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Award Winning Green Community Invites Home Buyers to Join in Conservation

Cielo Falls, a gorgeous premium log home community with an emphasis on sustainable development, is proud to announce having earned the prestigious "Mountain Homes Award" for Environmental Conservation. Mount...

14 Dec 2007

AARP and the National Association of Home Builders 2007 Livable Communities Awards

AARP and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) developed this special awards program to recognize forward-thinking builders, remodelers, and developers whose cutting-edge designs enhance the daily comfort, eas...

14 Dec 2007

Honeywell Technology to Insulate China's National Olympic Stadium

Honeywell announced today that closed-cell polyurethane foam insulation using its Enovate(R) blowing agent is helping to insulate China's National Olympic Stadium, the first such use for a major public building in th...

14 Dec 2007

Nanotechnology Takes Care of Levelling, Isolation and Sound Reduction in a Single Step

High ceilings graced with decorative stucco elements, antique wing doors, generously proportioned rooms: increasingly, people are opting for the distinctive ambience of a tastefully renovated older building. But when ref...

14 Dec 2007

Sustainable Truck Safe Bridge Made from Bamboo

In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges. Yan Xiao, a professor at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineerin...

13 Dec 2007

Architecture and Engineering Firm, SSOE, Announces the Addition of 36 Senior Associates and 15 New Associates in 2007

SSOE, one of the nation’s largest architecture and engineering firms, announced the addition of 36 new senior associates and 15 new associates in 2007. Currently, SSOE has 1,000 employees, nearly 300 of which are a...

13 Dec 2007

High Rise Apartments With Built In Greenhouse to Supply Residents with Fresh Food

A design for an apartment building with its own integrated greenhouse has netted a team headed by two Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning lecturers top honors in an internati...

13 Dec 2007

New 'Vanguard' Brand of Composite Decking Launched

BuildDirect has launched its new Vanguard label of composite decking today under its exclusive distributor program. The Vanguard brand is aimed at medium-to-large-scale buyers looking to stock up on new products to meet ...

13 Dec 2007

Construction Business Coach to Present Tools for Sustaining Business Growth at World of Concrete Trade Show and Conference

Business leadership and accountability will take center stage for attendees of the World of Concrete 2008 trade show and conference in Las Vegas, Nevada as nationally-known business and life coach Clay Nelson presents tw...

13 Dec 2007

Construction Safety Alert on Quick Hitch Devices for Excavators

HSE is issuing a safety alert to users of excavators fitted with quick hitch devices. There have been a number of serious incidents in the construction industry, including four fatalities since December 2006. ...

13 Dec 2007

Abstracts Now Available for 2008 Australasian Structural Engineering Conference

The Australasian Structural Engineering Conference has released a list of the abstracts recieved for the event to be held in Melbourne, Australia from 26-27 June 2008. ASEC 2008 is directed at practicing structural en...

12 Dec 2007

Dupont Releases New Range of Stone Processing and Finishing Filaments and Brushes

Seeking to provide its customers with high-quality products for the finishing of natural stone, Cepilleria Catalana, S.L. (Cepicat) of Barcelona, Spain, is adopting DuPont™ Tynex A abrasive filaments for its indust...

12 Dec 2007

San Antonio Landmark Becomes a Greener Building With Modern, Energy-Efficient Elevators

Leading elevator and escalator manufacturer, services and solutions provider KONE Inc. just unveiled a new elevator system that is improving energy efficiency at the historic Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. Whi...

12 Dec 2007

Steel Framing Alliance Publishes New Guide for Builders to Learn More About Steel Framing Construction

The Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) has announced the release of a new publication titled “A Builder’s Guide to Steel Frame Construction” that provides builders with an illustrated and easy-to-read guide t...

12 Dec 2007

NuTone Heating and Cooling Products Launched

NORDYNE and WinWholesale today announced the introduction of the NuTone Heating and Cooling Products line to the HVAC marketplace. NuTone Heating and Cooling Products will be available through Noland Company branches and...

12 Dec 2007