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Five Construction Innovations Receive 2002 NOVA Awards

International, May, 2002 - The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) presented the NOVA Award on April 25, 2002 at its Innovation Celebration Banquet to the following five innovations that have increased quality and reduced cost of construction: 

• Multi-Span Suspended Bridge Platform for working below bridge decks.
• Reinforced Concrete Tied-Arch Truss roof for New Orleans Arena.
• Interlocking Mortarless Brick Siding uses tongue and groove concrete units
• Ground Penetrating ImagingRadar maps shallow subsurface infrastructure.
• Electro-Osmotic Pulse (EOP) technology for control of water intrusion.

Construction Innovation Forum Announces Call for Nominations for 2003 NOVA Awards

Bloomfield Hills, April 25, 2002 - The Construction Innovation Forum has formally announced the Call for Nominations for the year 2003, for the 14^th annual NOVA Awards Celebration, honoring innovation around the world from every sector of the construction industry. 

CIF Relocates to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., September 2001 - The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) has relocated its offices from Ann Arbor, Michigan to a new headquarters in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The new address is: CIF, 43636 Woodward Avenue, Suite 300, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48302. The phone number is (248) 409-1500.

Construction Innovation Forum Announces Call for Nominations for 2002 NOVA Awards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15, 2001 - The deadline to submit nominations for the year 2001 NOVA Awards is September 15, 2001. A copy of the nomination form can be obtained from the CIF office or downloaded from the CIF web site at www.cif.org.

Construction Innovation Forum Presents 2001 NOVA Awards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15, 2001 - The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) honored five construction innovations at its 13th annual Innovation Celebration Banquet at the Laurel Manor in Livonia, Michigan. 

Five Construction Innovations Receive 2001 NOVA Awards

ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 15, 2001 - The Construction Innovation Forum (CIF) presented the NOVA Award at its Innovation Celebration Banquet to the following five innovations that have increased quality and reduced cost of construction: 

• Side-Grip Pile Driver allows standard excavators to handle tall piles
• Laser Scanning 3D As-Builting produces dimensionally accurate representation
• Pothole Patching Machine blows liquid asphalt and aggregate into void
• Pallet Barrier Flood Fighting uses inexpensive, reusable folding pallets
• Effluent Outfall Tunnel Ventilation was quick, inexpensive, safe, and flexible

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