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UBuildIT Construction Advisors Teach Owner-Builders How to Build Green

Local construction advisors offer homeowners the opportunity to manage their own building projects and build green. Nick Blair and Brent Gates, owners of the UBuildIt-Parker office, joined the Built Green Colorado progra...

25 Jun 2007

Weyerhaeuser to Close iLevel Trus Joist Business

Weyerhaeuser Company today announced it will permanently close its iLevel(TM) Trus Joist(R) TJI(R) joists plant in Claresholm, Alberta, effective Aug. 30, 2007. The decision to close the plant that employs 85 people ...

24 Jun 2007

Commercially Available Windows Incorporate Nano-Ceramic Thin Films

Advanced Film Solutions, Tampa Bay's fastest growing window film provider has agreed to partner with Huper Optik Window Films. Mike Feldman, President of Advanced Film Solutions describes the relationship as, &quo...

24 Jun 2007

Interbuild and Voltimum Join Together to Create a Dedicated Centre

Interbuild 2007 has joined forces with leading electrical and lighting internet portal, Voltimum, to create a dedicated centre for the trade during the five day event. With 10 industry heavyweights already confirmed ...

22 Jun 2007

The Future For Offsite Committed at Interbuild 2007

Interbuild 2007 is bringing some of the biggest challenges facing Offsite to the fore at this year’s event, thanks to an exclusive partnership with Mtech – the leading specialist consultancy for offsite const...

22 Jun 2007

Interbuild Joins Forces with the NRFC

INTERBUILD 2007 will ‘raise the roof’ as it joins forces with the NFRC (National Federation of Roofing Contractors) for the first time, this year. The show - which last year saw 11,247 visitors specifically intereste...

22 Jun 2007

Interbuild 2007 On Track To Be The Biggest In Recent Years

With over 700 exhibitors already committed and 71% of previous exhibitors back on board, Interbuild 2007 is on track to be the biggest it has been in recent years. Henkel, JCB, JJ Smith, Manrose, Eleco, Gartec, Stewa...

22 Jun 2007

WRAP Launches it's Proposed 'Net Waste Method'

Following industry consultation, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched its proposed ‘Net Waste Method’ which it hopes will provide a practical means by which construction professionals can develop an...

22 Jun 2007

Eagle 1 Resources Has Developed a Concept of Improved System for Piping Under Roadways

Eagle 1 Resources in Auburn, Alabama, a Strategic Planning and Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE) firm, has developed a concept of Improved System for Piping under Roadways using PE Plastic Pipe. The potential applicat...

22 Jun 2007

RIBA President's Awards for Research - Call for Entries for the 2007 Awards

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) President’s Awards for Research are calling for entries for the 2007 awards. The winners will be awarded at the RIBA President’s Medals Awards on 28 November 2007 at the R...

22 Jun 2007

Andover Show Off Low Carbon Homes to Minister

Communities and Local Government Minister Angela Smith today visited Hockney Green, Testway Housing’s innovative environmentally sustainable housing development in Andover. The development is not only green, but also...

22 Jun 2007

Stone Age Designs Introduce New Fireplace Mantel Collection

Stone Age Designs introduces a new Fire Place Mantel Collection in Hand-Crafted Scagliola Stone™, cast in Copper and Pewter. These fireplace designs are reminiscent of fireplace mantels from the Italian Renaissance. Thes...

22 Jun 2007

OFT Launch a Market Study Into UK Housebuilding Market

The OFT has today launched a market study into the £20bn per annum UK housebuilding industry. The study will allow the OFT to consider the potential competition and consumer concerns within the market and will focus ...

22 Jun 2007

Construction Award Won by Innovative Welsh Company

An innovative tensile and fabric structure company has won the 2007 BEX Innovation competition for its commitment to developing new and sustainable construction products. Welsh company Architen Landrell received the ...

22 Jun 2007

$15 Million Contract for the National Control Center of Moldova Won by ABB

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has received an order worth about $15 million which includes an extension of about $2 million as the main contractor for the supply of network management systems fo...

22 Jun 2007