Pullman District: 10701-10705 South Cottage Grove

Famous for being the first planned industrial town in America, Pullman was built to provide modern, safe, and well-built housing for employees of the Pullman Palace Car Company. Park Bank Initiatives, a bank-affiliated non-profit community development organization, purchased the house and carriage house in foreclosure and renovated them for affordable housing. The project included masonry repairs, installation of new wood windows and new wood porches... 

Kingspan Group PLC Announces the Acquisition of MeTecno USA

Kingspan, the leading manufacturer of a range of sustainable products for the construction industry, is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of 100% of MeTecno, Inc. a holding company for the MeTecno businesses in the USA, from MeTecno BV, a subsidiary of the MeTecno Group, a global manufacturer of composite sandwich panels. The agreement is unconditional. MeTecno, operating under the ASI, API, and Benchmark brands, is the second largest... 

Coachmen Housing Group Announces New Mortgage Program

All American Homes® and Mod-U-Kraf Homes®, both subsidiaries of the Coachmen Housing Group, today announced the launch of a new initiative to help provide prospective home buyers with more options for the financing of the company’s new homes. All American Choice Mortgage™ will offer most types of home mortgages including construction-to-permanent loans to buyers purchasing new All American or Mod-U-Kraf homes through the company’s network... 

One Bryant Park

One Bryant Park/Bank of America Tower in New York City is one of the world’s “greenest” office towers. With an emphasis on sustainability, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, and energy and atmosphere, the building, about half of whose 2.1 million square feet will be occupied by Bank of America, will be constructed largely of recycled and recyclable building materials. It will feature a wide range of sophisticated environmental... 

Amec expert wins prestigious Canadian engineering medal

The Engineering Institute of Canada will present Peter Lighthall, P.Eng., with one of its highest honours at its annual awards ceremony in Ottawa, ON on March 3, 2007. Lighthall is a globally respected mining engineer with Amec, the international project management and engineering services company. Having worked on more than one hundred mines, Lighthall has led multi-disciplinary teams on a number of the world’s largest mines. His expertise...