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Makita Introduces Four New Professional Framing Kits

Makita USA, Inc., manufacturer of professional quality power tools and accessories, has introduced four new framing kits for professional builders and framers. These new framing kits include a framing nailer and a cir...

8 Apr 2005

New Solvent Cement For Durapipe PVC-U Pipework

Durapipe UK are delighted to announce the launch of their new, labour saving solvent cement for the Durapipe PVC-U pressure pipework system. Durapipe PVC-U One-Step Solvent Cement eliminates the need for abrading on n...

8 Apr 2005

Bonding Technology In Cars: Adhesives Instead Of Rivets, Screws and Welding

Adhesives are increasingly used in modern automotive production. They allow different materials to be permanently bonded in an energy-efficient manner and without the need for other auxiliary parts. The specialty chem...

8 Apr 2005

Lowe's Does the Heavy Lifting on Online Lumber Orders - Company Branches Out As Only Home Improvement Retailer to Offer Lumber Purchase Online

Lowe's Companies, Inc. announced today the addition of lumber to its line-up of items available for purchase online. Lowe's is the first and only home improvement retailer to offer lumber online so that custom...

8 Apr 2005

Hearth & Home Safety Alert For Heat & Glo™ Brand GEM 36 and GEM 42 Gas Fireplaces

Hearth & Home Technologies wants to inform consumers of possible safety risks associated with the continued use of 7,815 Heat & Glo™ brand GEM 36 and GEM 42 gas fireplaces sold since July 2002. The firep...

8 Apr 2005

Research Team Recreates Ancient Underwater Concrete Technology

A University of Colorado at Boulder professor and his colleagues have taken a page from the writings of an ancient Roman architect and built an underwater concrete pier in the manner of those set in the Mediterranean Sea...

7 Apr 2005

HSE Taking Designers To Site

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) construction inspectors will again ‘Take a Designer to Site’ during April and May 2005, continuing the campaign to reduce the number of incidents involving falls from height ...

7 Apr 2005

Lord Melvyn Bragg Puts Finishing Touches To Structure Of New mima Gallery

A major milestone in the construction of Middlesbrough’s new art gallery was reached when Lord Melvyn Bragg joined Ray Mallon, the elected Mayor of Middlesbrough, to lay the last piece of blockwork on the roof terr...

7 Apr 2005

Hidden Homes Exposed

London Borough of Wandsworth councillor Martin D Johnson has presented the celebration key to the first resident of six extra-large sized new homes built by Higgins on the Lennox Estate. Space for the three-bedroom ho...

7 Apr 2005

BSRIA tests Louvres For A European Manufacturer

BSRIA has just completed weather louvre performance test for the German based manufacturer Josef Gartner Gmbh to the European standard EN13030. Mr Helmut Ehrmann, Technical Director of Josef Gartner says: “The s...

7 Apr 2005

Ideal Homes Provides Energy Efficient Homes at a Time When Efficiency is Greatly Needed

This year like never before, we've all had a glimpse of just how important energy efficiency truly is... and just how costly its lack can be. From rolling blackouts in California to an all-time high for heating ho...

6 Apr 2005

Bank of America and National Trust for Historic Preservation Renew Commitment to Revitalize Historic Properties

The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Bank of America are pleased to announce the renewal of an initiative to bring expanded equity resources to the rehabilitation of important historic properties in communiti...

6 Apr 2005

ASTM International Publishes Second Edition of Standards on Sustainability in Buildings

The second edition of ASTM International Standards on Sustainability in Buildings is now available on CD-ROM. The compilation, which includes 111 standards, addresses environmental problems and challenges related to t...

6 Apr 2005

ASTM International Publishes Standards Compilation on Lime in Construction

A new publication, ASTM Standards for Building Lime and Lime-Based Construction Applications, is now available for purchase either in print or on CD-ROM. A valuable resource for architects, contractors, engineers, spe...

6 Apr 2005

Second Edition of Asbestos Manual Published by ASTM International

Asbestos Control: Surveys, Removal, and Management, Second Edition, is now available for purchase from ASTM International. The manual’s primary purpose is to facilitate the use of ASTM standards related to asbes...

6 Apr 2005