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Wide Plank Floors are Hot Design Trend

Whoever said bigger is better must have been talking about wood floors. Today's wood floors come in a variety of styles, including traditional strip and parquet, but one of the most popular trends right now is wide p...

16 Aug 2006

United-Bilt Proves To Customers They Are More Than A Builder

Residential Construction Industry experts say construction costs have been at a record level for the past 7 years even before the hurricanes of 2004 and 2005. United-Bilt Homebuilders has an edge in the South Eastern Res...

16 Aug 2006

Maintenance-Free Exterior Vinyl Shutters

Shutters have been used for hundreds of years to enhance the beauty of homes. Traditionally, shutters served a functional purpose. With the desire to bring light and ventilation into homes, shutters forever made their ma...

16 Aug 2006

New Safety Railing for Contractors Workinh on Ladder Jack Scaffold Systems

The Chimney Flashing Brake Co. LLC is proud to introduce a new safety railing for contractors who use a Ladder Jack Scaffold System called The Siders and Painters Barrier Rail Support. "I was tired of waiting fo...

15 Aug 2006

Tips for Creating Outdoor Living Spaces Offered by Interior Designer

Interior Designer Amy Snyder of Sun Pine Homes, a custom home builder and developer in Prescott, Arizona has a new design article, Outdoor living spaces extend your livable space and delight the senses, on her company&rs...

15 Aug 2006

RIBA's China Fortnight: Sustainable Building in China

The world's first zero-carbon eco-city, intelligent and green housing, organic farms and eco-friendly transport in China will all be showcased during the RIBA's China Fortnight this autumn. As the increasing ind...

15 Aug 2006

Building a Better Environment with Sustainable Construction

The drive to ensure that Welsh construction companies are at the forefront of new design technologies and sustainable construction techniques is gaining momentum with the launch this month of a Wales wide marketing campa...

15 Aug 2006

75% of New Homes in the UK are Built on Brownfield Land

Commenting ahead of the CPRE’s publication How much land is your local council wasting? expected to be issued today Chairman of the Local Government Association, Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, said: “Almost 75% of new homes h...

15 Aug 2006

Novel Awning Fixings Made Using BASF's Polyamide

The fixings specialist fischer has turned to BASF’s Ultramid® to develop a new mounting modality for awnings. The essential element of the new fischer Thermax system is a plastic thermal module, the so-called a...

14 Aug 2006

FEDCon 06 Conference to be Presented by the National Institute of Building Sciences

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) will present FEDCon 2006, the Market Outlook Conference on Federal Construction, on December 5, 2006 at the Washington Convention Center, offering authoritative, up-to-d...

14 Aug 2006

Sound Seal Introduce New Barrier

Sound Seal, the leader in acoustical products for over 25 years, proudly introduces the Blockade Sound Barrier line and PerfPanel Sound Absorber line. The Blockade Sound Barrier is an addition to the Barricade line of In...

14 Aug 2006

Professional Institutes Brings Closer Collaboration with China

In response to China as a huge and rapidly growing market for the built environment and engineering professions, 15 leading UK Professional Institutions have joined forces to form Professional Institutions UK – Chi...

14 Aug 2006

H & R Johnson's New Venue for Events

‘Material Lab’, the recently opened materials resource centre from the UK’s leading ceramic tile producer, H & R Johnson Tiles Ltd, is now to open to architects, designers and specifiers as an inspirational venue for...

14 Aug 2006

The Bronx Library Center Designed by Dattner Architects

The Bronx Library Center, designed by Dattner Architects, received a LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating this week from the United States Green Building Council. The Bronx Library Center i...

11 Aug 2006

CERAM Helps Ensure There Are No Slip Ups At The Games

Keen to ensure that there are no slip ups at the London Olympic Games in 2012 the HSE is clamping down on the quality of tiles and is putting pressure on architects to make sure any tiles specified have been slip tested....

11 Aug 2006