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Environmentally Responsible Residential High-rise

The Solaire, the USA’s first environmentally responsible residential high-rise building, was unveiled last Friday, September 5, in Manhattan. The 27 storey building relies on a concrete construction system to pr...

8 Sep 2003

Wood Recycling

RecycleWood is a website produced by WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) to help producers of wood waste find collection services and recycling facilities. The service is free and is accessed by simply ente...

4 Sep 2003

Wembley Stadium Site Scanned For Bombs

Due to fears that terrorists could place radio activated bombs in unfinished buildings and set them off months or even years later, The Metropolitan Police have inspected the Wembley Stadium construction site in north-we...

4 Sep 2003

Building Materials For Heritage Sympathetic Developments

A 13-room hotel attached to the 18th Century Duke of Marlborough Country Inn in Wootton Woodstock has recently been opened but it needed a suitable building materials to ensure the development fitted with the existing he...

3 Sep 2003

QwikPost Even Quicker

Already known amongst tradesmen and serious DIYers as being one of the quickest and easiest ways to erect a fence Catnic’s QwikPost is now even quicker. Square neck bolts on the 75mm and 100mm post fittings means t...

3 Sep 2003

Scotbuild 2003 – Now An Annual Event

Scotland’s national building exhibition, Scotbuild, has been held biennially for over 30 years but it is now to be an annual event. Scotbuild will be held at the SECC in Glasgow on the 28th and 29th of October 2...

3 Sep 2003

Lightmoor Village – New Sustainable Development

The national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, supports high quality sustainable growth across England by building affordable homes and new communities, bringing new life to established communities, making best ...

3 Sep 2003

External Insulated Panel Cladding

A storage and distribution centre for soft drinks in Bristol has become the first industrial building in the UK clad externally with Kingspan Insulated Panel’s KS1200CS coldstore composite panels. The panels hav...

2 Sep 2003

New Drainage Website

Hepworth Drainage have launched a website to complement their other technical support efforts that include a specifier manual and CD ROM. The website www.hepworthdrainage.co.uk provides company information, press rele...

2 Sep 2003

Building Site Safety Inspector Blitz

In 2001/2002 44 construction workers dies or suffered serious injury in Staffordshire as a result of a fall. As part of the Europe wide “Don’t Fall For It” campaign the Health and Safety Executive (H...

1 Sep 2003

Waste Management and Recycling Event – On This Week

Now in it’s 36th year, the UK's leading event for the Waste Management and Recycling Industry is being held this week. Over 230 exhibitors are expected at the Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition to be ...

1 Sep 2003

Sigma Coatings To Protect Wembley Stadium

It is not due for completion until 2006 but it has been announced that Sigma Coatings will be protecting steel structures within the new Wembley Stadium. 23,000 tonnes of structural steel will be protected by 7704 Sig...

28 Aug 2003

New Onsite Inspection Code

With on-site disputes over door specification, performance and safety, the Door and Shutter Manufacturers' Association (DSMA) has introduced a scheme where it can intervene in on-site problems and seek solutions. The ...

28 Aug 2003

Revolutionary Cutting Blade

Rather than use a series of specialist cutting blades for various jobs, Marcrist International Ltd has developed a revolutionary diamond blade that cuts all materials likely to be found on a construction site. The new fo...

27 Aug 2003

CAD Database Released For Catnic Products

Catnic has released a CD-ROM providing accurate layered sectional elevations of their most popular lintels and accessories. The Fastrack CAD Database is aimed at assisting architects and specifiers in creating or modifyi...

27 Aug 2003