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English Partnerships Names Developer For First Hospital Site

English Partnerships has named Taylor Woodrow as the preferred developer for part of the former Park Prewett hospital site in Basingstoke. The site, which will provide more than 1,000 new homes, is the first to be sol...

20 Nov 2005

Additives May Save Energy for Cooling Big Buildings

A National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher has come up with a method designed to improve the energy efficiency of water chillers that cool the nation’s large commercial buildings. The NIS...

20 Nov 2005

Alcoa Geoweb(R) Product Used for De-Icing Pad at Cleveland Hopkins Airport; The Geoweb System Provides Environmental and Economic Savings

Alcoa announced today that its Presto Products' Geoweb(R) load support system will be used at Cleveland's Hopkins International Airport. Presto Products is providing 13 truck loads, or 1.3 million square feet, of...

20 Nov 2005

HSC Consults On Amended Asbestos Regulations And Approved Code Of Practise

The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) today published a consultative document seeking comments on proposed amendments to its asbestos regulations and an Approved Code of Practice (ACoP). Giles Denham, Policy Programm...

15 Nov 2005

14-Year Old Nathaniel Macmillan Wins 'LEGO(R) Brick to the Future: 2055' Building Challenge

Nathaniel Macmillan, 14, from Novato, California, built his way to a $5,000 Grand Prize scholarship today and nabbed the championship title of official LEGO(R) Preservation Architect. Macmillan competed in the "LEGO...

15 Nov 2005

Remodelers Promote Aging-In-Place Features In Existing Homes

As housing industry professionals celebrated the third annual National Aging In Place Week (Nov. 6-13), the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Remodelors™ Council encourages consumers to take proactive st...

15 Nov 2005

Construction Giants On Their Way To Interbuild

Some of the biggest names in the building industry have now confirmed they will be at Interbuild 2006 when the UK’s premier construction event takes place at the NEC from April 23-27. Corus, the steel and constr...

15 Nov 2005

Interbuild To Showcase Latest Surface Protection Technology

An inventive new system of surface protection, which will save hours of clean down time and guard against damage, is now available to the construction industry. Peelaway Glasstrip and Peelaway Deckstrip are non-hazardous...

15 Nov 2005

Heat & Glo™ Helps Builder Win Home Building Award

Heat & Glo announced that T&M Building Company recently won the Connecticut Home Builders Association’s Home Building Industry Award (HOBI) for best indoor/outdoor feature. Key to winning the award was T&am...

15 Nov 2005

Improving Performance of Construction Projects

Gogarburn Project - the winner of the safety award PROJECT PROFILE In 2003, BSRIA was contracted by Mace Ltd to help a £380 million UK construction project invest in its workforce and improve performance. The...

15 Nov 2005

Construction Figures Released

Construction began on 175,900 buildings in England in the 12 months up to September. These new buildings could be saving energy if owners carefully consider their sites. For example anywhere exposed to winds could req...

15 Nov 2005

Surveyors' Guide To Modern Methods Of Construction

As more and more dwellings are built using modern methods of construction (MMC), surveyors are increasingly being required to assess dwellings of markedly different construction to the conventional masonry structures the...

15 Nov 2005

Rubber Underlayment Takes a Bite Out of Sound

Sound Seal introduces Sound Shark acoustical underlayment for laminate and engineered wood flooring. Made from recycled rubber, its weight helps reduce airborne noise in addition to impact noise. Sound Seal, the leade...

15 Nov 2005

Concrete Sheds It's Drab Image

A Finnish company, Graphic Concrete Ltd, has developed a patented innovation Graphic Concrete that allows images ranging from pictures to fine line designs to be cost effectively and safely set in concrete. The techno...

13 Nov 2005

Building Systems Honoured At Paris Exhibition

Hydro Building Systems has won two prestigious prizes and an honorable mention at the BATIMAT International Building Exhibition 2005 held this week at the Paris Expo. "The prizes recognize our efforts to be innov...

13 Nov 2005