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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

Home Solutions Subsidiary Responds to Florida Tornados

Home Solutions of America, Inc. today announced that its Fireline Restoration, Inc. subsidiary was an emergency first responder to the tornados that struck Central Florida on February 2, 2007. The company was on the grou...

9 Feb 2007

Brick - the Exhibition

On 24 May 2007, the exhibition Brick will open at the Groot Handelsgebouw in Rotterdam, Netherlands during the Rotterdam 2007, City of Architecture show. The exhibition will highlight the results of the Brick project tha...

8 Feb 2007

LBGA Begins Construction of Two New Plasterboard Factories in China and India

Lafarge today announced that, as part of its joint venture with Boral, Lafarge Boral Gypsum in Asia (LBGA), two new plasterboard factories are to be built in Asia, one in Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province, the ot...

8 Feb 2007

Pilkington: Guiding Light on Burning Issues

The recent introduction of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order (FSO) is the most significant change to affect fire safety in the last thirty years. Fire-resistant glass is a key element in any fire protection strat...

8 Feb 2007

House-Building Industry Has Been Changed To Tackle Climate Change

The house-building industry has been challenged to speed up its response to climate change by creating a number of zero and near zero carbon developments in a new government-backed initiative announced today by Communiti...

8 Feb 2007

New Construction Orders: December 2006

Orders in 2006 rose by six per cent compared with 2005, but orders in the fourth quarter of 2006 remained unchanged compared to the same quarter a year earlier. Orders in the fourth quarter of 2006 fell by three per cent...

8 Feb 2007

Campaign Launched to Remind Contractors To Look Out For Construction Industry Scheme Improvements

A national publicity campaign launches today to remind contractors and subcontractors in the construction industry that the New CIS will be here in eight weeks' time. The campaign will be run in the trade, national, ...

8 Feb 2007

Broader Selection of Architectural Trim Products Provided to Builders by Owens Corning

Outdoor living is continuing to trend up: According to the American Institute of Architects, in 2006 almost two-thirds of architects saw an increase in outdoor living spaces, a dramatic surge from just a year earlier. Ar...

8 Feb 2007

Georgia-Pacific Offers Water-Repellent Plywood Sub-Floor

Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC announces a new solution for residential builders interested in protecting sub-floors before the roof and exterior walls go up during the initial stages of the construction process. Plyt...

8 Feb 2007

LED Lighting Announces First LED-Based Recessed Down Light

LED Lighting Fixtures Inc. (LLF) today announced its first product, a six-inch down light for residential and commercial markets. LED technology generates light in a new way and LLF's product is the first LED recesse...

8 Feb 2007

Heaters Design Guide Launched by MINCO

http://www.minco.com - Minco, a designer and manufacturer of critical components for critical applications, today announced the launch of its Heaters Design Guide at the MD&M West 2007 tradeshow. Minco will be sh...

8 Feb 2007