US-based hardwood veneer products and plywood manufacturer is now offering the Columbia Radius Bending Plywood for applications that have a curved contour. This new product is ideal for applications which have curved cabinetry, arches, furniture and columns when continuity from a straight edge is required and unnecessary formaldehyde resulting out of wood products is to be avoided.
By Nick Gilbert
11 May 2012
Williams Scotsman a company specialising in modular spacing and storage has announced that it has supplied four sustainable permanent modular building to the El Paso Corporation. These modular buildings which are located at the Ruby Pipeline have been awarded with LEED Gold Certification from USGBC.
By Will Soutter
10 May 2012
The USGBC has awarded the LEED Gold certification to the newly constructed George N. Parks Minuteman Marching Band Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This is the first building to receive LEED certification at the campus of UMass Amherst.
By Nick Gilbert
10 May 2012
Chemcraft, a brand of AkzoNobel has announced that it is expanding its locations for Rugby Architectural Building Products in New York and the neighbouring areas of Long Island and northern New Jersey.
By Nick Gilbert
10 May 2012
PPG PITTSBURGH Paints has partnered with Village PRO Hardware store in order to supply Ohio homeowners with new color and paint options.
By Nick Gilbert
9 May 2012
H.B. Fuller, a global supplier of adhesives, has announced that the company has inked a contract for the sale of its paints business, based in Central America, to Compania Global de Pinturas (Pintuco), Grupo Mundial’s company.
By Nick Gilbert
9 May 2012
The Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) has collaborated with the Residential & Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) to conduct a pilot study on the Wellington County Bridges.
By Joel Scanlon
8 May 2012
Chemical company BASF specialising in providing raw materials and formulations to the construction industry will be the platinum sponsor of Building Safety Month 2012. BASF has created more than 600 products which can be used for sustainable construction methods which are energy efficient and resistant to disaster.
By Joel Scanlon
8 May 2012
US based advertising agency Horton Group has installed new flooring for its office buildings located in Nashville. The new flooring has been provided by Longwood Antique Woods from its Lexington facility.
By Joel Scanlon
8 May 2012
Arup has announced the completion and official launch of the John W. Olver Transit Center in Massachusetts, a first-of-its-kind zero net energy building in the US that will generate sufficient renewable energy to significantly reduce its total energy consumption.
By Joel Scanlon
8 May 2012
Research and Markets has included a new report titled ‘Sheet Metal Industry in the US’ to its catalogue.
By Joel Scanlon
8 May 2012
Suffolk Construction has been awarded the contract for the Elementary School Modernization Project at Palm Beach County. The school is likely to cover an area of 40,776sqft and will be located in South Bay, FL. All the current 314 student stations will be modernised.
By Joel Scanlon
7 May 2012
A team of researchers from Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV, Spain) has established that the usage of colours has become more versatile in today’s contemporary architecture.
R & M Quality Windows and Doors, a window replacement company based in East Bay is now offering three benefits that customers can acquire from replacing windows.
By Joel Scanlon
7 May 2012
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and Consumers Energy have announced that they will jointly reconstruct the tailwater fishing access area at Foote Dam located on the Au Sable River.
By Joel Scanlon
7 May 2012