Caterpillar AP500E Asphalt Paver

March 17, 2010 Filed Under: Construction
Caterpillar AP500E Asphalt Paver

Caterpillar Inc. announces the addition of the AP500E Asphalt Paver to the Paving Products machine family. Excellent mobility, superb visibility, powerful C4.4 engine, quick setup, and a comfortable operating environment are just some of the features that you can expect from the AP500E wheel-type asphalt paver. The compact, lighter weight design allows contractors to haul the paver along with other necessary job site equipment, maximizing machine... 

Dessy and Pantone Announce PANTONE WEDDING Color Guide

January 25, 2010 Filed Under: Home Improvement
Dessy and Pantone Announce PANTONE WEDDING Color Guide

The Dessy Group and Pantone LLC announced the 2010 PANTONE WEDDING™ color guide, the ultimate color reference tool for brides and wedding planners. The PANTONE WEDDING color guide is part of PANTONE WEDDING, a collection of color tools that make it easy for a bride to achieve a perfectly color-coordinated wedding – from inspiration to “I do.” With over 190 colors to choose from, the guide provides inspiration for brides to develop unique... 

Innovative Decorative Concrete Company Taking the Intermountain West By Storm!

January 22, 2010 Filed Under: Architecture, Construction
Innovative Decorative Concrete Company Taking the Intermountain West By Storm!

Now anyone can afford to have durable, long lasting, decorative concrete in and around their home without the high cost and hassle of tearing out and replacing old concrete. Xtreme Resurfacing is quickly becoming the leader in the concrete restoration business. This material is being looked at in so many new ways. Not only is Xtreme Resurfacing getting more calls from general contractors, but now Xtreme Resurfacing is getting just as many calls from... 

Design Forum IX Features Adjaye, Eizenberg, Freear, Cruz

January 15, 2010 Filed Under: Architecture
Design Forum IX Features Adjaye, Eizenberg, Freear, Cruz

Design Forum IX: An Architecture of Necessity speakers include David Adjaye, RIBA, who recently made news by being selected to design the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.; Teddy Cruz, AIA, an internationally recognized San Diego-based architect who studies the relationship between architectural sites and their impact on urban spaces; Julie Eizenberg, AIA, whose Santa Monica firm has achieved international... 

Emco LED Garage Luminaire

January 14, 2010 Filed Under: Construction
Emco LED Garage Luminaire

Emco Lighting has introduced the Emco LED Garage luminaire (ELG). This new LED product is a ceiling mount or ceiling pendant mounted garage luminaire. Like all Philips Gardco and Emco LED luminaires, the ELG was designed around the LEDs to better manage heat and LED life. The ELG housing design provides extruded aluminum integral thermal radiation fins in the upper housing, combined with lateral air ways, to provide the excellent thermal management... 

In Weekly Cycles: Apartment Walls and Slabs in Fair-faced Concrete Quality

November 11, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Construction, Real Estate
In Weekly Cycles: Apartment Walls and Slabs in Fair-faced Concrete Quality

GRIDFLEX, the aluminium grid slab formwork system from PERI, once again showed its numerous advantages during its initial use in Brazil. Within a very short period of time, it has been possible to construct the floor slabs of the MaxHaus Morumbi residential complex with even, ready to-be-painted ceiling surfaces. Modern living in a rectangular form In São Paulo´s Morumbi district, 128 modern apartments are currently being constructed, spread across... 

Sieger Design’s Supernova for Dornbracht

November 5, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Home Improvement
Sieger Design's Supernova for Dornbracht

Let us take the sculptural quality of the fitting as the starting point for bathroom architecture. The result is an island in the room which places all of the functions and zones of the bathroom right at the very centre. A form of architecture which therefore becomes a solitary unit in itself. Upon closer inspection of the exposed design, it becomes clear that the high-gloss surfaces of the fittings constantly reflect the island’s individual... 

Steelcase Bix Lounge Seating

November 5, 2009 Filed Under: Home Improvement
Steelcase Bix Lounge Seating

The Bix system of seating and tables capture the informal collaboration and atmosphere of diner booths. The high seatbacks offer a feeling of enclosure without requiring walls, creating a comfortable, social working environment. Steelcase Bix Lounge Seating Features: Chairs available in individual, lounge, corner or straight sections, Benches double as occasional tables and Lounge and sectional seating available with or without back screens or arms.... 

Czajka sewage plant, Warsaw, Poland. Short construction period and high level of safety

October 6, 2009 Filed Under: Construction
Czajka sewage plant, Warsaw, Poland. Short construction period and high level of safety

The large-scale sewage treatment plant Czajka, situated to the north-east of Warsaw, is scheduled to be finished in December 2010 – and this after only a two-year construction period. With a cleaning capacity of almost 450, 000 cubic metres per day, designed for the equivalent of two million inhabitants, it will be the largest waste-water facility in Poland. Together with the Warbud construction company, PERI´s Polish engineers developed a cost-effective... 

Siemens offers integrated solutions for the complete equipment of cement plants

August 20, 2009 Filed Under: Construction
Siemens offers integrated solutions for the complete equipment of cement plants

The Siemens Industry Solutions Division has brought its range of products and services for equipping cement works together under the “Sicement” product family. This covers modularly structured, industry-specific solutions for power generation and distribution, drive technology, process control and instrumentation, data management, plant infrastructure and maintenance. Albrecht Neumann, who is responsible for the cement industry at Siemens Industry...