Marley Roofing Products and Eternit Slates offer a wide product portfolio of interlocking, double lap and natural slates and have joined forces to launch a comprehensive product brochure which will help professionals cho...
In its quest to offer relevant, effective and leading edge construction solutions, Thermalite, the UK leader in aircrete technology, offers its Tongue and Groove Trenchblock.
The innovative Tongue and Groove Trenchblo...
Dupont has introduced Corian Bas-Relief panels to their range. Previously only available for the commercial market, the textured and patterned materials are now available to homeowners who wish to use innovative and uniq...
With entries closing on July 28 you will need to move quickly to secure your entry in the National Business Awards. There are 24 different categories to choose from with all details available at the National Business Awa...
The California Integrated Waste Management Board has released an emissions study that shows there is very little difference in the performance of recycled-content building materials versus standard products.
While rec...
A new range of rubber stud tiles has been released by commercial flooring specialists, Polyflor.
The Noppe stud tile is highly resitant to abrasion and cigarette burns with low smoke toxicity in the advent of fire. Th...
Using reclaimed building materials in a new construction or refurbishment can lower both environmental impacts and construction costs. It is also often possible to reuse building materials on the same site they were gene...
A new survey by the Centre for Education in the Built Environment says that many architecture schools are failing to teach sustainability in building. The report also says that despite the changes 3 years ago to put sust...
London Remade and the Nazeing Glass Works have just completed a recent trial to recycle old TV and computer screens into floor tiles.
Molten TV screen glass is poured into moulds to make non-slip glass floor tiles. Th...
The Austin Business Journal is reporting how some commercial construction companies, brokers and architects are alleviating the pinch of the downturn in the US economy by using building materials, systems and designs tha...
CIRIA and CIEF will be holding a workshop entitled “Biomimicry: how to benefit from 3.8 billion years of research and development” on the evening of September 16 at The Royal College of Physicians in London.
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Now available in the UK through Mans International are the ARM Cordless Bolt Cutter and Cordless Re-Bar Cutter from ARM SANGYO of Japan.
Although the tools use a hydraulic action, they are powered by a single 14.4V re...
According to a new report, eco-taxation could result in more sustainable urban development. The report, written by the LSE's Professor of Environmental Planning, Yvonne Rydin, and published by the RICS Foundation loo...
It is 10 storeys high, covered in green render, shaped like a drum, has solar panels on the roof and is topped with a wind turbine. The aptly named “Green Building” currently under construction in Manchester&...
Marley Roofing Products and Eternit Slates have both just relaunched new and improved versions of their websites.
The sites now offer up-to-the-minute technical and product information on the companies’ extensiv...
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