17 May 12 the news wire for office professionals
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Shaw Contract Group Opens Beijing Showroom

5.10.12 | Cartersville, GA | Shaw Contract Group continues to expand its presence within China by opening a showroom in Beijing. Sales personnel serving the Beijing market will be based in the new showroom. Once Shaw Contract Group opens its new carpet tile manufacturing facility in 2013, Shaw showrooms and offices throughout Asia will become an even greater resource for customers to survey the brands entire product line of recyclable EcoWorx tile products.

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Herman Miller Pop Up Shop in NYC

4.30.12 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller, the pioneering American furniture company with a record of design innovations that have helped define modern home and commercial interiors since the 1930’s, will open a Pop Up Shop in New York City on May 9, 2012, officially introducing the Herman Miller Collection to the largest metro market in North America.

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ICE Gets New San Diego Showroom

4.25.12 | San Diego, CA | Now in its sixth year, Innovative Commercial Environments has relocated to a more central location in San Diego County. ICE is a specialized service-oriented boutique office furniture dealership that offers the area’s designers, end users and facility managers a better choice for their commercial furniture requirements.

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Facility Management Nederland to Formalize Partnership with IFMA at General Assembly Event in Breda

4.20.12 | Houston, TX | The International Facility Management Association and Facility Management Nederland the Dutch facility management association, IFMA partner and first member of the new IFMA Alliance — will formalize their partnership during an FMN General Assembly meeting on Thursday, April 26, at 11 a.m. at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in Breda, the Netherlands.

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MGA Partners Wins AIA Design Excellence Award for Salvation Army/Kroc Center

4.16.12 | Philadelphia, PA | MGA Partners Architects today announced it received a Design Excellence Award for The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Philadelphia. The award is bestowed by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

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The Merchandise Mart Announces Exciting Changes

4.10.12 | Chicago, IL | Today The Merchandise Mart, the country's epicenter of fine design, announced that in the coming months a thoughtful reconfiguration of several floors of the iconic building will commence to better accommodate three key industries: the exceptional Residential Design Center, the casual/outdoor furnishing showrooms, and the gift industry.

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Perkins Eastman Unveils Design for Mixed-use Sports Complex in Qatar

4.5.12 | New York, NY | The New York office of top international architecture and design firm Perkins Eastman and design-build contractor Al Khayyat Contracting & Trading EST join with the Private Engineering Office of the Emir to celebrate the start of construction for the 19,529 sm (210,210 sf) Lekhwiya Sports Complex a mixed-use sports venue that will be the home stadium for Qatar's premier football team, Lekhwiya Club.

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