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Highways Agency to Manage Traffic During Diamond Jubilee Holiday

The Highways Agency will assist in avoiding traffic jam during the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday weekend by finishing or lifting nearly 90% of its roadworks.

29 May 2012

The winners of the ECOLA Award for The Use of Render and Plaster 2012 are determined

The award, which is dedicated to the use of plaster and render in architecture, pays tribute to the architectural achievements seen in both new and old buildings, each of these supplemented by a CO2–optimised construction category.

23 May 2012

6-Year Review of the Substitute Raw Materials Used in UK Brick Manufacturing - Ceram Research

Ceram, an international materials technology company, has published a 6-year review of the substitute raw materials (non-primary clay raw materials) used in UK brick manufacturing.

23 May 2012

New Affordable Housing System Can Reduce Cost by 25%

Affordable Housing International, a Hong Kong based company specialising in affordable housing has stated that a new affordable housing system has to be implemented in order to meet the short supply of affordable housing.

22 May 2012

H Plus H: Masonry Construction Still The Number One Choice for Building Homes in the UK

H+H Claim Statistics from the NHBC, which guarantees approximately 80% of all new homes, indicate in England last year, an average of 12.25% of its homes were built using timber frame. It follows that nearly 90% were bui...

21 May 2012

Deceuninck North America’s Window Genius Offers Ultra-Thermal Performance Exceeding R-14

Deceuninck North America, a producer of high-quality systems for doors and windows, has launched the first interlinked dual sash window called Genius system.

19 May 2012

NDI Homes Introduces New Construction Model in Montgomery County

Maryland based NDI Homes is introducing a new model of home construction in Montgomery County.

17 May 2012

Jyco Introduces Windows with TPV to the Construction Market

Jyco Sealing Technologies is introducing commercial and residential windows that feature its new weathersealing technology. Under the new technology the windows will be framed with thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) which is a rubber plastic compound that was introduced by the company during the year 2000.

17 May 2012

Bird Construction Awarded Contracts Worth $235 million

Bird Construction has received various contracts totalling to $235 million. The projects are spread over different locations in the markets in which the company operates presently. One of the main projects includes the Early Works Civil Program of the Voyageur Upgrader Project awarded by Suncor Energy. The program is likely to commence by May 2012 and be completed by the spring of 2013.

14 May 2012

Energy Efficient Homes Construction and Retrofit Industry to Achieve Annual CAGR of 42% by 2020

According to a new report titled “Energy Efficient Homes” that has been released by Cleantech market intelligence firm Pike Research, interest in energy efficient homes and buildings is continuously rising as global energy consumption is increasing steadily and this in turn is causing rising demand in power infrastructure leading to greenhouse gas emissions.

11 May 2012