Despite having posted its second straight year of losses, Westbury has decided to persist with its prefabricated homes business.
The business called Space4 registered an operating loss of £3.5 million in the fin...
Water companies across the UK are to commence trials using recycled aggregate materials for bedding clay pipes.
The aggregate material is made from crushed construction waste to a size of less then 20mm. This size has...
The UK Department of Transport is drafting a new streetworks bill that could force contractors to lay cable and utilities ducts under busy streets. The move is to reduce the congestion brought about by the digging up of ...
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a 12 foot diameter, 38,000 pound machine that allows them to test various concrete compositions and tyre types in the search for quieter pavements.
The device consists o...
A proposed three year programme being developed by the Department of Trade and Industry and the National Physical Laboratory will focus on the performance of materials in service. With a start date of 1 April 2004, the M...
BHP Steel have added another 6 colours to their range of Colorbond® Steel. The latest range of Colorbond products also benefit from advances in super polyester pre-painted coating technology.
The new colours cover...
In delivering the Department of the Environment and Local Government’s 2002 Annual Housing Statistics Bulletin, Minster for Housing, Mr. Noel Ahern announced that the number of new houses built had reached an all t...
Work is due to start in May on the development of a new £1.9 million construction, demolition and excavation waste recycling facility in Rotherham, UK, thanks to a £560,000 grant from WRAP (the Waste and Reso...
HBG Construction have won the contract to build the £11.5 million, three story Northern Justice Centre in Nuneaton for the Warwickshire Police Authority.
The new building will integrate all the justice agencies ...
April figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply indicate that there has been sustained expansion in the UK building economy during April as firms took new orders for construction projects.
However,...
Two Bexley Councillors and a council traffic engineer were introduced to the problems encountered by cyclists in the Bexley borough.
The councillors John Lawrenson and Ian Clement, along with Bob Clark were taken on a...
Rugby Cement has extended its packed product cement range with the introduction of Rugby Fast Set. A blend of cement and admixtures, it is suitable for repair and maintenance where fast setting and hardening properties a...
Austral Brick, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Ltd have submitted an offer to Bristile Ltd to acquire their shares and hence merge the two companies
Austral’s offer is for AUD$3.15 per share, valuing Bri...
Through their construction and mining subsidiary Knife River Corp, MDU Resources have acquired Atlas Inc and Pioneer Construction, Inc. While precise details of both deals were not disclosed, they were known to involve c...
Knife River Corporation, a subsidiary of MDU Resources have acquired McElroy and Wilken, Inc, a privately owned ready mix, sand and gravel company. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
McElroy and ...
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