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BP to Build Wind Farm near Amsterdam

BP today announced that it has begun construction of a nine megawatt (mw) wind farm at its oil terminal in the port of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The project will have capacity to provide sufficient electricity for some...

13 Jan 2005

Millau Bridge Seen From Orbit

The Millau viaduct, newly inaugurated by President Jacques Chirac, is now the world's tallest road bridge. It stands high above the Tarn valley in France's Massif C...

6 Jan 2005

Elegant Shape of Eiffel Tower Solved Mathematically

An American engineer has produced a mathematical model explaining the elegant shape of the Eiffel Tower that was derived from French engineer Gustave Eiffel's writings regarding his own fears about the effects of win...

6 Jan 2005

Samsung Corporation To Build World's Tallest Skyscraper

Samsung Corporation (Sangdae Lee) has won a U.S. $850 million order from United Arab Emirates to build the tallest skyscraper, Burj Dubai, in the world. Building will commence in January 2005 on the 160 floor, 700m hi...

4 Jan 2005

Congress Supports Institute of Peace Headquarters Project with $100 Million Appropriation

Congress has provided $100 million to the U.S. Institute of Peace for construction of a permanent headquarters facility in the FY 2005 omnibus spending bill signed today by President Bush. The Institute's new hom...

4 Jan 2005

Hacker Unveil Two New Floor Screeds at Concrete Expo

Since 1983, Hacker Industries, Inc. has been the premier supplier of gypsum concrete floor underlayments providing the most cost effective and high strength gypsum-based floor underlayments for multi-family projects, cus...

4 Jan 2005

£30 Billion Construction Opportunity

A construction industry conference on Building Schools for the Future is being held on 3 March 2005 at BRE, Watford. Described by Tony Blair as 'the greatest schools renewal programme in British history,' the...

4 Jan 2005

Heritage Organisations Across the U.K Celebrate a Heritage Revolution

Heritage organisations across the country celebrate a heritage revolution, largely due to £3 billion of lottery investment. A new report also shows how the heritage sector, including private owners and thousand...

30 Dec 2004

Council Backs Glasgow's Tallest Tower Plan

A stylish new landmark building on Glasgow ’s skyline was today granted detailed planning consent by Glasgow City Council. Named Elphinstone Place , the thirty nine storey building is to replace the former Strathcl...

30 Dec 2004

New U.S. Home Sales Fall In November Following Record Sales In October

New single-family home sales for November came off a record October buying surge, dropping to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.125 million units, the U.S. Commerce Department reported recently. Despite a 12.0 perce...

30 Dec 2004

Kawneer's 1612 Zone Drained Curtain Walling System

Kawneer has launched the 1612 zone drained curtain walling system, an ideal façade solution for architects and specifiers designing more flexible buildings with larger column spans and greater floor slab movement. ...

21 Dec 2004

Energy Efficient House A Wish Come True For Santa

Christmas costs can make us all a bit less jolly, but there are a number of ways even Ole St. Nick can save money throughout the year and help offset the high cost of the holiday. For openers, the Clauses could live ...

20 Dec 2004

Green Roofs Reduce Volume, Cost of Storm-water Discharge

An Alcoa-sponsored analysis of green roof applications worldwide conducted by an interdisciplinary team from the University of Michigan concluded these roofs can minimize runoff and associated storm-water discharge issue...

14 Dec 2004

UK’s West Midlands to Change Bus Shelters from Glass to Plastic to Combat Vandalism

‘Plastic’ bus shelters are to be introduced at some of the West Midlands vandalism hot spots in a bid to save taxpayers more than £70,000 per year. Public transport promoter Centro has been forced in...

8 Dec 2004

Tarkett to Acquire Marley Floors

Tarkett AG signed today an agreement to acquire the business of Marley Floors from ETEX Group SA, Belgium. The Tarkett Group is active worldwide in the production and distribution of floorings (mainly vinyl floorings,...

8 Dec 2004