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BRE is Home Inspector Assessment Centre

BRE is delighted to announce its approval by ABBE, the Awarding Body for the Built Environment, as an assessment centre for the ABBE Diploma in Home Inspection. The Diploma is the essential qualification needed by hom...

21 Aug 2005

Urban Renaissance Plans For Scarborough Harbourside

Major plans to transform Scarborough’s historic Harbourside area into one of Europe’s leading seafronts have been revealed to the public. Part of Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward’s Urban...

21 Aug 2005

Sun Shines on Solar Streets

A group of Hampshire local authorities and housing associations have celebrated the successful completion of the Hampshire Solar Streets project. This innovative project has seen the installation of solar panels into ...

18 Aug 2005

Adding Value to Wood Recycling - WRAP Launching New Capital Support Programme

The UK's wood recycling rate is set to continue rising following the launch of a new capital support competition by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme). The aim of the open tender competition is to a...

18 Aug 2005

Inscape Platform System Earns GREENGUARD Certification

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute (GEI) awards Inscape's Platform office furniture systems with GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification. Platform was tested to GEI's stringent indoor air quality requi...

18 Aug 2005

Construction Industry Campaign To Attract The Best and Brightest Students

Over 100,000 eighteen year olds will receive SMS messages from the construction industry as they find out their exam results this week. ConstructionSkills, the construction Sector Skills Council, is launching a campai...

18 Aug 2005

Energy Efficient Buildings Offer Business Cost Savings

Improving energy efficiency in buildings could help businesses to make substantial savings on their annual energy bills. Npower estimates that energy inefficient offices and factories could be costing UK firms around 1&p...

18 Aug 2005

Average Joe Renovates, Makes Fast $30,000 in Hot Market

If you can spot a house that needs work and know how to swing a hammer, you could be ready to earn an extra $20,000 to $30,000 in the next few months. Wayne Carney, a self-described Average Joe, was able to cash in on...

17 Aug 2005

Manufacturers of Radiant Heating Equipment Must Highlight Long-Term Customer Benefits

The North American radiant heating markets are facing stiff competition from forced air systems, which offer cost and installation benefits to end users. For this reason, radiant heating equipment manufacturers need t...

17 Aug 2005

Clay Drainage Sales Buck the Historic Trend

Drainage solutions manufacturer Hepworth Drainage has seen a surge of interest in its clay drainage range despite relatively weak markets for the drainage industry as a whole and a historic trend in which clay was seen a...

17 Aug 2005

W.F. Taylor Becomes First Flooring Adhesive Manufacturer in GREENGUARD Certification Program

The GREENGUARD Environmental Institute awards GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification to W.F. Taylor's Meta-Tec Adhesive Solutions and Envirotec Healthguard Adhesives. Taylor is the first flooring adhesive man...

17 Aug 2005

Metallic Colours Added To Eternit Range

Five metallic colours have been added by Eternit to its popular range of high-pressure laminate rainscreen cladding panels to make it one of the most comprehensive in the industry. The addition of the new metallic col...

17 Aug 2005

Eternit Tiles Give New Life To Conservation Sensitive Building

Natural clay plain tiles from Eternit have helped a Buckinghamshire housebuilder give a new lease of life to a former builder's yard on the edge of a Conservation Area. W.E. Black Ltd, a prolific user of Eternit&#...

17 Aug 2005

Eternit Pocket Guide For Fixing Fibre Cement Slates

Eternit has produced a pocket-sized fixing guide for its fibre cement slates portfolio to help architects with specification and drawings and contractors with estimation and installation. The 32-page, third A4 booklet...

17 Aug 2005

Hitachi Introduces a New Line of Generators to the Mix

Hitachi Power Tools today announced its newest offering- a complete line of generators designed to meet power needs on the jobsite. The Hitachi E43 (8 HP), E60 (11 HP) and E71 (13 HP) generators are powerful, compact ...

17 Aug 2005