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Klober airtightness products for CSH / BREEAM dementia care centre
A £3.5M scheme to provide accommodation for those with early stage dementia has seen Klober’s Wallint 50 Air Barrier used with Solar-Line airtightness accessories.
Ultrascreen: Sight and Sound Barrier
The United States Gypsum Company, early in the 1980's started developing technologies to improve and reduced costs using lightweight cement panels. Recently, USG along with AFM Corporation introduced ULTRASCREEN: Sight a...
Skanska Wins $383 Million Contract to Extend Light Rail in Los Angeles
Skanska has been awarded a contract to extend the light rail in Los Angeles County, California. Customer is Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (METRO). Skanska's share of the contract is worth USD 3...
Morgan Sindall appointed to £400m Welsh schools framework
The South East Wales Schools Capital Working Group has appointed Morgan Sindall plc to its four-year construction framework for major building works ranging in value from £3 million to more than £25 million. The company ...
Construction safety
Unfortunately the construction industry has become stereotyped as an accident prone industry, in fact only mining and fishing industries have higher fatalities. Depressingly, the accident rates experienced closely correl...
Knowledge Bank
Kraus-Anderson wins modular classrooms contract in North Dakota
Kraus-Anderson Construction Company , a UK-based construction company, has secured a contract for the development of modular classrooms in Williston, ...
Metsä Wood posts €4m Q1 profits
Metsä Wood has recorded €4m in operating profits in the first quarter and believes profitability will strengthen in the second quarter.
Green Building
Green building or construction building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-e...
Construction Business Uses Mobile Surveillance to Monitor Locations
MobileCamViewer Surveillance Application from mobiDEOS Helps UK Customer Monitor Construction Business on the Move.
Klober airtightness products for CSH / BREEAM dementia care centre
A £3.5M scheme to provide accommodation for those with early stage dementia has seen Klober’s Wallint 50 Air Barrier used with Solar-Line airtightness...
Graham Construction wins $19 million Sheffield University project
UK-based Graham Construction has been awarded a £12 million ($19 million) project by Sheffield University to construct its new Engineering Graduate Sc...
Business & Industry
GOMACO 9500 MATERIAL HANDLING MACHINE
GOMACO has added an optional hydraulically folding rear conveyor to its 9500 material handling machine.
Where will India be promoting advanced green building technologies and cost-effective sustainable design techniques in 2012
Where will India be promoting advanced green building technologies and cost-effective sustainable design techniques in 2012 and the link could have a...
Ethiopian Airlines Headquarters competition hit by controversy over links between architect and jury
A collaboration between BET Architects Plc and Soehene Partners Architects has been awarded first place in a competition to design the new headquarter...
Kier BAM JV signed up for £100m+ site preparation contract
A Kier BAM joint venture has now signed contracts with EDF Energy to carry out £100m+ of site preparation works for the Hinkley Point C nuclear power ...
University of Pretoria Lecture Hall Complex
This is a new multidepartmental lecture hall complex for the University of Pretoria. It is situated on the corner of Burnett and Festival streets, whi...
CCTA begins road widening project in California
Caltrans and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) has begun the next phase of State Route 4 (SR-4) Widening Project in Contra Costa County...
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