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Styropor EPS for Green Sandwich Building System

To support its efforts to build structures that are stronger, more energy efficient and contribute to sustainable development, Green Sandwich Technologies, North Hollywood, Calif., selected foam made from BASF's Styropor...

23 Mar 2006

Eurocare Showers Unveil New Range at Interbuild

Eurocare Showers will unveil a brand new range of doors and screens at Interbuild 2006, which it claims will take the domestic special needs bathing and showering sector to the next level. Designed exclusively in par...

23 Mar 2006

Applications Invited for RIBA Research Trust Awards 2006

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring 7 research projects in 2006. The RIBA Education Department is now inviting applications for the following RIBA Research T...

23 Mar 2006

World's Smallest Most Powerful Pocket Driver Lauched by Bosch

Bosch Power Tools and Accessories announced the launch of the world’s smallest, most powerful ultra-compact LITHEON™ 10.8-volt Pocket Driver (PS20). Forty-percent lighter and 33-percent more productive than o...

23 Mar 2006

Positive Outlook for US Construction Industry

The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading economic indicator of nonresidential construction activity, was positive again in February. The ABI has been positive for seventeen consecutive months and twenty-six out o...

23 Mar 2006

Concrete Camouflage Introduces Concrete Stain Prep TM

Concrete stain which was once a specialty flooring product and found primarily in commercial applications has quickly become a residential product as well. Now found in many homes and gaining popularity, it has become to...

23 Mar 2006

Textured Coatings Innovative Coating System Keeps Homes Cooler

For every homeowner who has struggled to find ways to hold down the cost of air conditioning without sacrificing comfort, recent tests by the U.S. Department of Energy offer promising results. Recently completed tests at...

23 Mar 2006

New Insulating Coating Reduces Condensation on Low Temperature Piping

Industrial Nanotech (INTK: OTC), announced today that the company has developed a new insulating coating designed specifically to reduce condensation and provide thermal insulation for low temperature piping. The coating...

23 Mar 2006

SureGrip Offers Solutions to Slippery Floors

SureGrip has announced that partnership opportunities are now available outside the US -- and new international partners are quickly seeing the benefits of this amazing entrepreneurial opportunity. New partners in Austra...

23 Mar 2006

Cancun Building Expo Attracts Booming Construction Market

Builders, architects and interior designers will meet in Cancun May 17-19, 2006 at the fifth annual Expo Deconarq to explore business opportunities in one of the world's richest tourism development and construction m...

23 Mar 2006

Fluor Joint Venture Submits Most Competitive Bid for California Bay Bridge Reconstruction

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) today reported that its joint venture team has submitted the most- competitive bid for the construction of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) Self-Anchored Suspension (...

23 Mar 2006

Craftmade Introduces New Line of Window Covering Products

Durocraft International, a subsidiary of Craftmade International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRFT), announced that it will introduce its new line of Window Covering Products at the International Window Coverings Expo (IWCE), being he...

22 Mar 2006

Anti-Slip Ceramic Floor to be Launched at Interbuild

An anti-slip ceramic granite floor that is designed for passenger transport facilities such as London Underground stations, bus terminals, railway stations and other heavy traffic areas is being launched at Interbuild 20...

22 Mar 2006

Building Performance Group Acquired by BRE

BRE has acquired Building Performance Group (BPG), a London-based practice specialising in the whole life performance of large building projects such as hospitals, schools and commercial buildings. The acquisition wi...

22 Mar 2006

BRE and TGG Join Forces to Bring Innovative Ideas to the Construction Industry

BRE and Trevor Baylis Brands plc have joined forces to bring innovative ideas to the construction and building management Industries. The two organisations have complementary skills in this area - Trevor Baylis Brand...

22 Mar 2006