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Stainless Steel Wall Protection From Gradus

Gradus Wall Protection has extended its range of Stainless Steel products to provide contractors and specifiers with a wider choice of options, offering a complete range of durable, functional products to complement any ...

1 Aug 2005

British Museum Cleans Up Entrance Area

Following difficulties with previous entrance matting systems, Topguard, the heavy duty primary entrance mat from Gradus Matting, has been specified for the British Museum. The British Museum in London receives on ave...

1 Aug 2005

Interior Protection Systems

Interior surfaces within education environments can quickly start to look untidy and become damaged, due to the busy activities within a school and the large volumes of people passing through the building. As a high traf...

1 Aug 2005

New Additions To Boulevard Matting Range From Gradus

Gradus Matting has launched two new barrier carpet products – Boulevard 2000 and Boulevard 5000, extending the current Boulevard range and providing a collection that can meet all secondary barrier carpet requireme...

1 Aug 2005

Massachusetts Joins Effort to Build "Green" Affordable Housing

Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has announced that two agencies within the state have joined with The Enterprise Foundation, a national nonprofit, to launch a $209-million initiative for building "green" aff...

1 Aug 2005

ARUP Wins Award For Use Of IT In Construction

At the Information Age Effective IT Awards ceremony in London last month, Arup was announced winner of the Most Effective Use of IT in Construction award category supported by The IT Construction Forum. Arup had depen...

1 Aug 2005

Balancing Business With Energy Performance

The Energy Performance in Buildings Directive will place far more emphasis on the good performance of mechanical and electrical services in buildings, forcing more attention to be paid to management and maintenance pract...

1 Aug 2005

Industry Input Needed To Weight Environmental Impacts Of Construction

Is the amount of climate change produced by Europe a bigger issue than acid rain? Should we worry more about water extraction than the scarcity of fossil fuels? BRE needs to quantify the importance of different env...

1 Aug 2005

Artistic Feature On The Streets Of Luton

Pedestrians pounding the streets of Luton have welcomed a new artistic feature attraction situated on Park Street. 'Luton Park Street Maze', a community project, has been constructed using a selection of paver...

1 Aug 2005

Corium Comes To The Rescue Of South Yorkshire Fire Station

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service specified the use of Corium, Baggeridge Brick's innovative clay cladding system to refurbish South Yorkshire Fire Station in Thorne, Doncaster. The project was initiated aft...

1 Aug 2005

Nature's Call Flower Shaped Urinals

Clark Sorensen’s flower shaped urinals are arrestingly beautiful and at the same time a fascinating combination of functional bathroom fixture and whimsical sculpture. Though urinals have been the subject of man...

28 Jul 2005

Contenders For The RIBA's Prestigious £20,000 Stirling Prize Announced

A library, a car factory, an art gallery, and the world-famous Scottish Parliament are among the six buildings which have made it onto this year’s shortlist for The RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Archi...

28 Jul 2005

Biosphere Development Corp. to Purchase 1 Million Tones of Ash With LENR

Global Environmental Energy Corp. confirmed today that its subsidiary, Biosphere Development Corp., a corporation registered in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, has signed a letter of intent to purchase 1 million tones o...

28 Jul 2005

Land Resource Companies Outlines Roaring River Project Plans and Benefits

Land Resource Companies announced its plans for development of nearly 4,300 acres in Fayette County during a press conference this morning at Smokey's on the Gorge. The developer also announced that it has filed a...

28 Jul 2005

AHFC Expands Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program to Working Families

Up to 50 low-income working families are now eligible for homeownership under Alaska Housing Finance Corporation's (AHFC's) Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Homeownership Program. The AHFC board of directors has a...

28 Jul 2005