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Regeneration Plans Approved for Blackwall Reach

Blackwall residents will be able to have their say on the future of their neighbourhood after Tower Hamlets Council gave the go ahead to the Blackwall Reach draft Development Framework as a basis for extensive public con...

24 Aug 2007

Holiday Makers to Get on-Board and Recycle their Brochures

Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign for England, is issuing a reminder urging all holidaymakers to recycle their used holiday brochures instead of binning them and sending them to landfill. Last year 45 mill...

24 Aug 2007

Visit from HSC Chair at St Austell Quarry as Industry goes for Target Zero

On a visit to St Austell’s Imerys china clay quarry, Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Sir Bill Callaghan congratulated the industry on its continuing drive to improve its health and safety performan...

24 Aug 2007

Taking the Weight Out of Wine Bottles

The current uptake of lighter glass bottles by the UK wine industry is set to save around 6,000 tonnes of glass packaging every year, according to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). Supermarkets Morrisons...

24 Aug 2007

Improvements to Abbey Hill Junction

A Milton Keynes Partnership study of the A5 trunk corridor identified that essential works are required to ensure that the highway infrastructure will be able to safely accommodate the expected increase in traffic associ...

24 Aug 2007

Homeowners in Hurricane Prone Areas Favour Steel Frames

When asked what construction material they would prefer when framing their house if living in an area prone to hurricanes, 69 percent of homeowners prefer steel as their material of choice. The survey, conducted by th...

24 Aug 2007

Wienerberger to Close Acquisition of Baggeridge

The Managing Board of Wienerberger AG (Vienna, Austria) has announced that it has completed the offer for Baggeridge Brick PLC and is now entitled compulsorily to acquire all its outstanding shares such that Wienerberger...

23 Aug 2007

Hanson Brick's Athens Plant Sets 30-year Safety Record

The employees of Hanson Brick's Athens plant in Texas, USA will mark a significant safety milestone this year: 30 years of operation without a lost-time accident. "We are extremely proud of the effort and at...

23 Aug 2007

Baggerdige Brick Looking for Ways to Reduce Impact on the Environment

It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, we are all looking for ways to reduce our impact on the environment, Baggeridge Brick included. With reports stating that construction itself produces one-third of ...

23 Aug 2007

Boral Announces Full Year Profit of A$298 Million

Boral Ltd (Sydney, NSW, Australia) announced on 15 August 2007 a profit after tax (PAT) of A$298 million for the year ended 30 June 2007, an 18% or A$64 million decrease on the PAT for the year ended 30 June 2006. St...

23 Aug 2007

The Flexibility and Style of the Pilkington Planar Structural Glazing System

The flexibility and style of the Pilkington Planar structural glazing system, and the practicality of Pilkington Activ self cleaning glass, have been combined for the first time in the refurbishment of superior office bl...

23 Aug 2007

Enertia Green Building System featured on Discovery Science Channel

The enormous interest in our planets' fate has moved beyond dire warnings to solutions. The Discovery Channel has announced it will form a 24/7 Green Channel, and the History Channel awarded its Modern Marvel of 2007 to ...

23 Aug 2007

G.F. Bodley and his Circle - The Holiness of Beauty

Marking the 100th anniversary of the death of George Frederick Bodley, the most influential Gothic-revival architect of the late 19th century, this display brings together a selection of the very rare surviving drawings ...

23 Aug 2007

TV 'Queen of Green' welcomes 1000th Millennium Community residents to Allerton Bywater

Penney Poyzer, ‘Queen of green’, and star of BBC2s ‘No Waste Like Home’, welcomed Hannah Scott and Adrian Lewis to their new home at Allerton Bywater Millennium Community today. The couple have be...

23 Aug 2007

In Safe Hands With Silverdell UK

To further establish and develop the SAFE (Silverdell Academy for Excellence) training concept, Silverdell (UK) Limited have purchased a mobile training suite providing the ability to deliver site-based operational train...

23 Aug 2007