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HSE Launch Initiative With Waste And Recycling Industry To Reduce Injuries

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched a three-year initiative with the waste and recycling industry to address the high number of fatal and serious incidents that occur during collection and processing of mu...

23 Mar 2005

Building Sites Aren’t Playgrounds, Warns HSE As Leicester Developers Fined £29,000 After Two Year Old’s Death

As the Easter Holidays approach, the Health and Safety Executive has warned children not to play on building sites. The message comes after a property developer Virendra Kotak and builder Stephen Patterson were fined ...

23 Mar 2005

Mold in Homes a Consumer Concern According to Survey

First there was radon, then carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. Now the latest home invader is mold, and, in a national survey released today by CertainTeed Corporation and conducted for them by Opinion Resea...

23 Mar 2005

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to Use e-SPECS Specification Software From InterSpec

InterSpec, LLC ("InterSpec") announced today that its e-SPECS construction specification program has been selected by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to manage the preparation of their project specification manu...

22 Mar 2005

EPA Names California Portland Cement Company Energy Star 2005 Partner of the Year

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named California Portland Cement Company as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its outstanding contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions through leadership in ener...

22 Mar 2005

EagleSpan Steel Structures Completes the Engineering on Phase One of the Southern Colorado Expo Center to Be Built in Fountain, Colorado

EagleSpan Steel Structures, Inc., of Loveland, Colorado has completed its engineering work for Phase One of the Southern Colorado Expo Center to be built in Fountain, Colorado, announced Jerry Curtis, President of EagleS...

22 Mar 2005

Building Trades Predict California Lawsuit Against Associated Builders and Contractors of Southern California will be First of Many Nationwide

President Edward C. Sullivan, Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, today lauded Southern California apprentices for their effort to stop alleged unethical and unlawful practices of the Associated Builder...

22 Mar 2005

Planters - Ancient Containers for Modern Gardens

From antiquity, man has yearned to cultivate the soil, not only to nourish his body, but to feed and satisfy his soul. Once, humankind had only the most austere of materials to fashion garden planters. Natural substan...

22 Mar 2005

Stunning Show Home For Sale At The Mill

George Wimpey East Midlands is offering a rare opportunity to purchase a stunning showhome at The Mill, its development in the Highbury Vale area of Nottingham. The three-bedroom ‘Alto’ showhome is availa...

22 Mar 2005

Unexpected Opportunity To Buy At The Brambles

An unexpected opportunity has arisen to purchase a brand new luxury home at George Wimpey East Midlands’ The Brambles development, set on the edge of the picturesque village of Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire. The s...

22 Mar 2005

Keller Williams Realty Announces Record Growth; Company Adds Over 12,500 Agents in 2004

Keller Williams Realty the fifth-largest real estate company in North America, announced today that the company experienced a 52 percent increase, growing by over 12,500 agents to more than 38,000 in 2004. "Our c...

22 Mar 2005

Jenkins Brick Selects Moody, Alabama, for New Manufacturing Plant

Jenkins Brick Company, announces the construction of a 160-acre, $43 million plant outside Moody along U.S. 78 near Cook Springs in unincorporated St. Clair County. The plant, which will rely on robotic technology, is...

22 Mar 2005

Millennial Net Opens New Windows of Opportunity for JELD-WEN; Millennial Net Powers New Building Environmental Monitoring Service

Millennial Net, Inc., the leading developer of self-organizing, wireless sensor networking systems, announced today that its MeshScape(TM) technology is powering JELD-WEN's new Building Envelope Environmental Monitor...

22 Mar 2005

Pope Resources Submits 25-Acre Gig Harbor Retail Site Plan

Pope Resources announced today that its real estate subsidiary, Olympic Property Group (OPG), in conjunction with Costco Wholesale Corporation and Northwest Capital Investors (NCI), submitted detailed applications with t...

22 Mar 2005

WebGen Systems' CEO and President Named Finalist for Buildy Awards

WebGen Systems, Inc., provider of advanced software for energy conservation and control in commercial buildings, announced today that Mark Noyes, CEO and President of the company, has been selected as a finalist for the ...

22 Mar 2005