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IPSCO Announces Increasing Large Diameter Pipe Capacity

IPSCO Inc. today announced that it is proceeding with a $52.5 million expansion of its existing Regina large diameter pipe making facility. This expansion will include an additional pipe forming mill and related finishin...

26 Jan 2007

Cyclists Amongst the Many Beneficiaries of the Council's Plans to Transform Sloane Square

Cyclists will be among the many beneficiaries of the Council’s plans to transform Sloane Square, according to the country’s largest cycling organisation. In a letter to the Council, The Cyclists’ Tou...

26 Jan 2007

A Breakthrough by Peter Cox - Woodworm Treatment for Varnished Timbers

Timber preservation specialist Peter Cox Ltd (www.petercox.com) has recently demonstrated its ground breaking new Insectacoat woodworm treatment at the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford upon Avon. Insectacoat is an ...

25 Jan 2007

Innovative Tool For Homeowners In Need Of Landscaping Services

Landscape Planet, Inc. announced today the launch of their innovative new online "Landscape Project Posting System." This handy new tool is a novel feature for the ever-growing landscape portal www.LandscapePla...

25 Jan 2007

Spain's Technical Construction Code Commits the Country's Developers to Solar Cell Insulation

Each year the sun produces four thousand times more energy on Earth than we consume. It's a clean, inexhaustible and free resource. Moreover, it's guaranteed for the next 6,000 million years as scientists estimat...

25 Jan 2007

Vinyl Home Improvements Pay Off

Vinyl replacement windows and siding are among the top home improvement projects for recouping costs at resale, according Remodeling Magazine's annual Cost v. Value Report. In 2006, nationwide, midrange vinyl sidi...

25 Jan 2007

Three-Year Solar Cell Supply Agreement Begins in 2007

SunPower Corporation (Nasdaq: SPWR) subsidiary PowerLight Corporation, today announced a 120 megawatt, three-year supply agreement with JingAo Solar Co., Ltd. ("JingAo"), a privately-owned solar cell manufacturer based i...

25 Jan 2007

Exhibition Marks Start of New Congestion Busting Junction Near Newark

As work starts on a major junction improvement scheme for the A1 at Markham Moor in Nottinghamshire, the Highways Agency is inviting members of the public to come along to a two-day public exhibition to mark the start of...

25 Jan 2007

The Digital Age Brought Home by Residential Builders

The advantages offered by digital warranty and maintenance programs is the subject of "The Digital Age Comes Home," a white paper released today by BuildSERV, a Seattle-based company that produces home warranty...

24 Jan 2007

Thanks to BuildDirect Yakima Decking Comes to Memphis

BuildDirect has increased it's presence in Tennessee to meet increased buyer demand for its popular line of Yakima decking. The leading online wholesaler now ships its Yakima line directly from Memphis, resulting in fast...

24 Jan 2007

Paver Search Announce Officially Becoming an Associate Member of the ICPI

Paver Search, Inc., announced today that they have officially become an Associate Member of the ICPI (Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute), creating a great union and symbiosis for the entire Industry of Paver profe...

24 Jan 2007

RIBA Urge ODA to Raise it's Sights for the Olympic Village

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today urged the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to raise its sights for the Olympic Village, following the publication of the ODA’s sustainability strategy for the 20...

24 Jan 2007

Construction Starts for Two Factories at Dubai Industrial City

Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer, today announced Conmix Limited, one of the Gulf's leading providers of construction material for more than 30 years, as the first investor to start construction at the largest ...

24 Jan 2007

HSE Serve Prohibition Notice on Falcon Crane Hire

This week the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) served a Prohibition Notice on Falcon Crane Hire Ltd of Shipdam, Norfolk which required them, with immediate effect, to take out of service all tower cranes in their fleet ...

24 Jan 2007

A Salty Tale from CERAM

Special testing services to check the levels of chloride ion ingress in reinforced concrete now available from (CBT), will prove to be a useful aid for the construction industry. CBT is a division of CERAM, the internati...

23 Jan 2007