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Factory Built Housing Provides an Efficient and Economical Way to Rebuild

One of the best gifts you can give someone is hope, and that is what the team at Patriot Homes took to the Governors Expo in Biloxi, MS last weekend. Architect John Carricarte, Lifestylist® Suzanne Felber and the...

17 Aug 2006

The Concrete Network Offers Information Highlighting the Decorative Concrete Option of Concrete Overlays

If you’re looking to permanently cover up surface imperfections in existing concrete, or turn a plain-jane slab from drab to fab, concrete overlays are the perfect option. With today’s decorative overlays, it’s easy to g...

17 Aug 2006

Construction Industry Leads on CDM Guidance

An industry led steering group is leading on creating guidance documents to support the revised Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM), due to come into force in April 2007. The group has been set up by t...

17 Aug 2006

Architects and Specifiers Stand to Benefit from a New Website from Pilkington

Architects and specifiers stand to benefit from a brand new website from Pilkington; www.pilkington4architects.com, a resource equipped with a host of facilities and information, designed to guide architects through the ...

16 Aug 2006

Boral Announces Full Year Profit of $362 Million

Boral Ltd (Sydney, Australia) has announced a profit after tax (PAT) of A$362 million for the year ended 30 June 2006, a 2% decrease on the A-IFRS 1 restated net PAT for the year ended 30 June 2005. Earnings per share fo...

16 Aug 2006

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