Schools Turn to Booster Clubs to Fill Funding Gaps
JOHNSON COUNTY, Ind.-While educators here are eager to fund such programs as summer school, preschool and performing arts, the money to do so is nowhere to be found. As is…
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District Will Allow Ads to Support Athletic Facilities
LAKEWOOD, Wash.-The gyms, baseball fields and swimming pools at Clover Park School District’s two high schools, as well as the district-owned stadium, may soon begin sporting ads from local businesses….
Soaring Materials Prices Could Push Construction Costs up 15%
CHEYENNE, Wyo.-Thanks to escalating costs of such basic construction materials as wood and steel, state legislators are girding themselves for a request to increase the allowance for school construction costs…
TCA Announces Call for Entries for 2006 Awards Program
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa-The Tilt-up Concrete Association, a non-profit organization that serves to expand and improve the use of Tilt-up as the preferred construction method, announced the call for entries for…
InPro JointMaster Systems Used in Renovation of Stadium
MADISON, Wis.-Nearly a mile and a half of JointMaster architectural expansion joint and fire-barrier systems have been installed in a major renovation and build up of Camp Randall Stadium at…
University of Oregon Takes the Silver
EUGENE, Ore.-When the University of Oregon was planning for its new Lillis Business Complex, university officials decided to go green. They worked with Portland architectural firm SRG Partnership to come…
MarinoWare Named Exclusive Distributor For Allied Studco
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J.-MarinoWare, a manufacturer of steel framing products, and Allied Studco, a division of Allied Tube and Conduit Corp., joined together to expand distribution of steel truss systems. MarinoWare…
Schindler Acquires Hontz
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Schindler Elevator Corp., the elevator and escalator manufacturer, completed the purchase of Connecticut-based Hontz Elevator Company Inc. The acquisition also includes Hontz Elevator of Florida, located in Orlando. The…
UNH Awards $40 Million Energy Contract to EMCOR Group Inc.
NORWALK, Conn.-EMCOR Group Inc. (NYSE: EME) has been awarded several long-term energy-related operations, maintenance and consulting contracts from the University of New Hampshire. The contracts, totaling more than $40 million…
Bellevue School District Acquires 545 More SMART Interactive Whiteboards
CALGARY, Alberta-Bellevue School District in Washington State has decided to standardize its interactive whiteboards, and as a result will add 545 whiteboards manufactured by Alberta-based SMART Technologies Inc. to the…