Hardwood flooring industry veteran and former Floor Trends columnist Richard "Rick" Brian died on Feb. 5 at his home in Southern Pines, N.C., following a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. Brian was past board member of the National ...
McGraw Hill Construction, a part of McGraw Hill Financial, recently released findings from a new Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders' Show in Las Vegas. Green ...
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Axiall Corporation and Lotte Chemical of the Republic of Korea announced that they have signed a Heads of Agreement to pursue a 50/50 joint venture arrangement for the design, construction and operation of a proposed 1 million metric ...
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Rhino Linings Corporation has acquired the assets of Expo Industries Inc., a San Diego-based manufacturer of Expo Stucco interior and exterior stucco products, sealers, bonders, patch products and plaster mixes. This acquisition expands ...
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Sika has agreed to acquire LCS Optiroc Pte Ltd. in Singapore and LCS Optiroc SDN. BHD in Malaysia, a leading manufacturer of cementitious powder products. The business generated annual sales of CHF 24 million in the last financial year. ...
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors involved in the Trainor Glass Company bankruptcy case has recently recovered more than $140,000 from former business partners of the Alsip, Ill.-based glazing company in an effort to repay ...
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Bendheim is the proud recipient of 2013 Architectural Products’ Product Innovation Award (PIA) for Houdini™ Glass in the Surfaces category. PIA awards honor innovation in the development and refinement of building products, ...
Mohawk Group announced November as the company’s sustainability month. In observance of its inaugural sustainability month and ongoing sustainability practices, a number of key environmental initiatives are being unveiled throughout ...
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When it comes to the green movement, there are basically two sides to the coin: Environmental and health. The environmental component is pretty obvious, including such things as recycling and sustainable practices and, as such, gets the ...
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J+J Flooring's Kinetex has been selected as one of BuildingGreen’s Top-10 products for the coming year by BuildingGreen, publisher of GreenSpec and Environmental Building News (EBN). The winners were announced over a live ...
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Milwaukee, WI (November 21, 2014) – The Cabinet Makers Association has taken on a supporting role in the first Design & Construction Week, a new venture resulting from the co-location of the annual International Builders’ Show ...
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With the ongoing improvements in the US and continued strength in Asia, managing director Paul O'Malley of Australia's BlueScope Steel sees a positive sign in the steel market. O'Malley said that of the company's building products division, ...
Engineering and construction firms have come to the forefront in the efforts of the U.S. oil and gas industry to optimize and accelerate shale development and delivery, according to a new PwC US report released today entitled, Shale Gas: ...
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The chairman of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) working group on whole building Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) says he thinks it’s not if the glass industry officially embraces a specific Environmental Product ...
Eco Building Products, Inc., (ECOB), a manufacturer of treated wood products, recently launched Eco Armor – Defensive Paint. Eco Building Products has collaborated with the largest paint recycler in North America, Visions Paint ...