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Are Portable Garages Here To Stay

Optimizing space more affordably has been a big aspect of most home improvement endeavors for consumers all over the nation, notwithstanding the high cost of lumber and metals. With the cost of these important raw materi...

20 Aug 2007

e-Builder Announces the Benefit of Project Management

e-Builder, the leading provider of web-based Construction Project Management and Collaboration Software, today announced an educational webcast to discuss The Impact of Collaborative Technology on Capital Project Managem...

20 Aug 2007

Homeowner Benefits from Energy Saving Renovations

Rebuilding Together Pittsburgh, the local affiliate of the nation's largest volunteer home rehabilitation organization, and the Associated Petroleum Industries of Pennsylvania today helped a woman living on an income...

20 Aug 2007

$8.3 Million Received by SunTrust for Nine Affordable Housing Communities

SunTrust Banks, Inc. has received a total of $8.3 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants and subsidies from the Federal Home Bank of Atlanta. The awards will be used to help fund 759 single-family and mult...

20 Aug 2007

US Architecture Firms Complete First-Ever Survey of Pro Bono Service

Across the U.S., architects are putting their skills and talents to work for the public good, according to a recent survey of 150 firms by nonprofit Public Architecture. "There has never been a survey focused sp...

17 Aug 2007

Patio Enclosures Enters Supplier Agreement for the Products of the Trex Company

Patio Enclosures, Inc., the largest manufacturer and installer of sunrooms in the US, has entered a supplier agreement for the products of the Trex Company, Inc., the nation’s most recognized green building manufacturer ...

17 Aug 2007

One Source Fire Protection Launches New Website

One Source Fire Protection, Inc. is proud to announce the launch of their new website. The website provides a unique service that allows for consumers, business owners and general contractors to locate qualified fire pro...

17 Aug 2007

Furnitureseen.com Introduce a Service to Help

The founders of modern furniture Web site FurnitureSeen.com are proud to announce the introduction of a service that allows visitors to submit questions about specific items they are looking for. Founders Anita Engs and ...

17 Aug 2007

The Recycling Commercialisation Centre Established by WRAP

The Recycling Commercialisation Centre was established by WRAP to support and accelerate the growth and development of early stage technologies in the recycling sector. It is operated by Imperial Innovations – one ...

17 Aug 2007

New Code of Practice Gives Guidance on the Key Criteria for Recovered Paper

A new code of practice that gives guidance on the key criteria required for the quality of recovered paper destined for UK end markets has been introduced today by WRAP, and the British Standards Institute (BSI). Pap...

17 Aug 2007

Housing Corporation Changes Announced

The Chairman of the Housing Corporation, Peter Dixon, has had his second term of appointment extended, by up to two years from 1 October 2007, or until the launch of the new homes agency, if sooner. Sir Duncan Michae...

17 Aug 2007

Housing Continue Downward In July

Providing further evidence that the downward correction in the housing market continues, Commerce Department data released today for July indicates that home builders started work on new housing units that month at the s...

17 Aug 2007

Certain Areas to Seek Compulsory Water Metering

Water companies in areas of serious water stress will be able to seek compulsory water metering as part of their 25 year forward plans, Environment Minister Phil Woolas announced today. The proposal, developed by the...

17 Aug 2007

Credit Tightening Weighing on Builder Confidence in August

Highly visible problems in the housing finance system are contributing to a wait-and-see attitude among prospective home buyers and reducing builder confidence in the single-family housing market, according to the latest...

17 Aug 2007

Sir Bill Callaghan Awarded Distinguished Service

The Chair of the Health and Safety Commission (HSC), Sir Bill Callaghan has today received a Distinguished Service Award from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), in recognition, for his outstanding...

17 Aug 2007