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AMEC Creates Combined Design and Project Services Business

AMEC, the international project management and services company, has merged its UK design and construction businesses into a new Design and Project Services division employing a total of 4,500 employees. The move resp...

31 Oct 2005

New Manufacturing Capability Expedites Historic Restoration Mortar Deliveries

Cathedral Stone Products, Inc., the exclusive US manufacturer of Jahn restoration mortar products, has completed the installation of its all new manufacturing and testing laboratories at Company headquarters in Hanover, ...

31 Oct 2005

New Finnish Technology Cuts Heating Energy Costs To One Third

Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT has supervised the development of building technology that cuts the amount of energy required for heating in a block of flats by 70 per cent. The first apartment constructed with...

31 Oct 2005

National Agency In Regeneration Career Drive

University graduates looking for a fulfilling career that offers tangible results and a chance to make a real difference to the lives of thousands of people are being encouraged to choose a career in regeneration. Nat...

31 Oct 2005

New Line Of IRWIN Professional Work Gloves

IRWIN® Industrial Tools’ new application-specific work gloves are made for all of your jobsite needs. The unique combination of rugged materials provide the protection, durability and comfort needed for the tou...

31 Oct 2005

Neopor As Interior Insulation In Historic Building

A nationwide model project titled “Low-energy houses in the housing stock” is being undertaken in Germany by Deutsche Energie-Agentur GmbH (dena). Within this framework, LUWOGE, BASF’s housing company, ...

27 Oct 2005

Flat Packed Buildings Flown Into Remote Location

Getting accommodation to inaccessible locations is nothing new to the team at Extraspace. And just to prove it, one of their recent projects involved flying flat packed buildings to a remote location on the Isle of Sk...

24 Oct 2005

WRAP Launches Marketing Guide for Wood Recyclers

A new guide aimed at helping wood recycling companies to develop and implement a successful marketing programme to promote 'added value' products for use as mulches, surfaces and animal bedding has been launched ...

23 Oct 2005

TremGlaze Sealants Qualify for LEED™ Green Building Rating System

Tremco’s TremGlaze-branded window and door performance sealants qualify for use under the policies of LEED™ green building rating system. Through LEED™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), &...

23 Oct 2005

Framework Developed for Testing How Lighting Can Affect Human Health

Scientists at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have taken a significant step forward in understanding how light affects the human body. The scientists developed a model that postulat...

23 Oct 2005

Save With an ENERGY STAR Certified Factory-Built Home

A common myth about factory-built homes is that they are poorly constructed with thin insulation, resulting in outrageous costs to keep the temperature in the home comfortable. This is far from true. The insulation level...

23 Oct 2005

New Carpet Solutions From Gradus

Gradus Carpets has launched Stratus, a new high performance product, as well as introducing a new cut pile option to the established Bodega range, extending its contract carpets collection and meeting the needs of educat...

23 Oct 2005

Gradus Fabrics Help Combat Infection

Gradus Fabrics has launched X-Static, an anti-bacterial fabric, to help healthcare authorities work to improve the safety and cleanliness of hospital and care home environments. Available from August 2005, Gradus X-St...

23 Oct 2005

Good Practice Guide To Managing Wastes From Nuclear Sites

CIRIA has released a good practice guidance on the application of sustainable practices to the management of decommissioning wastes from nuclear licensed sites The SD:SPUR Main guidance is the outcome of the CIRIA man...

23 Oct 2005

Soil Nailing - Best Practice Guidance

CIRIA has released a new guide to soil nailing. Soil nailing is a technique where either natural ground or fill material is reinforced by the insertion of slender tension-carrying elements called soil nails. A soil-na...

23 Oct 2005