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B.C. Construction Companies to Benefit from GPS Fleet Technology Partnership

British Columbia construction companies and heavy equipment contractors looking for a way to make their operations more safe and profitable will benefit from a partnership announced today between the British Columbia Con...

3 Apr 2007

Proposal to Reduce Tonnes of Waste Produced by the UK Construction Industry

Proposals for reducing the 109 million tones of waste produced by the UK construction industry every year were published today for consultation. Around 13% of all the solid materials delivered to construction sites g...

2 Apr 2007

Great Design with the Perfect Log Home

Mountain Architects, PrecisionCraft's architectural division, has released its newest design -- The Flat Iron Chalet. Reminiscent of the European Alps where the Chalet style was born, the Flat Iron Mountains provided...

2 Apr 2007

WRAP Launches Its Latest Capital Support Programme For Aggregates

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched its latest capital support programme aimed at increasing the production of Recycled and Secondary Aggregates (RSAs) in England and Scotland, and reducing materia...

2 Apr 2007

Morrisons HQ Harvest Rainwater With Help from Guttermaster

Morrisons new HQ building in Bradford reflects their ethos of tradition with innovation. The building provides the 1400 staff with first class working conditions and meets the need for sustainability. One of the innovati...

2 Apr 2007

Prices for Pine Saw Timber Declined Dramatically

Land owners, timber producers and sawmills are suffering as prices for pine saw timber declined dramatically in 2006. At the same time, the data shows that consumers are enjoying the best lumber prices from their local h...

2 Apr 2007

GE Invests, Delivers One of World's Largest Solar Power Plants

Spread across a hillside pasture amid olive trees, 52,000 shimmering photovoltaic modules in one of the world's largest solar power plants have begun generating enough electricity for 8,000 homes, GE, PowerLight Corp. an...

2 Apr 2007

Environmental Efficiency Receives Little Encouragement Says CPA

The Construction Products Association (CPA) says that despite all the expectations that the British Chancellor of the Exchequer would deliver a budget to encourage environmental efficiency, the measures outlined fall wel...

30 Mar 2007

Brampton Brick Reports Results for 2006

Brampton Brick Limited (Brampton, Ontario, Canada) has reported consolidated net income for the year ended 31 December 2006 of CAN$13.971 million. Net sales for the year decreased by $6.708 million, or 6.0% in aggregate,...

30 Mar 2007

2006 Proves Year of Growth for Wienerberger

Wienerberger AG (Vienna, Austria) said this week that it had been able to meet its ambitious growth and earnings targets for 2006 in full. All earnings indicators rose by at least 10% and growth investments of €430 milli...

30 Mar 2007

Kazakh Porcelain Tile Company Gears Up for Production

A yearly porcelain tile output of two million square metres to conquer the emerging markets of Kazakhstan is the goal of the new Granito Plus ceramic company, subsidiary of a major Kazakh industrial group. Granito Plus h...

30 Mar 2007

Demolition of Coliseum Mall Contract Won by Wrecking Corp

Wrecking Corporation of America, which has provided demolition services to major industrial, commercial, and government clients in the Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland metropolitan areas for more than 30 years, has ...

30 Mar 2007

NAHB Remodelers Discuss the State of Green Remodeling

Consumers want their remodeling projects green and remodelers already answer the call, according to recent research by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelers. NAHB Remodelers discussed the state of g...

30 Mar 2007

Online Recycled Product Guide for the Construction Industry Launched by WRAP

WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has launched a new online tool, which will support the construction industry to increase recycled content in building work and meet minimum requirements. Available now, t...

30 Mar 2007

Selection of Pipework for New Clinical Imaging Unit from Durapipe

A selection of our pipework has been specified for a new state-of-the-art clinical imaging centre at Imperial College London. Located on the former Burlington Danes school site, this new centre of excellence adj...

30 Mar 2007