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OKP Holdings posts record net profit of S$7.8m in H1
SINGAPORe : Mainboard-listed infrastructure and civil engineering firm OKP Holdings said its first half profits rose 14 per cent on-year to a record S$7.8 million.

OKP posts 18% rise in 2Q net profit to record $4.3m
Mainboard-listed infrastructure and civil engineering company OKP Holdings today announced a record net profit of $7.8 million for its first half year ended 30 June 2010 on the back of $73.7 million revenue. This is up from $6.8 million and $61.5 million, respectively from the corresponding period in the previous year. The board of directors is proposing an interim dividend of 1.0 cent per share ...

Local Business News
A major Irish civil engineering and construction firm, SIAC, has scooped a €450 million contract to build a 35km motorway in Poland. The motorway will run from Kryz to Debica and is scheduled to be c..

Ashland student builds water system for African village
From The Ashland Gazette ASHLAND – Josh Kingston, a 2007 Ashland-Greenwood High School graduate and a senior civil engineering student at the University of Wyoming, will be traveling to Mbita, Kenya to build a water distribution system for the local village.

Coast Hotels to operate old Rhombus Hotel
Coast Hotels & Resorts and Coast's parent, Okabe North America Inc., a subsidiary of Okabe Co., Ltd., Japan’s leading manufacturer of construction and civil engineering products, announced Tuesday that Okabe has purchased the 110-room Rhombus Hotel & Resorts in downtown Chilliwack, B.C. for $7.3 million Coast will manage the facility.

Five area athletes among 73 Gators named to SEC Spring Honor Roll
Five area athletes are among 73 Florida student-athletes named to the 2009-10 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced Wednesday. Tampa pitcher and Alonso grad Alex Panteliodis (Anthropology) and Freedom grad Matt Campbell (Civil Engineering) both received honor roll honors. Also from the area: Golf - Bryce Alley (Plant/Geological Sciences); Track and Field - Ali Crabb ...

Moving on
Photo by Gerald LaVaute Whitney McClinton, second from left, graduated recently from Belleville High School. Whitney plans to attend Schoolcraft College, and will eventually transfer to the University of Toledo to earn a degree in civil engineering, according to her mom, Colette McClinton. The McClinton family is shown at Whitney's recent graduation party. From left are Whitney's brother Jacob ...

BAE Targets Brazil, Civil Sales as U.K. Shrinks Defense Budget
BAE Systems Plc, Europe’s largest defense company, said it’s targeting new arms markets including Brazil and building up civil-sector sales as Britain prepares for the biggest cuts to military spending since World War II.

Student Roundup
Amy Atkins, Westerlo, graduated from St. Lawrence University, Canton, with an environmental studies and fine arts major. Paul Rosenstrauch, Albany, bachelor of science in civil engineering, cum laude; and Rebekah Sokol, Slingerlands, bachelor of arts in history, magna cum laude.

Todd Sando promoted to ND state engineer
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota's Water Commission on Wednesday hired a longtime agency engineer as its top administrator.