declared a dividend of 48 cents per common share payable March 10 to shareowners of record at the close of business Feb. 17. The ex-dividend date is Feb. 15. UTC...

MONROE, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Deceuninck North America, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality systems for windows, doors, and outdoor living, will highlight the success of its recent partnership with JP Industrial (JPI), a GreenCircle Certified company, at...

WEST POINT, Utah, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Homes for Our Troops (www.homesforourtroops.org), a national non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely injured veterans, will hold a two-day Build Brigade in West Point, UT February 10-11 to...

MIAMI, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Arquitectonica partners Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear will share stories from their practice that traverses architecture, landscape, product design and interiors. The lecture will be held at Columbia University on Wednesday...

KEMP, Texas, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Larson Electronics' Magnalight.com announced today the release of a pedestal mounted 150 watt LED hazardous location light designed for easy deployment and illumination of large areas. Constructed with an aluminum pedestal base and wet...

SCRANTON, Pa., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AZEK Building Products introduces new outdoor lighting options to its AZEK® Rail product line so the entertaining and after hours relaxation do not have to end when the sun goes down.  The new AZEK Rail Lighting products...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibermesh – Concrete Solutions by Propex was named the number one brand of reinforcing fiber in both categories of Concrete Construction Magazine's 2012 Brand Study:  Brand Familiarity and Brand Most Used. In the...

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LoJack Corporation (NASDAQ: LOJN), the company that invented and leads the Stolen Vehicle Recovery category, today introduced its next generation, ruggedized Stolen Vehicle Recovery System for construction equipment and...