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Eagle Materials Inc. to Present at the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference

Business Wire | 2 days 4 hours 59 minutes ago

Steven R. Rowley, President and CEO of Eagle Materials Inc. (NYSE:EXP), will be presenting at the Stephens Inc. Fall Investment Conference at the New York Palace Hotel on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Eagle’s presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. EST and will be web cast live and may be accessed through the Eagle Materials website at http://www.eaglematerials.com. The presentation and web cast will be archived on that site for one year.... (more)

AECOM acquires SSI Services Inc.

Business Wire | 2 days 5 hours 1 minute ago

McGraw-Hill Construction Announces National Best of the Best Awards

PRNewswire | 2 days 7 hours 1 minute ago

NEW YORK, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction today announced the winners of its second annual Best of the Best Awards, a national competition that recognizes design and construction excellence based on the winners of McGraw-Hill Construction's 10 regional publications' Best of 2009 Awards. Winners will be profiled in the January 4, 2010 issue of ... (more)

Shaw Awarded Ethylene Plant Expansion Project in Turkey by Petkim

Business Wire | 2 days 12 hours 59 minutes ago

The Shaw Group Inc. (NYSE: SHAW) today announced it has been awarded a contract by Petkim Petrochemical Holding AS to provide engineering and procurement services and additional study work for an ethylene plant capacity expansion in Aliaga, Turkey. Shaw built the original 300 kTA plant in 1986 and performed basic engineering for the previous capacity revamp to 520 kTA in 1999. The new expansion will increase ethylene production capacity by approximately 10 percent.... (more)

Stantec Announces Solid Third Quarter Operating Performance Prior to Write-Down of Goodwill

MarketWire | 2 days 13 hours 1 minute ago

EDMONTON, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/05/09 -- Stantec Inc. (TSX: STN) (NYSE: STN) ... (more)

AECOM wins US$60-million Kai Tak redevelopment project in Hong Kong

Business Wire | 2 days 15 hours 1 minute ago

AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has won key contracts worth US$60 million from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to provide infrastructure design and construction supervision consulting services for the landmark Kai Tak redevelopment project.... (more)

Willdan Awarded $1.8 Million Contract by City of Santa Ana

Business Wire | 3 days 3 hours 1 minute ago

Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan”) (NASDAQ: WLDN) today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Willdan Homeland Solutions (WHS), was awarded a $1.8 million contract with GTSI, Inc. (GTSI) to provide public safety interoperable communications professional services to 11 California counties that comprise the California Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee (CALSIEC) Southern Planning Area (SPA). The initial contract work will start in the current quarter and be completed by August 2010.... (more)

Gibraltar s Third-Quarter Results Show Continued Improvement

Business Wire | 3 days 4 hours 31 minutes ago

Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: ROCK), a leading manufacturer, processor, and distributor of products for the building, industrial, and vehicular markets, today reported continued improvement in its earnings and operating margins for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, the result of its many steps to cut costs through the restructuring of its business, a further reduction of working capital, continued debt reduction, a smaller FIFO impact, and a modest sequential sales increase fr...... (more)

Ur-Energy Selects General Contractor for Plant Construction

MarketWire | 3 days 10 hours 31 minutes ago

DENVER, COLORADO -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/09 -- Ur-Energy Inc. (TSX: URE)(NYSE Amex: URG) ("Ur-Energy" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the selection of a firm to serve as the General Contractor in the construction of the process plant facilities at its Lost Creek uranium project in Wyoming. ... (more)

Baker s Schlesinger Leader of Naval Energy Team Receives Awards

Business Wire | 3 days 11 hours ago

Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Amex:BKR), announced that its Director of Business Development for Navy Programs, Bob Schlesinger, P.E., LEED AP, who recently retired from the Navy as a Captain after 29 years of service, was the leader of a Navy energy team that has been honored with several prestigious awards. Schlesinger was the Commanding Officer of NAVFAC NW and the Navy Region Northwest Director of Facilities and Environment prior to joinin...... (more)

ASHTEAD GROUP PLC - Holding(s) in Company

PRNewswire | 3 days 12 hours 30 minutes ago

Ashtead Group plc 4 November 2009 ASHTEAD GROUP PLC Ordinary Shares of 10p ... (more)

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