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Keep Your Cool and Save Money Too: Summer Energy-Saving Tips from the Department of Energy

Save money and keep your cool this summer by saving energy. As part of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) continuing outreach and education efforts, here are some easy, energy saving tips that are also available in a...

3 Jun 2005

DOE Offers Guide to Building Energy Efficient Homes in the Southwest

As part of the continuing effort to provide consumers guidance on saving money through improving home energy efficiency, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a free guide to the construction of energy-efficie...

3 Jun 2005

Sheffield City Hall Hosts Durapipe

An extensive range of pipe and fittings has been installed at Sheffield City Hall, as part of a large-scale refurbishment project. A selection of Durapipe ABS pipework was installed during the £12.5 million refu...

3 Jun 2005

Making SMART Homes Smarter

A University of Ulster researcher is at the cutting edge of innovative technology designed to make homes smarter. Dr Juan Carlos Augusto, a lecturer in the School of Computing and Mathematics says the research area could...

2 Jun 2005

Homebuilders Accelerate the Bidding Process with Autodesk Buzzsaw - Six of Top 10 U.S. Homebuilders Use Buzzsaw to Reduce Costs and Save Time

Autodesk Inc. today announced that Pulte Homes, Lennar Homes, Centex Homes, Beazer Homes, Fulton Homes, Hacienda Builders and other leading U.S. homebuilders have deployed the industry-leading Autodesk Buzzsaw project co...

31 May 2005

Metabo Adds New 10" Woodworking Miter Saw

Metabo, a leading international manufacturer of professional grade portable electric power tools and abrasives for industrial, construction and welding applications, has added a 10” miter saw to its new line of woo...

31 May 2005

Gradus Launches New Addition To Esplanade Plus Range

Gradus has launched Esplanade Plus Open, a heavy duty, engineered primary entrance mat. The open construction product reinforces the company’s reputation for producing quality, durable matting for use in high tr...

30 May 2005

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Announces Plans to Open First Hotel in Russia

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. will open its first property in Russia mid-year 2006, a 332-room hotel in Moscow. The premiere of the 11-story hotel will offer sophisticated travelers a new address that redefin...

30 May 2005

Winner announced for University of Oxford (Radcliffe Infirmary) Competition

Rafael Viñoly Architects PC has won the competition relating to the redevelopment of the Radcliffe Infirmary site, Oxford. The relocation of the current hospital functions (circa 3Q2007) will provide the Universi...

30 May 2005

Innovation at OFFSITE2005

New opportunities to achieve competitive advantage by employing the latest materials technologies to develop building products and processes - through access to resources that include £60 billion of research fundin...

30 May 2005

Polymer Grid Technology A Boon For Bridges

When the long-awaited Highway 151 bypass around Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, opens later this year, vehicles traveling northbound will cross DeNeveu Creek on a bridge like no other in the country. Externally, the bridge lo...

27 May 2005

Construction Productivity Initiative That Really Works!

Bold claims made by the Construction Lean Improvement Programme (CLIP) to be able to improve construction industry performance now seem well founded, with CLIP having already worked successfully in more than 60 companies...

27 May 2005

New Homes Still Winning Over Old

In a recent survey, undertaken by property portal www.new-homes.co.uk, 88% of respondents said that they were looking to buy a new home rather than a second hand one, proving that the new homes market continues to be ext...

27 May 2005

Noisy Neighbours Are a Thing of the Past - New-homes.co.uk, supporting Noise Action Week 23rd-27th May 2005

Ever had a problem with noisy neighbours? Barking dogs driving you mad? Loud music being played at unsociable hours? Noise Action Week’s website reveals that a poll asking people what they thought was the most a...

27 May 2005

everguard - Protecting Generations to Come

Biewer Lumber is proud to introduce everguard - A new generation of treated wood products, for a wide variety of residential and commercial projects. Utilized in above ground, ground contact and fresh water immersion ...

27 May 2005