CBRE said Siemens Engineering had signed a major 10-year lease to consolidate its environmental engineering operations on floors three to six of the Union Trust Building, 501 Grant St., Downtown, which is owned by MIKA Realty Group. The space has about 185,000 rentable square feet plus additional storage and conference space. Gerry Dudley, Kurt Mrazik, Paul Novello and Jeff Babikian of CBRE's corporate services group represented the tenant.

Cygnus Manufacturing Co. partnered with Hanson Technologies to fabricate the automated OmniFresh 1000 System, which screens large-volume fresh produce lots in near-real time for contamination by E. coli, salmonella and other bacteria. It provides test results in two hours or less, compared with 12 to 36 hours for conventional lab testing methods that sample only a tiny percentage of produce lots.

GACC Printing was certified by internationally recognized Forest Steward Council for sustainable printing processes according to the organizations Chain of Custody Standard.

Soles4Souls, the international charity dedicated to providing free footwear to those in desperate need, will partner with Shoe Carnival to launch a fund-raiser and national shoe trade-in program at all 300 Shoe Carnival stores. The programs will run Sept. 3 through Sept. 24 and will raise funds for new shoes for people in need around the world. For a $2 donation, one of the 300 million children around the world will receive a first pair of shoes. Customers can bring in a pair of gently worn shoes to participating Shoe Carnival stores and receive a $5 coupon. Footwear collected will go to Soles4Souls; you may visit www.giveshoes.org.

Buck Helfferich, an entrepreneur with nearly 30 years of experience in the printed circuit board assembly market, created Tach Technologies, which provides engineers with prototyping of small-run, quick-turn and kit-build printed circuit board assemblies in as few as 24 hours for use in automation, robotics, medical, military, process control, consumer products or other applications. Tach Tech's Web site, www.tachtec.com, features an engineering forum for exchange of technical tips and a blog about technical topics.

Three new retailers have opened at Ross Park Mall: BCBGMaxAzria, a purveyor of upscale fashion for women; Janie and Jack, specializing in baby apparel and accessories; and Teavana, a tea emporium.

Dick Corp. completed a restructuring transaction with a new global construction company, dck worldwide, LLC, said it received the LEED Silver award by the U.S. Green Building Council for the Child Development Center at the Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA. This Project, on which Dick served as the Design/Builder, is the first CDC to be awarded a USGBC LEED certification in the entire Department of Defense.

Grogan Graffam P.C. said Vincent J. Grogan, Dennis A. Watson, Joseph A. Macerelli and Leo G. Daly, shareholders, were named Pennsylvania Super Lawyers for 2008 by Law & Politics and Philadelphia Magazine, an honor awarded to the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state.

Parente Randolph has been selected for the 2008 Best of Pittsburgh Award in the Accountants category by the U.S. Local Business Association.

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