In a suburb of Newcastle a house is under construction that when completed will be the most eco friendly home in Australia. The owner is Bernard Hockings, a professional builder and environmental consultant to the Master...
The Federation of Master Builders' (FMB) 'State of Trade Survey' for the second quarter of 2003 has reported that the UK's small and medium-sized builders grew for the sixteenth successive quarter.
Wor...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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