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Construction Waste Transformed Into Safety Products

Hundreds of tonnes of plastic waste are discarded by the construction industry annually. Europe’s leading manufacturer of road and construction site safety products, Oxford Plastic Systems, is leading the charge to...

5 Aug 2003

Summit Structures Relaunches Website

Tensioned fabric construction company, Summit Structures, have launched their completely redesigned website. After responding to client suggestions the site is now more user friendly and contains more information than pr...

4 Aug 2003

Wren Steps Vacuum Lifted At St Paul’s Cathedral

The Wates Group have delicately lifted the 16 remaining stone steps laid under the direction of Sir Christopher Wren at the west entrance to St Paul’s Cathedral. The 17th century steps have been lifted to allow the...

4 Aug 2003

Study To Reduce London’s Environmental Impact

Led by London First and London Remade and funded by Biffaward, a £150,000 research project is being set up to investigate how to reduce London’s impact on the environment. Due to poor efficiency and poor r...

4 Aug 2003

US$100m Expansion For James Hardie

James Hardie has announced it will spend more than US$100 million to expand the production capacity and research and development capabilities of its fibre cement business in the USA. Their product demand is rapidly gr...

4 Aug 2003

Britain’s Wind Powered Future

The UK government has announced plans that will result in renewable energy being provided to 1 in 6 homes in Britain. The scheme will result in the world’s biggest wind farms being built at three offshore locations...

1 Aug 2003

Architect Chooses uPVC Windows For Sustainable Designs

Green Point Design is an Australian architectural firm based in the tourist town of Daylesford. They aim to integrate best practice in energy efficiency and materials into their sustainable building projects and regularl...

1 Aug 2003

Lean Construction Workshop

Rethinking Construction and Magna Business Solutions are holding interactive one-day workshops for senior construction industry executives about “Lean Construction”. The principles of lean construction are...

31 Jul 2003

Heathrow Roof Takes Shape In North Yorkshire

It is visible for miles around, dominates the North Yorkshire yard it is being constructed in and has lots of questions being asked as to what the massive steel structure is being built for. The answer is quite simple...

31 Jul 2003

Online Home Energy Price Comparison

Online energy price comparison calculators are now available on the energylinx website. energylinx is an independent, neutral intermediary that domestic UK energy consumers can use to ensure they are obtaining the ver...

30 Jul 2003

CCA Treated Wood Cancer Link

New research from the USA has linked increased cancer risks with exposure to wood treated with copper chrome arsenate (CCA). The chemical prevents pine products from rot and insect attack. Unless proven safe before th...

30 Jul 2003

Zero Energy Homes

In a world first, Habitat for Humanity in Tennessee, USA are constructing research homes expected to be net zero energy dwellings. The goal for these homes is to be so energy efficient that the annualized energy usage do...

29 Jul 2003

Vermiculite Insulation Health Risk

The US EPA has launched a national consumer awareness program to alert the public to the risk of asbestos particles in vermiculite insulation. Although the vermiculite is likely to contain only very small levels of as...

29 Jul 2003

FMB Welcomes Opportunity For Reduced VAT

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has welcomed the European Commission's proposal to reduce the rate of VAT on housing repair, maintenance and improvement work. However, they are disappointed that the proposals...

28 Jul 2003

Ecological Sarking Board

The specialist ecological building material firm, Natural Building Technologies, has introduced Isolair - water-resistant, robust, interlocking sarking board with excellent thermal insulation properties. Isolair board...

28 Jul 2003

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Construction Waste Transformed Into Safety Products

Summit Structures Relaunches Website

Wren Steps Vacuum Lifted At St Paul’s Cathedral

Study To Reduce London’s Environmental Impact

US$100m Expansion For James Hardie

Britain’s Wind Powered Future

Architect Chooses uPVC Windows For Sustainable Designs

Lean Construction Workshop

Heathrow Roof Takes Shape In North Yorkshire

Online Home Energy Price Comparison

CCA Treated Wood Cancer Link

Zero Energy Homes

Vermiculite Insulation Health Risk

FMB Welcomes Opportunity For Reduced VAT

Ecological Sarking Board

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