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HOCHTIEF Joins Sustainable Building Council

HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft has teamed up with architects, academics, investors and other companies in the construction industry to found the German Sustainable Building Council. Based in Stuttgart, the Council is a resp...

13 Jul 2007

Latest Injury Statistics for Injuries and Deaths in the Construction Industry

The latest injury statistics show that 40% of all worker deaths in construction are caused by a fall from height and in the last 5 years there have been 13 such deaths involving construction workers in the Eastern Region...

13 Jul 2007

BRE Certification Given to New Source of Reference Information for Specifiers

BRE Certification has launched www.greenbooklive.com, a new and unique source of reference information for specifiers and users of environmental products and services. Green Book Live is a free online database design...

13 Jul 2007

40000 UK Homes to Take Part in Energy Saving Trials

Around 40,000 households will be taking part in energy saving trials in a bid to cut household bills and help in the fight against climate change, Business and Enterprise Secretary John Hutton announced today. Contra...

13 Jul 2007

Employment in the Construction Industry Decreased by 0.2% in May 2007

Figures from the Central Statistics Office in Ireland indicate that employment in private firms (with five or more persons engaged) in the construction industry decreased by 0.2% in May 2007 by comparison with May 2006. ...

13 Jul 2007

Granite ConstructionTemporarily Cease Work on $130 Million Highway Realignment

Granite Construction Incorporated today announced that Granite Construction Company, a wholly owned subsidiary, and the Oregon Department of Transportation ("ODOT") have reached an agreement in principal on a n...

13 Jul 2007

Ardex Supply Flooring for Golden Squares Shopping Centre £120m Extension

A festival of shopping, style and fashion was enjoyed at the recent opening of Golden Square shopping centre’s new £120m extension, in Warrington. The retail-led regeneration project included the refurbishmen...

13 Jul 2007

Art Deco Hospital Uses Steel Windows in £150K Renovation

Benenden Hospital an independent establishment with charitable status in Kent celebrating its centenary this year. Benenden’s Lister wing is a modernist master piece designed by Burnet, Tait & Lorne in 1937...

13 Jul 2007

Royal Arsenal in Woolwich Building Updated with Steel Windows

A member of The Steel Window Association has supplied steel windows for Building 48 of the historic Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. In recent years the site has been revitalised with Berkeley Homes’ development of o...

13 Jul 2007

Milton Keynes Estate Agent Installs Elegant Beech Effect Vinyl Tiles

Elegant beech effect luxury vinyl tiles from the Polyflor Kudos PU range are featured throughout the reception and sales area at Alan Francis Estate Agents in Milton Keynes, UK. “The choice of flooring was a key...

13 Jul 2007

Home Heating and Ventilation Supplier Hosts Low Carbon Open Day

Applied Energy Products, home to heating and ventilation brands Xpelair, Creda, Redring and Stiebel Eltron has launched the first in a series of Low Carbon Open Days for contractors across the country. The first, attende...

13 Jul 2007

Live Solar Energy Interview with CEO of Open Energy

Open Energy Corp. is pleased to announce that its CEO, David Saltman, will be featured in a live interview with Market News First, an online news broadcast and research group featuring the latest opportunities within the...

13 Jul 2007

SolarPro Place $4.21 Order with Open Energy

Open Energy Corp., a renewable energy company focused on providing solar solutions to its residential and commercial customers, today announced a $4.21 million dollar purchase order for SolarSave(R) PV Tiles from SolarPr...

13 Jul 2007

Plumbing Outsource Estimation Services from Plumbing Enlightenment

Plumbing Enlightenment, Inc., the newest member of the Enlightenment family of businesses, announces a new company that provides a plumbing outsource estimating service to contractors. Plumbing Enlightenment, Inc. unders...

13 Jul 2007

West Virginia University Buildings Getting High Tech/Green Renovations

A new home for the Department of Geology and Geography in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences will be ready Monday (July 2) when Brooks Hall on West Virginia University’s Downtown Campus reopens following 20 months o...

13 Jul 2007