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Architect Wins Award for Re-Imagining the Hospital

The Stockholm-based International Academy for Design and Health has selected Canadian Tye Farrow to be their first Architect Award recipient. This award honors an individual who "makes a significant contribution to ...

2 Jul 2007

ARCADIS Announces it has Acquired Alkyon

ARCADIS the international consultancy and engineering company, today announced that it has acquired Alkyon, a Dutch-based water company that provides consultancy services in the international water market. Alkyon, based ...

From ARCADIS 2 Jul 2007

D1 Oils and BP Form Joint Venture to Develop Jatroph Feedstock

BP and D1 Oils plc announced today that they are to form a 50/50 joint venture, to be called D1-BP Fuel Crops Limited, to accelerate the planting of Jatropha curcas – a drought resistant, inedible oilseed bearing t...

2 Jul 2007

Most Affordable Housing Market Title Shared by Indianapolis and Youngstown

The metropolitan areas encompassing Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind. and Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pa. tied for the title of most affordable major U.S. housing market in this year's first quarter, according to the Na...

29 Jun 2007

Best Practice Guidance Online From The Door and Hardware Federation

Almost 5,000 codes of practice and best practice guides were downloaded from the Door & Hardware Federation (DHF) in a single month. This is a record total since the federation began making its definitive guides a...

29 Jun 2007

Innovative Ideas from BASF Reduce CO2 Emissions and Keep Heating Costs Down

Nearly one third of Germany’s primary energy production goes into heating private households. The average older apartment building consumes more than 20 liters of heating oil per square meter every year. And this h...

29 Jun 2007

RIBA Chartered Practice Accreditation Scheme Goes Live

With thousands of practices already signed up, the RIBA Chartered Practice accreditation scheme, which has replaced the RIBA Register of Practices, will officially launch on 1 July 2007. RIBA Registered Practice status w...

29 Jun 2007

Award-Winning New Eco-House Designed by Local Firm DRP Architects

On 28 June, 2007, an award-winning new eco-house at Whichelo Place, Hanover, Brighton, designed by local firm DRP Architects, will be handed over to the client. In the £200k project, the respected Brighton firm...

29 Jun 2007

Lightolier Announces that Tangent Won First Place in Lightfair International's Innovation Award 2007

Lightolier, Inc., the leader in interior lighting for over a century, is proud to announce that Tangent won first place in Lightfair International's Innovation Award 2007. Tangent track, the smallest profile line vol...

29 Jun 2007

Office and Factory Floor Workers Beat the South Yorkshire Floods

Office and factory floor workers rolled up their sleeves and beat the South Yorkshire floods in true "Dunkirk-style" this week to save thousands of pounds worth of production and an unprecedented disaster at the Wombwell...

29 Jun 2007

Uncovering New Business Opportunities with New Applications

Market indicators show that there is significant potential for growth in the US silicones market which is expected to top $3.8bn over the next 3 years. Elsewhere in the world, there have been announcements in setting up ...

29 Jun 2007

Publication of "A Brief History of Surveyors' Tools," which Traces the History of Surveyor's Tools Announced by SouthernPhoto.com

SouthernPhoto.com, the internet's leading supplier of surveyor's equipment, announces the publication of "A Brief History of Surveyors' Tools" which traces the history of surveyor's tools. Surveying, like so many ind...

29 Jun 2007

The World Pipes and Pipe/Hose Fittings Market Expected to Rise Due to Steady Demand

The pipes market is being propelled by rapidly growing global energy requirements leading to new oil & gas infrastructure. China is expected to offer substantial growth prospects with growth stemming from infrastruct...

29 Jun 2007

Funding for Airport Improvements

Airports Council International - North America (ACI-NA) today applauded House Transportation & Infrastructure (T & I) Committee Chairman Oberstar and House Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Costello, as well as T &a...

29 Jun 2007

HPI for May Published

Land Registry's monthly House Price Index (HPI) for May is published today, Thursday 28 June, at http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/houseprices/ London's average house price for May 2007 stands at £335,658 whereas the averag...

29 Jun 2007