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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
Plans submitted for next phase of Locking Parklands development in UK
UK-based St Modwen Properties Plc and The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), the regeneration arm of the UK government, have submitted a planning app...
Coillte profits decline to €19.9m
Coillte has today announced profit after tax of €19.9m for 2011.
Green Building
Green building or construction building is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-e...
Jeddah sewage crisis prompts $14.7m of projects
A sewage problem in Jeddah which has seen wastewater running and pooling in various residential districts and streets has prompted local authorities t...
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...
L&T gets Saudi Aramco Midyan gas project underway
Larsen and Tubro Arabia (L&T) has begun procurement and construction work on a gas plant in Saudi Arabia’s Midyan gas field, according to a Saudi ...
Business & Industry
HYUNDAI R480LC-9A, R520LC-9A EXCAVATORS
Hyundai R480LC-9A and R520LC-9A excavators have operating weights of 108,420 and 114,820 pounds, respectively.
Flood Wood Care launches OneCoat Waterproofing Finish
Flood Wood Care, a prominent producer of specialty wood stains, has launched OneCoat Waterproofing Finish into the market.
NYU’s Greenwich Village expansion plan gains approval
A controversial plan that will grow NYU’s Greenwich Village campus by 2 million was unanimously approved by the City Council on Wednesday. The vote wa...
London tube details radical procurement strategy
London Underground to bypass main contractors and take on more construction risk in £331m station programme.
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...
Network Rail invests $156 million to upgrade railway around Nottingham
UK-based rail infrastructure operator Network Rail has announced that it is refurbishing the railway around Nottingham, UK with a £100 million ($156.2...
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