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FastenMaster Introduces the New IQ Hidden Deck Fastener System

Expanding upon its offerings of task specific, contractor quality fasteners, FastenMaster, a division of OMG, Inc., has launched the new IQ Hidden Deck Fastener System. The IQ System allows deck builders to quickly and e...

3 Apr 2007

Developer Selects Fleetwood's Trendsetter Homes for New Housing Development on the Gulf Coast

The Fleetwood Homes division of Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. an industry leader in factory-built housing for more than five decades, announced today that its modular housing division, Trendsetter Homes, has been selected ...

3 Apr 2007

Most Essential Room of the Home is the Bathroom

There is one place in your home where you can be totally and utterly alone with your thoughts; one room where you can lock the door and escape -the bathroom. The hectic pace that today's Americans have become accu...

3 Apr 2007

UK Plasterboard Manufacturers Sign Agreement Set to Increase Gypsum Recycling

Plasterboard manufacturers in Great Britain have today signed up to a trailblazing agreement that is set to bring a significant reduction in the amount of waste plasterboard sent to landfill. The voluntary agreement ...

3 Apr 2007

Improvements to Stone Veneer Panel Product Line Launched by EARTHROX Stone Veneer Systems

Earthrox Stone Veneer Systems by Stonecleft LLC launches several key additions to its Earthrox Stone Veneer Panel product line. Earthrox Stone Veneer Panels have been creating a wave of interest on the US market, as they...

3 Apr 2007

Industrial Nanotech Announce it's Nansulate LDX Lead Encapsulation has been Chosen for Commercial Office Project

Industrial Nanotech, Inc., an emerging global leader in nanotechnology, announced today that its Nansulate® LDX lead encapsulation coating has been chosen for a commercial office project by Southern Environmental Service...

3 Apr 2007

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