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Small construction sites welcome White Van Health and Safety Roadshow

The White Van Roadshow has proved a real success in delivering health and safety messages to small construction sites. The Working Well Together (WWT) White Van Roadshow visited over 60 small construction sites and almos...

31 Mar 2004

Bellway plc and English Partnerships sign massive Thames Gateway housing deal

Bellway plc and English Partnerships, the government’s national regeneration agency, announce that they have signed a joint venture agreement to develop 150 ha (370 acres) of land at Barking Reach in the Thames Gat...

31 Mar 2004

Four stars for Thermalite

The landmark Cumberland Hotel, London, offering the ultimate in contemporary and luxury accommodation with its 433 designer Art & Tech en suite rooms, is currently undergoing a spectacular renovation. The £72 m...

31 Mar 2004

Rails for sliding shelving system set in anhydrite screed

At the Rhineland Regional State Association’s archive, anhydrite screed formulated with Bayer Anhydritbinder AB 20 from Bayer Chemicals AG was laid accurately up against metal rails for a sliding shelving system &n...

31 Mar 2004

Radio waves help see moisture inside walls

The building community soon may have radio vision - a new way to "see" moisture inside walls. Building researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined forces with Intelligen...

31 Mar 2004

RS Building Kit System

A completely new Building Kit System is now available from Machine Building Systems Ltd. It uses stainless steel tubing, intelligent fasteners and fastening elements for panels of all kinds for constructing business equi...

29 Mar 2004

Flooring replacing floor covering as design trend

The Hillsboro Free Press is reporting that the latest trend for floors in the USA is not soft floor coverings like carpet or vinyl but the actual hard floor surface itself. Such materials gaining rapid popularity include...

29 Mar 2004

NAHB announces winners of 2004 National Green Building Awards

The National Association of Home Builders in the USA has announced the winners of the 2004 National Green Building Awards. National Green Building Awards were presented in six categories: Green Advocate o...

25 Mar 2004

English Partnerships welcomes Deputy Prime Minister’s statement on the London-Wide Housing Initiative

English Partnerships, the national regeneration agency, has welcomed the Deputy Prime Minister’s announcement of its London-Wide Initiative, which will deliver some 3,500 new homes over the next three years. In ...

25 Mar 2004

Celestia® by Corus provides finishing touch to designers vision

The high-performance and metallic effect Celestia® by Corus has provided a finishing touch to Toyota dealership Dingles Motor Group’s new, high specification showroom and workshop in Norwich. Adhering to Toy...

25 Mar 2004

Construction minister expects Scots parliament to cost £500m

The construction minister, Nigel Griffiths, has predicted that the final bill for the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh will blow out by £70m to £500m. He places the blame for cost increases with incompeten...

25 Mar 2004

Kingspan delivers standing seam roofing solution with Kingzip

The latest technology has been applied to bring innovative roofing solutions to market, which also takes account of the ‘bigger picture’. This is being brought into ever-sharper focus with the growing demands...

23 Mar 2004

Developing self-cleaning and pollution absorbing materials

Innovative construction materials that are self-cleaning and depolluting are being tested and developed by the EC Joint Research Centre (JRC) as part of the PICADA (Photo-catalytic Innovative Coverings Applications for D...

23 Mar 2004

The latest in bathroom technology - the Ambient Air Body Dry System

Bathers now can go from the shower to fully clothed without lifting a towel. In January, Jacuzzi Whirlpool Bath, a leader in innovative bath products, introduced to the US market a revolutionary new product in its &ld...

22 Mar 2004

solarcentury to launch solar roof tile

The solarcentury C21 is the first solar tile designed specifically for UK housing. Solarcentury's C21 tiles are to be shown as a new product at Interbuild in Birmingham. The tiles generate clean, free electricity,...

22 Mar 2004