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NHS Transfer is Major Milestone in Best Use of Government Assets

The transfer of the NHS portfolio to English Partnerships will boost the agency’s national regeneration programme and provide a significant contribution to the First Time Buyers’ initiative. This is the re...

5 Apr 2005

We will Rock you...

The UK’s alternative rock brand is under new management. Knauf, a global leader in insulation, is launching Rocksilk – a high performance range of rock mineral wool products. From March 2005 you will be...

5 Apr 2005

Permbond Introduces UV-Curable Adhesives

Permabond UV-curable adhesives are excellent for use on glass to glass or glass to metal applications. They are very high strength so are suitable for load carrying joints such as glass furniture and display cabinets. Fl...

5 Apr 2005

IRWIN Industrial Tools - Rule The Road Giveaway

During 2005 IRWIN Industrial Tools will be on the road with the IRWIN / International CXT. They will be stopping at hardware stores, automotive shops, construction sites, races and more to offer the chance to win a range...

5 Apr 2005

Metabo Adds New 12" Miter Saw

The versatile KGS 305 is ideal for crosscutting material up to 12 ½” wide and 4 ¾” high. The KGS 305 features Metabo’s industry-unique dust collection system, which efficiently removes dus...

4 Apr 2005

Improving Our Buildings and Communities

Experts from the USA and the UK will explain the use of charrettes in improving building and community design at a seminar in London on 24 May 2005. Already established as best practice in the Unites States and used b...

4 Apr 2005

Karsten Homes Introduces Industry's First Manufacturer Backed 10-Year Warranty

Karsten Homes, one of the industry's fastest growing home manufacturers, is introducing the first ever manufacturer backed 10-year warranty. This one-of-a-kind "1 & 10 Limited Warranty" is now availa...

4 Apr 2005

Huttig Building Products Opens First Branch in Minnesota

Huttig Building Products, Inc., one of the largest domestic distributors of millwork, building materials and wood products used principally in new residential construction and in home improvement, remodeling and repair w...

4 Apr 2005

Downtown Spokane Renaissance Continues With $8 Million Property Redevelopment

G&B Real Estate Services, the real estate division of WestCoast Hospitality Corporation, today announced that it will begin $8 million in improvements to the Lincoln building in downtown Spokane -- one of the most si...

4 Apr 2005

Launch of Edifiche, LLC, a Research Consultancy for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry

Announcing the launch of Edifiche, LLC, a new independent information service that offers customized research and database consulting for architecture firms and libraries worldwide. Providing services that apply the s...

4 Apr 2005

Nortek Hits 2004 Sales Record

Nortek, Inc, a leading international designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-quality branded building products, today announced record sales from continuing operations for 2004 and the fourth quarter in strong housin...

4 Apr 2005

Third HOPE Awards Winners are the Best of the Best in Minority Homeownership

A homeownership education and credit counselor serving first generation Haitian immigrants, a classroom program teaching homeownership skills to middle school students, and a California coalition that houses migrant work...

3 Apr 2005

Restore Media Announces the Traditional Building Playhouse Raffle to Benefit Three of Philadelphia's Local Charitable Organizations

A skilled team of master tradesmen and carpenters will build a turn-of-the century, cottage-style Playhouse on the exhibit hall floor during the Traditional Building Show, April 28-30, 2005, at the Pennsylvania Conventio...

3 Apr 2005

Electronic Glass: A New Tool for Stage Lighting

Imagine Sunday morning worship or an elegant Easter sunrise service with the feeling of outdoors, sunrises and sunsets -- all indoors. Brawner & Associates has received a contract for high-tech lighting design for a ...

3 Apr 2005

Clayton Homes Wins 6th Straight Top Manufacturer Award

Clayton Homes CEO and President Kevin Clayton took home the Manufactured Housing Institute's (MHI) 2005 Industry Person of the Year honor at the National Industry Awards of the National Congress & Expo for Manufa...

31 Mar 2005