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Hot Finished Circular Hollow Sections Supplied Through Corus International's Singapore Office

Hot finished circular hollow sections, supplied through Corus International’s Singapore office, now play an import role in the realisation of the surfing theme for Singapore’s new harbour-front development, V...

14 Feb 2007

MCS and GE Join to Develop a Program for Energy Efficient Homes

Masco Contractor Services (MCS) and General Electric (GE) announced that they are planning to integrate GE's ecomagination and the Environment's For Living(R) program sponsored by MCS, into a new program helps ho...

14 Feb 2007

Window and Door Replacement Advice from Repair-Home.com

The "Doors and Windows" feature at Repair-Home.com offers advice about window and door replacement. The average home can lose 30 percent of its heat through its windows, and as temperatures across the nation plummet this...

13 Feb 2007

OCR Teams Up With Xantrex And Fat Spaniel Technologies For New Solar Energy Installations

Old Country Roofing (OCR), Northern California's largest roofing company, announced today that they have signed agreements with Xantrex Technology Inc. and Fat Spaniel Technologies (FST) to offer a comprehensive sola...

13 Feb 2007

SHEETROCK Brand Mold Tough Gypsum Panels Introduced by USG

Whether it's a basement, bathroom or any other commercial or residential environment with incidental or intermittent moisture exposure, construction professionals and homeowners alike have a new weapon in the fight a...

13 Feb 2007

New OlyBond NightShot Temporary Tie-In Introduced by OMG

OMG, Inc., a leading manufacturer of fasteners and building products for the commercial and residential construction industry, has unveiled the new OlyBond NightShot temporary tie-in. NightShot is a fast acting, low-rise...

12 Feb 2007

Prevent Hand and Back Injuries with Slope Shelving

Employees can visually inspect shipments loaded on slope shelving stacking racks and easily remove those products in poor condition. This eliminates the traditional manual handling inspections that can easily produce bac...

12 Feb 2007

Full Line of Firestopping Products to Defend Aganist Sound and Smoke Launched by Acoustical Solutions

Firestop materials serve two primary purposes - they reduce sound transmission between rooms, and they block the spread of flame and smoke through the small spaces in a building. These products are appropriate for use in...

9 Feb 2007

The Concrete Network's Picture of the Week Archive

Starting a new project at home involves time and patience, whether you're designing a new apatio or driveway. Finding the perfect design ideas, patterns, styles and colors can be a tedious task. Often it includes sub...

9 Feb 2007

Verde Energy Teams Up With Trees For The Future To Off Set Carbon Emissions

Verde Energy, an online marketplace providing commercial and residential customers with competitive bids on solar power, solar thermal, wind power and other renewable energy projects, has teamed up with Trees for the Fut...

9 Feb 2007

RNL Hosts "Green Week"

RNL Design is proud to announce that 62 of its employees have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. This number represents more than 50% of the firm&#3...

9 Feb 2007

New Self-Paced Learning Program Now Available to Help Home Building Industry

A new self-paced learning program is now available to help the home building industry's 2.5 million Hispanic workers learn English. Sed de Saber(TM)-Construction Edition, sponsored by Lowe's, was custom-created b...

9 Feb 2007

DuPont Played Important Role in New Florida Legislation

DuPont Building Innovations has played an important role in new Florida legislation that extends the state's strong hurricane protection building codes to the Florida Panhandle, which suffered significant damage from...

9 Feb 2007

Valspar and Lowe's Unveil an All-New Label for its Line of Paint

Lowe's Companies, Inc. in conjunction with The Valspar Corporation (NYSE: VAL), today announced its premium-quality paint label will get a fresh coat of paint under the Valspar brand. The interior and exterior paint,...

9 Feb 2007

Study Finds That Bacteria Survive on Stainless Steel, But Not on Copper

Scientists at the University of Southampton, U.K., have found that E. coli O157:H7, a harmful bacterium primarily associated with raw and undercooked ground beef or foods that come into contact with raw meat, cannot surv...

9 Feb 2007