Upbeat housing forecasts, including a projected 22-percent increase in single-family housing starts for 2013, made for a giddy International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Our editors and analysts were among the 60,000 or so attendees there ...
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Large diameter, low speed fans efficiently circulate air throughout an entire space, from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Depending on the fan's speed, this gentle, nondisruptive airflow both cools in the summer and improves heating ...
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Floor space for DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR is 79% booked five months ahead of the March 26-28, 2013 show in Shanghai. Enthusiasm for new programs, the addition of a new segment to the show and recognition that DOMOTEX asia/CHINAFLOOR sits at ...
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La-Z-Boy Incorporated reported its operating results for the fiscal 2013 first quarter ended July 28, 2012. Fiscal 2013 first-quarter highlights : Sales for the first quarter increased 7.6% compared with the fiscal 2012 first ...
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LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a tool for evaluating of green building. The objective is to effectively reduce the negative impact of the environment and occupants in the design. The objectives are to specify a ...
Weyerhaeuser will soon produce JAS-certified OSB material for export to Japan. OSB (oriented strand board) panels are used in both residential and commercial construction in Japan, as wall and roof sheathing and as structural flooring ...
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