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... 

New CMSA Storage Sprinkler Provides Installation and Design Advantages

Viking Corporation, a global leader in fire protection products and services, announces the availability of a new 19.6 (280) K factor storage sprinkler. The new VK592 pendent is cULus Listed and FM Approved as a Control Mode Specific Application (CMSA) sprinkler for protecting class I-IV commodities and cartoned unexpanded plastics, without the use of in-rack sprinklers. The sprinkler is UL Listed for up to 40 ft (12, 2 m) ceiling heights and FM Approved... 

ING Renault F1 Team Sustainable Computational Aerodynamics Research Centre

Faced with two challenges in creating a new research and development facility – meeting an almost impossible construction deadline and ensuring minimal environmental impact – the ING Renault F1 Team turned to ABM Bridge Systems to win the race against time. The resulting, Computational Aerodynamics Research Centre at the team’s HQ in Enstone, Oxfordshire, has now been recognised by the Concrete Society as an outstanding example in the Concrete... 

Pantone Selects Color of the Year for 2009: PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa

Pantone, an X-Rite company, and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 14-0848 Mimosa, a warm, engaging yellow, as the color of the year for 2009. In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other color expresses hope and reassurance more than yellow. “The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the... 

Handmade Oriental Furniture – 39″ Antique Style Black Leather Medicine Chest Style Buffet / Cabinet

Arlington “Antique Pewter” Dining Table By Powell Furniture

Arlington concave 4-legged dining table with 45″ diameter stone top displaying a random pattern of warm Browns, Taupes and Tans with Flecks of Soft White. Frame finished in antique pewter. Some assembly required. Buy

Prime Group Realty Trust Announces Updated Purchase Price and Timing on Sale of 180 North LaSalle Street

Prime Group Realty Trust announced that Younan Properties, Inc. and an affiliate (“Purchaser”), and the subsidiary of the Company (the “Seller”) that owns 180 North LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois (the “Property”), amended the purchase and sale agreement (the “Agreement”) to (i) provide Purchaser certain credits against the Purchase Price, and (ii) remove the Purchaser’s right to extend the closing date past December 17, 2008. ADVERTISEMENT The... 

Pakistan Utility Signs Contract with GE Energy to Fast Track Power Supply in Port City of Karachi

Delivering on a commitment to reduce the number of rolling blackouts in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, the new management of the utility Karachi Electric Supply Company Limited (KESC) has ordered 64 of GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines to supply 180MW of urgently needed power to the local grid. The milestone contract was signed November 22. Karachi has been facing an average daily shortage of 500MW in electricity, forcing KESC to impose... 

Chimneys design for all tastes

The prototype chimney for the designer has changed and every day is far more than the idea that we all have of stone fireplace, rustic and finished with a slanted top. Today, anyone can have in your house, either a flat or a single-family house a fireplace that I agreed perfectly with the style of the decoration as there are models that fit perfectly with all the styles and trends. The “catalog” of chimneys is so broad that we stay surprised... 

Cambria Natural Quartz Surfaces and Smokey Mountain Tops Form New Exclusive Partnership

Cambria, the only producer of natural quartz surfaces in the U.S., announced today that Knoxville-based Smokey Mountain Tops is the latest Cambria fabricator business partner to be inducted into their Lexus Partner Program. The Lexus Partner Program, recently introduced by Cambria, was designed to further strengthen the relationship between Cambria and its fabricator partners as well as provide the highest possible service to the consumer. Smokey...