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World's Largest LNG Carrier Taken Delivery by BP

BP Shipping took delivery this week of the British Emerald, the world’s largest liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC), the first in a series of dual-fuel diesel-electric gas ships. Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries ...

6 Jul 2007

CRH Interim 2007 Trading Statement

CRH plc, the international building materials group, has issued a trading statement for the half-year ending 30 June 2007. The Interim results for the six months ending 30 June 2007 are due to be announced on 28 August 2...

5 Jul 2007

Industry Barometer Sets New High

Rising UK construction product sales during the second quarter signal a quickening in construction growth, according to the Ernst and Young/Construction Products Association Activity Barometer, published at the end of Ju...

5 Jul 2007

New Construction Orders: May 2007

Orders in the year to May 2007 rose by five per cent compared to orders in the previous twelve month period, and orders in the three months to May 2007 rose by six per cent compared to the same three months a year earlie...

5 Jul 2007

Castle Cement Increases Production Capacity

Castle Cement has announced it is increasing production capacity and by 2008 will have an additional 10% output compared to 2006. The news comes as the debate over cement shortages rumbles on but Castle Cement Managin...

5 Jul 2007

ThyssenKrupp Elevator Receives Contract to Modernize Elevators for Egypt's Oldest Commercial Bank

ThyssenKrupp Elevator has received a contract to modernize the elevators in the headquarters of the National Bank of Egypt in Cairo. The distinctive building consisting of two 37-story towers will be fitted with 20 high-...

5 Jul 2007

RIBA Calls for Bigger and Better Homes

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is calling for the introduction of minimum space standards for all new homes in England and Wales – a crucial anomaly which sees England and Wales lagging behind the rest ...

5 Jul 2007

Tips for Greener Homes Given by EPA

Experts from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 will be at the Taste of Chicago's "Goin' Green Pavilion" on July 5 and 6 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. offering tips on simple ways to have a greener ...

5 Jul 2007

Ballast Nedam and Heijmans Team up for WonenBreburg Building Project

Agreement in Construction of New Complex in Tilburg Heijmans and Ballast Nedam have been contracted by the cooperative building society WonenBreburg for the Intermezzo building project in Tilburg. Two new residential blo...

5 Jul 2007

Acme Brick Company Make World's Largest Brick

Acme Brick is celebrating America's birthday and Acme's 116th year in a really big way -- in fact over 6,000 pounds big. On July 4th at 06:00 a.m. the staff of Acme's Denton, Texas brick plant "delivered" Baby Clay the W...

5 Jul 2007

Peter Cox Aids "Steps" School Makeover Challenge

The Derby branch of damp proofing specialists Peter Cox Ltd has joined other Midlands companies to help STEPS, a Leicestershire based conductive education charity, renovate their premises at St Botolph's Old School in Sh...

5 Jul 2007

South Carolina Preparing for New Home Construction and Sales

GS Carolina, developer of the master-planned Edenmoor community in Lancaster County, S.C., has finalized its builder team for the development and is set for the first phase of home construction. GS Carolina has compl...

5 Jul 2007

Brent Council Signed up to HSE Campaign to Combat the Growing Number of Myths

Brent Council today signed up to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) campaign to combat the growing number of myths that are undermining important health and safety legislation. The authority’s Chief Executive, Gar...

5 Jul 2007

Inaugural RWM Conferences Programme Revealed

An impressive line-up of industry experts will be speaking at the new RWM 07 Conferences, taking place at the Recycling and Waste Management exhibition at the Birmingham NEC, from 11 to 13 September. Introduced in re...

5 Jul 2007

First Ever Environmental Initiative for Glazing Industry Launched by GGF

One of the most important issues currently under debate is the environment and it is the one issue that affects us all, no matter what industry we operate in. The recently published Stern Review has painted a bleak view ...

5 Jul 2007