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 rolling blackouts called “load shedding”... 

EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Mechanical Services Contract for Winter Park Memorial Hospital

EMCOR Group, Inc. a Fortune 500® leader in mechanical and electrical construction, energy infrastructure and facilities services for a diverse range of businesses, announced that its Mechanical Services of Central Florida, Inc. (MSI) subsidiary has been awarded a mechanical services contract for Winter Park Memorial Hospital in Winter Park, Florida. MSI will be responsible for the mechanical system upgrades related to increasing the capacity of the cooling and heating central energy plant, to ensure... 

Fluor Announces Plan to Relocate UK Operations Centre

Fluor Corporation announced today that it signed a contract to relocate its current UK headquarters and operations centre to SEGRO’s IQ Farnborough development in Hampshire. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The real estate contract with SEGRO is to build a new company headquarters with a state-of-the art, four-building complex comprising approximately 210,000 square feet. The new headquarters will consist of one building of approximately 76,000 square feet owned by Fluor and... 

Intelligent Living Corp. Advances Microsoft Canada Joint Marketing Agreement With Launch of Sustainable Building Automation and Technology Solutions

Intelligent Living Corp. a leading automation and technology solutions provider utilizing green building practices, announced today that High Road Communications, Microsoft Canada’s public relations provider for Windows™ based Home and Entertainment solutions, originated a News Canada media feed on ILVC’s sustainable building automation and technology solutions. As a result, ILVC received editorial coverage in the Vancouver Courier, Vancouver Sun and was featured in Get Connected magazine,... 

SHW Group Will Design the Science and Technology Incubator at Kettering University in Flint, Mich.

The SHW Group’s Detroit studio will design the new Science and Technology Incubator at Kettering University in Flint, Mich. It will be the first building to be constructed at the Kettering University Technology Park and possibly the first LEED certified building in Flint. It will be located on Bluff Street, near the Flint River. “The mission of Kettering’s new Science and Technology Incubator is to provide resources and opportunities to encourage and grow high-tech entrepreneurship... 

United Rentals Appoints William Plummer as Chief Financial Officer

United Rentals, Inc. announced that it has appointed William B. Plummer as Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2008. Mr. Plummer brings more than two decades of financial leadership experience to United Rentals, most recently as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company. In that role, he set policy for its global finance and corporate strategy functions. Prior to Dow Jones, Mr. Plummer was Vice President and Treasurer of Alcoa Inc., where he was responsible for global treasury... 

AMB Property Corporation(R) Leases 590,000 SF in Toronto, Stabilizing 1.1 Million SF Development

AMB Property Corporation®, a leading global developer and owner of industrial real estate, announced it has leased more than 590,000 square feet (54,800 square meters) to a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Fortune 100 company, stabilizing its more than 1.1 million square foot (104,300 square meter) development in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) West submarket. “The fact that AMB has fully leased a 1.1 million square foot development six months ahead of projected stabilization demonstrates just... 

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 Mountain Tops is the third fabricator in North America... 

WPCS Announces $9 Million in New Contracts

WPCS International Incorporated a leader in design-build engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that, through its subsidiaries, it has received approximately $9 million in new contracts. The contracts include projects to be completed for Iron Mountain, The Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management, YMCA, Group Health Tacoma, UPS, Girard College and CalPERS. In addition, WPCS was selected by the University of California Cooperative... 

Linear Introduces New Universal Wiring Bracket for Easy Wire Management and Installation

To help home theater installers and contractors tame central wiring systems, Linear LLC, a market leader in home technology solutions for security, communications, and entertainment for over four decades, has developed the H275 Universal Mounting and Wire Management Bracket. The H275 provides 26 grid spaces for mounting Linear’s structured wiring modules. It can be mounted in any standard structured wiring enclosure that measures 14 inches or more, including Linear’s H318 and H336 wiring...