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...
Peab builds a new hotel in Stockholm
Peab has been commissioned to build a new hotel close to Kista Fair in Stockholm. Arthur Buchardt is the client and contract sum amounts to about SEK 600 million. The building will consist of partly a hotel with 300 rooms and partly a restaurant, offices and conference activities. The building will be over 120 meters high and one of the highest in the Stockholm area. The hotel is designed by Wingårdh architectural office. The contract is subject...
Hitachi Power Tools Announces a New 10-Year Lithium Ion Tool Warranty
Hitachi Power Tools announced its new 10-Year Lithium Ion Tool warranty. Every Hitachi cordless power tool is designed to the highest standards and is rigorously tested for both performance and durability. Hitachi is proud to offer an exclusive 10-year Lithium Ion tool warranty to the original purchaser on HXP Lithium Ion cordless tools. This Industry Leading 10-year Lithium Ion tool warranty is retroactive and applies to Lithium Ion tools purchased...
Cost-Effective, Easy-to-Use Noiseproofing Compound Perfect Solution for Growing Home Office Trend
There is one thing that turns a serene, productive home office into a negative working environment: noise. Whether it is loud neighbors, rush hour traffic or the return of excited kids from school, noise hurts productivity and blocks creativity. But The Green Glue Company is here to help. The company’s primary product, its namesake, Green Glue noiseproofing compound, is an eco-friendly viscoelastic compound that is easily applied between layers...
Offices at Park Place Earns USGBC’s LEED Gold Certification
Hallmark Development’s first office building at Offices at Park Place in Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded LEED-Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. The Offices at Park Place structure is the first new office building in Tampa Bay to achieve this prestigious recognition. “It...
W Hollywood Hotel & Residences Celebrates Topping out with Dramatic Public Ceremony
Today, luminaries of Los Angeles politics, entertainment and business gathered to celebrate the rise of Hollywood’s newest star at the iconic corner of Hollywood & Vine: the W Hollywood Hotel & Residences. The “topping out” ceremony offered a dramatic preview of the property in true Hollywood style; complete with aerial acrobats, streaming banners, plenty of cameras and a clear message: Get ready for the excitement coming in November...
CNA Reinforces Its Commercial Real Estate Appetite with New Coverage and Service Enhancements
Last Spring, CNA announced commercial real estate and property owners as a part of its targeted Middle Market focus class initiative. Today, the global insurer reinforces commercial real estate as a core industry appetite with the announcement of new coverage and service enhancements, further positioning CNA as a premier carrier for these businesses. “We’ve seen strong new business growth with this business since we launched it earlier this...
Providential Holdings Resets Date for Annual General Meeting
Providential Holdings, Inc. a company engaged in mergers and acquisitions, real estate development, mining, and investing in special situations, today announced that the annual general meeting of the corporation for the year 2008 will be changed to January 30, 2009 at 02 o’clock P.M., Pacific Standard Time, at the Company’s principal offices located at 17011 Beach Blvd., Huntington Beach, CA 92647, U.S.A., instead of December 08, 2008...
Apartment Investment and Management Company Announces Results of Third Quarter 2008 Special Dividend Elections
Apartment Investment and Management Company announced today the results of the stockholders’ elections relating to Aimco’s third quarter 2008 special dividend declared by its Board of Directors on October 18, 2008. The special dividend of $1.80 per share of Class A Common Stock is payable on December 1, 2008, to stockholders of record on October 27, 2008. Aimco’s Class A Common Stock began trading “ex-dividend” for the...
Vico Software Announces BIM Partnership With Autodesk
Vico Software announced today its partnership with Autodesk whereby Vico’s 5D Virtual Construction™ solutions and services will be integrated with Autodesk’s leading technology and solutions for the AEC industry. With the adoption of BIM accelerating, it is advantageous for General Contractors and Owners to have the combination of Vico’s integrated 5D capabilities within the Autodesk solutions environment. According to Clay Freeman,...
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