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Sealing Showers and Baths

Shower and bath leaks are an all too common problem in the building industry and can prove very difficult to avoid. Although seals may work well when initially installed, movement in the building structure and attack fro...

25 Jun 2003

Award For Timber Joint Design Work

Dr Greg Foliente of CSIRO Sustainable Built Environment and Professor Ian Smith of the University of New Brunswick (Canada) have won the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2003 James Croes Medal for their work on...

25 Jun 2003

Hidden Ventilation

Hambleside Danelaw, has released a roofscape ventilation system that is not only efficient but is also flush fitting so not to detract from the aesthetic value of the rest of the building. The camouflaged ventilated fit ...

24 Jun 2003

Private Construction Slowdown

Private sector growth is forecast to fall sharply over the next three years according to the Construction Products Association’s latest Construction Industry Forecasts, with output in 2003 forecast to grow by just ...

24 Jun 2003

RoofBLOCK

All too often the roof of a building can show signs of early deterioration due to the difficulties experienced with the traditional method of constructing roof overhangs. RoofBLOCK overcomes all of the problems associate...

23 Jun 2003

PVC Not Green

Environmentalists have had a big win in their bid to have companies avoid the use of vinyl plastic (polyvinyl chloride or PVC). The vinyl industry has withdrawn a lawsuit contesting the refusal of New York State to recog...

23 Jun 2003

New Paint System

Natural Building Technologies, is launching an ecological and economical silicate paint system. The range can be used internally or externally and, unlike most paints, they actually form a chemical bond to the minerals i...

20 Jun 2003

Roofing Awards Entries

The Clay Roof Tile Council (CRTC) has launched its second Clay Roofing Awards and is calling all specifiers, who have used genuine clay roof tiles in their development or refurbishment projects between 1 October 2001 and...

20 Jun 2003

Reduce Emissions, Reduce Costs

As with all corporate changes, when manufacturer SC Johnson recently looked to boost environmental performance, a major consideration was the cost. What they found when they looked at their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions...

19 Jun 2003

Thermalite

Stella House is a brand new office complex in Newcastle. Constructed on behalf of One NorthEast, the North East Regional Development Agency, by main contractors, Mowlem the building is largely constructed of Thermalite a...

19 Jun 2003

BioPlastic Fibre

Cargill Dow LLC has released the “world’s first man made fibre made from 100% annually renewable resources.” Called Ingeo, the fibres start life as a plant such as corn. Plant sugars are fermented an...

18 Jun 2003

Insulclad

Insulclad® is a lightweight crack resistant cladding system made by Nuplex Construction Products. The system uses prefabricated sheets and architectural mouldings made from expanded polystyrene. These are attached to...

18 Jun 2003

Advanced Recycling Research

The Construction Industry Institute at Purdue University in the USA has just released a new research paper entitled “Production of Construction Materials Using Advanced Recycling Technologies”. The paper o...

17 Jun 2003

Ecologically Sound Designer Finish

NBT has introduced two new ranges of self-coloured, high performance, clay-based top-coat plasters. These ecologically sound finishes are highly attractive and don’t require painting as they come in a range of colo...

17 Jun 2003

Hemp Houses

French company, Isochanvre SARL, has developed a method of crystallising the sap of unstable raw hemp or shiv. The resultant material known as Isochanvre®, is finding numerous uses in thermal and acoustic insulation ...

16 Jun 2003

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