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BibliOZ.com Specialist Booksearch Service for Architects and Engineers.

A search service offered by BibliOZ The Book Search Wizard for finding out-of-print, collectible and hard-to-find books has been launched specifically for professionals in the architectural and engineering sectors. De...

25 Sep 2007

Formula Systems Showing Entire Range of Door Protection Devices at Interlift 2007

Formula Systems is showing its entire range of door protection devices on booth 5/534 at Interlift 2007, including a two-in-one safety edge and a patented cost-effective LED array that increases beam path density whilst ...

25 Sep 2007

Penetron Selected to Protect Concrete Structures at $200 Million Dollar Northeast Biofuels Ethanol Plant

A new $200 million dollar ethanol production facility called Northeast Biofuels located in Fulton, New York is expected to be the largest ethanol production facility in the United States. Ethanol production plants are...

24 Sep 2007

Makers of Vetrazzo Recycled Glass Countertops are Redefining What it Means to be Green by Producing the Most Eco-Friendly Surface Materials on the Market

In today’s market where sales of green building products are growing by 30 percent a year, every company is trying to claim that their product is “green.” The makers of Vetrazzo recycled glass counterto...

24 Sep 2007

Carbon Neutral Building Design Tool Beta Released

Green Building Studio, Inc., has announced the beta availability of Green Building Studio V3.0, offering architects, owners, and building design teams the opportunity to use the new web service's advanced capabilitie...

24 Sep 2007

Construction Begun on New Green Community, Weirbridge Village

Kassinger Development Group and Pulliam Properties are breaking ground today for their latest development in the South Asheville area. Response to the availability of upscale 'green' condominiums and a commercial...

24 Sep 2007

2007 Survey Shows Strong Outlook for Growth for New England's Architecture Firms

Woburn-based CPA and business advisory firm DiCicco, Gulman, & Company LLP (DGC), today released its 2007 Architectural Study, a comparative survey of statistics and trends in the New England Architecture industry. T...

24 Sep 2007

Cost and Energy Saving Renovations For Low Cost Homes

Rebuilding Together Petaluma, the local affiliate of the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization, and the Western States Petroleum Association today helped a low-income homeowner reduce her energy...

24 Sep 2007

2007 BREEAM Awards Announced as part of BRE Annual Conference

The 2007 BREEAM Awards have been announced as part of the BRE Annual Conference at the Emirates Stadium. BREEAM is the world's leading environmental assessment method for buildings with almost 100,000 buildings ce...

24 Sep 2007

Scottish Construction Centre Officially Launched

The new Scottish Construction Centre (SCC) was officially launched at the Parliament building at Holyrood. The SCC has been established with initial funding from Scottish Enterprise, in response to the recent industry...

24 Sep 2007

Barker Steel and Nucor Combine Steel Rebar Businesses

Nucor Corporation announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Harris Steel Inc. (Harris), has entered into an agreement with Barker Steel Company, Inc. (Barker), to form a new entity that combines the two companies...

24 Sep 2007

Housing Starts Fall 2.6 Percent in August

Housing starts fell 2.6 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.331 million units as the downswing in the housing market continued, according to figures released by the Commerce department today. Star...

21 Sep 2007

Urban Design Manual Sets Out Strategies for Creating Quality Places and Promoting Community Cohesion

The Urban Design Compendium 2 (UDC2) has been pub;lished by national regeneration agency English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation highlights leadership, integration, collaboration, long-term involvement and...

21 Sep 2007

Skyrise Development Group Has Gone Green Utilizing LEEDS Standards and Energy Star Designs and Features For all its Residential and Commercial Buildings

South Florida-based Skyrise Development Group, led by CEO David Houri, builds for the way people work and live today, with functional spaces and exceptional amenities. With properties encompassing LEED and Energy Star de...

20 Sep 2007

Free Construction Law and Contract Law Class to Building Trade Apprentices

San Diego based construction law firm, Scholefield Associates, P.C. announced that they are offering a construction law and contract law class to local building-trade apprenticeship programs. This class is being offered ...

20 Sep 2007