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Bill Signings Affect Nurses And Manufactured Housing

Legal changes affecting the nursing professions and the manufactured housing industry were signed into law Tuesday by Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett.

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Lancaster Engineers Awarded School Mechanical Study

Moore Engineering Company was selected for the work, as recommended by the Pottsgrove School District administration.

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Grevas Named Senior Engineer At Bursich Associates

He will head up the firm’s structural design of bridges, waste water treatment facilities, and assorted buildings.

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Limerick Office Of ARRO Consulting Oversees Project

The Limerick PA firm is the engineer overseeing sanitary sewer improvements in Bethlehem, near Allentown.

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Steel-Filled Lot Shows Pottstown Wal-Mart Progress

Construction of a SuperCenter expansion of the Wal-Mart store on Route 100 in Pottstown PA is well under way, with a foundation being dug and installed and structural steel awaiting installation.

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Royersford Builder Praised For Municipal Collaboration

With Video. Riverwalk At Royersford, the Granor Price Homes residential project in Royersford borough, is an example of successful collaboration between the public and private sectors, the Greater Valley Forge Transportation Management Association contends.

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Area Commercial Developer Wins Energy Use Award

Liberty Property Trust, which has developed and managed commercial properties in Montgomery and Chester counties and elsewhere, last week won a top national award in a contest judged by sustainable energy use experts.

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Area Constuction Software Firm Plans NV Conference

Maxwell Systems Inc. in King of Prussia is busy planning an annual conference for its products’ users. It will be held during March in Las Vegas.

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Shaw Group Renews Exelon Maintenance Contract

A Louisiana company will provide a variety of support services at Exelon’s Limerick Generating Station under terms of a just-renewed contract.

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Home Builders Can Reinvent Themselves, CEO Says

Home builders won’t make money doing things the way they used to, the president of a home building company says, so they must change with the times.

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    Paoli Hospital said Friday it plans to spend $11 million to expand and renovate its maternity department. The project will involve the construction of 24 private patient rooms; 12 labor, delivery and recovery suites; four triage rooms; and a larger nursery and level-II neonatal intensive-care unit. In addition, hospital officials said all existing patient ro […]
  • Devon Medical Products opens door to distribution in China May 18, 2012
    Devon Medical Products entered into an agreement Friday with PKUcare BeiYi Pharmaceutical Co. to distribute Devon’s medical devices and equipment in China. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Under the agreement, Devon Medical Products of King of Prussia will also identify other U.S. medical device companies that manufacture products domestically […]
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    It’s always seemed that one of the most ingenious ideas from Philly Beer Week was extending the “week” to 10 days. On Wednesday, Philly Beer Week 2012 Executive Director Don Russell hosted a media preview and beer garden at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia. In its fifth year, Beer Week will span June 1-10 and include hundreds of events, including dinne […]
  • Pa. Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin charged, relieved of duties May 18, 2012
    Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin has been “relieved of any and all judicial and administrative responsibilities” after the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office charged her with nine criminal offenses, including four felonies, following a grand jury investigation into accusations she used her staff for campaign work. Orie Melvin has […]
  • As others settle, PNC denying wrongdoing in overdraft fees case May 18, 2012
    PNC Bank customers won court permission to proceed as a class in a lawsuit over what they say are excessive checking account overdraft fees. The lawsuit, part of a multidistrict litigation involving more than 30 different banks, is pending before U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King in Miami. PNC and the other banks are accused of using software to re-seq […]