Red Roof’s NextGen Exterior Design and Luxurious Interiors

August 26, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Real Estate
Red Roof's NextGen Exterior Design and Luxurious Interiors

Red Roof®, a leader in economy lodging, announces the opening of their first exterior and interior-build NextGen property in Beaumont, Texas, located at 2310 I-10 South on August 21. NextGen’s modern, sleek exterior and luxuriously appointed and technologically advanced interiors signal a new era for Red Roof. The NextGen design also demonstrates the company’s commitment to moving its brand image forward, developing continued and superior service... 

“Floating” LEDs and color effect glass from SCHOTT enable a casino in Vienna to sparkle

January 23, 2009 Filed Under: Architecture, Construction
"Floating" LEDs and color effect glass from SCHOTT enable a casino in Vienna to sparkle

More than a thousand light diodes encased in glass and reflective walls made of color effect glass that shimmers in gold adorn the Monte Laa Casino, located on the hill with the same name at the Bohemian Prater in Vienna. These specialized glasses from SCHOTT compete with the 283 gambling machines for attention. The C4 Projektgesellschaft m.b.H. managed by Christian Cumpelik designed the prestigious Casino for the Austrian company Novomatic AG, one... 

Hobart Brothers Offers Self-Shielded Flux-Cored Welding Wire for X80 Pipeline

December 3, 2008 Filed Under: Construction

To ensure consistent chemical and mechanical properties when welding on critical X80 pipeline applications, Hobart Brothers offers its Hobart® Fabshield X80 self-shielded flux-cored welding wire. The Fabshield X80 creates welds with high tensile strength and excellent CVN (Charpy V-Notch) impact toughness that remain ductile at low temperature. Classified under AWS (American Welding Society) A5.29, class E81T8-Ni2 J, the Fabshield X80 wire provides... 

ProLogis Closes $104.7 Million Portfolio Financing for ProLogis North American Industrial Fund II

December 3, 2008 Filed Under: Real Estate

ProLogis, a leading global provider of distribution facilities and services, announced today that it has closed a $104.7 million, secured financing with a large institutional investor on behalf of an affiliate of ProLogis North American Industrial Fund II. The ten-year financing has a coupon of 6.38 percent and represents a loan-to-value of approximately 58 percent on five geographically diverse, US industrial properties. The proceeds will be used... 

Orion Marine Group Presenting At the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investment Conference

November 25, 2008 Filed Under: Construction

Orion Marine Group, Inc. a leading marine specialty contractor serving the heavy civil marine infrastructure sector, today announced it will be presenting at the FBR Capital Markets 2008 Fall Investment Conference on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 2:20 p.m. (ET)/1:20 p.m. (CT). A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at http://www.orionmarinegroup.com.... 

Equipment sellers in Spain, Los Angeles and Dubai benefit from global reach of Ritchie Bros.

November 24, 2008 Filed Under: Architecture

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers gave equipment sellers easy access to the global marketplace last week, attracting bidders from around the world to seven unreserved industrial auctions in four countries – including the largest Spain auction in Company history. The three-day auction at the Company’s Moncofa, Spain auction site generated almost (euro)30 million (US$38 million) in gross auction proceeds. Ritchie Bros. the world’s largest... 

Elgin Sweeper Introduces Alternative Fuel-Powered Pelican Sweeper

November 22, 2008 Filed Under: Construction

Elgin Sweeper, the leading manufacturer of street sweepers, has introduced a version of the legendary Pelican® three-wheel broom sweeper that may be powered by either compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – also known as propane. In addition to being Elgin Sweeper’s flagship product, the Pelican has been America’s most popular urban street sweeper for generations. This three-wheel broom... 

Bill Hood Appointed Office Principal in Bakers Cary Office

November 21, 2008 Filed Under: Real Estate

Michael Baker Engineering, Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Alternext US:BKR) announced that Bill Hood, P.E., RLA, LEED AP, has been appointed office principal for Baker’s Cary, North Carolina, office. He will be responsible for operations management, office administration, financial management, project oversight and business development for all of Baker’s activities in Cary. Hood’s extensive experience with... 

Certified Green Dealer Customer Survey Reveals Broad Satisfaction with the Program and Content

November 21, 2008 Filed Under: Real Estate

The Certified Green Dealer™ Program, which certifies that building material dealer sales personnel have received green training—today announced results of a survey of the dealers in the Program, which was conducted by Propel Marketing Group, a North Carolina-based marketing agency. The results show broad satisfaction with the Program and its contents. A remarkable 93% of participating dealers would recommend the Program to other lumberyards. An... 

Wind Energy America Inc. Obtains Financing to Complete Minnesota Wind Farm

November 20, 2008 Filed Under: Real Estate

Wind Energy America Inc. announced today that it has started ordering parts and commencing construction and interconnect operations to complete its wind farm project in Minnesota which contains two of the Gamesa wind turbines acquired in the Boreal Energy asset purchase. When commissioning of these two turbines is completed, WNEA will receive its first material revenues from generating utility-scale electricity from wind power. This Buffalo Ridge...