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Whole-life Costing In Construction

CIRIA has released a report to it's members on whole-life costing (WLC) in construction. The report is the CIRIA funders report FR/CP/106. This short report brings together the combined experience of some of the U...

13 Dec 2005

London Red Buses To Become Homes

In a unique and ingenious move to address housing shortages in London, CIOB reports that eight red double decker buses have been revamped to provide alternative housing solutions in the capital. Double Decker Living, ...

13 Dec 2005

Eden Project Is Crowned As The “UK’s Most Loved Modern Building” By British Public

It’s official – the Eden Project is Britain’s favourite modern building, according to a poll released today by ConstructionSkills, the sector skills council for the construction industry. Out of a sh...

13 Dec 2005

BASF Develops Elastollan® Lo-Tac™ TPU For Cured-in-place Piping Applications

BASF has introduced applications for its Elastollan Lo-Tac thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) technology in cured-in-place piping used to rehabilitate aging pipes. “Small towns and big cities alike are concerned a...

13 Dec 2005

Housing Group Launches Heating Strategy

The Energy Saving Trust is reporting on a collection of local housing companies near Coventry that have launched an affordable heating strategy. The Whitefriars Housing Group has been particularly active over the past...

13 Dec 2005

Unparalleled Strength and Reliability From ABLOY’S Innovative Lock Mechanism

EXEC® is Abloy Security’s latest one-way patented mechanism that provides virtually pickproof security for use in any external or internal application. Robust and hardwearing, this mechanism is ideally suite...

13 Dec 2005

Annual Paint Color Forecast Paints The Town...

California Paints has issued its annual color forecast. According to Aimee Desrosiers, the company's color expert and industry consultant for home fashion, dramatic colors, heavily influenced by the youth market, are...

13 Dec 2005

RIBA President’s Medals 2005 - Winners Announced

The winners of the President’s Medals Student Awards 2005 in association with Atkins were announced in a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) on Wednesday 7 December. These prestigious Award...

12 Dec 2005

FMB Condemns Tax On Housing

The Federation of Master Builders today warned that the Government's proposals to introduce a levy on housebuilding to finance local infrastructure was an attempt by Gordon Brown to help plug his spending deficit by ...

12 Dec 2005

Tax Incentive Coalition Launches Website to Help Consumers, Businesses Save with New Energy Efficiency Tax Credits

The recently launched website, www.energytaxincentives.org provides information on valuable new federal income tax incentives in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct). “With today’s spiraling energy costs ...

11 Dec 2005

Munters wins Product Innovation Award

Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, North American Commercial and Industrial Humidity Control Equipment Markets, selected Munters Corporation as the recipient of the 2005 Product Innovation Award for its new prod...

11 Dec 2005

The New Easidew On-line – Making Dew Point Measurement Simple!

Michell Instruments is proud to annouce the launch of its new on-line hygrometer. The Easidew On-line offers affordable and simple dew-point measurement and is designed to make continuous measurement of the dew point ...

11 Dec 2005

Prestigious Award for Nano-Fibre Reinforced Concrete

“Cast in concrete” is not all it’s cracked up to be. Concrete structures from bridges to condominium complexes are susceptible to cracks, corrosion and other forces of natural and man-made chemical assa...

8 Dec 2005

Tougher UK Building Regulations for April 2006

Higher standards of insulation and control of air leakage in buildings is called for in the forthcoming revised UK Building Regulations. In particular, Part L of the Building Regulations has been reviewed with a brief...

8 Dec 2005

Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction

In conjunction with Montréal 2005: United Nations conference on climate change, the Cement Association of Canada has gathered together Canadian industry leaders in sustainable construction to present their ground-br...

7 Dec 2005