Johnson Controls lands $4M lighting contract in Binghamton, N.Y.

Johnson Controls Inc. has landed a $4 million contract to review all of the municipal lighting in Binghamton, N.Y., as the city moves toward conversion to LED technology.

According to a media report, the Glendale-based company (NYSE: JCI) would map all of the city’s street lights and determine the energy and cost savings of installing LED lights. In addition to street lights, the city has contracted for analysis of the lights in the parking garages and bridges.

Johnson Controls is a provider…

Metro's deal for convention center site: Sweetheart, or sensible?

On Friday morning, I was driving to a press conference downtown about a signed agreement to redevelop Nashville’s original convention center. That’s when I got a call from a leader of one of the four teams that also had bid for the rights to the same site.

Metro instead chose to award the exclusive development rights to a group led by longtime local developer Pat Emery, president of Spectrum|Emery Inc. But the point one of the losing bidders made to me was legitimate still the same: It sure looked…

TCK space at 125 N. Market will be marketed to service companies

The 7,500-square-foot space Trust Company of Kansas is vacating the 125 N. Market building in downtown Wichita will create a new opportunity for another service-related company.

TCK is moving to the Farm Credit building at 245 N. Waco later this year, a move reported on last week, after more than 15 years in the 125 N. Market building.

“You hate to lose any tenant, especially one that is as well regarded as TCK,” says Patrick Ahern, a broker with NAI Martens who is the primary listing agent…

Emerson wins $76 million power plant contract in Poland

Emerson’s Process Management business segment has been awarded a $76 million contract to automate a power station in Poland for Tauron Wytwarzanie, a power generation company.

Emerson will serve as the project’s main automation contractor and main electrical contractor.

The contract calls for Emerson to automate a new 910-MW generating unit at TAURON Wytwarzanie’s power station, which is expected to go online in Jaworzno, Poland, in 2019.

“Our industry and automation experts understand…

Pipe manufacturer to cut more Houston jobs

Tenaris SA (NYSE: TS), a Luxembourg-based steel pipe company that has its North American headquarters in Houston, is cutting more jobs in Houston.

The company told the Texas Workforce Commission it will cut 133 employees on May 23 at its Texas Arai facility at 8204 Fairbanks N Houston Road. The facility is part of the Maverick Tube Corp. business that Tenaris acquired in 2006 in a $3.2 billion deal.

The job cuts are expected to be permanent, and affected employees do not have bumping rights, meaning…