Cement prices in India have dropped around 6% since June this year. The dip in cement prices can be attributed to a slowdown in construction and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order that penalized 11 cement companies, accusing ...
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The construction industry shed 2.2 million workers between January 2007 and last year. So now there's an overabundance of them eager for jobs, right? Wrong. Contractors are struggling with shortages of workers as the home-building market ...
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The coatings industry in Europe has been bracing itself for an extremely difficult 2012 in which much of the region will be suffering from the effects of a severe economic downturn mainly due to the impact of the troubles with the euro on ...
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Over the past few years much has been said about the amazing economic and industrial growth achieved by China.Let's be honest,China's growth has been absolutely remarkable and is the envy of the world.In 2010 China became the world's ...
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Europe's wood coatings sector is one in which there are pockets of sluggish growth or even decline but others in which there has recently been strong increases in demand, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe(CEE). It is a relatively ...
The Dow Chemical Company of Midland, MI, USA has expanded the availability of its DOW POWERHOUSE Solar Shingle, a residential roofing system that protects a home (like a standard shingle) but also contains embedded thin-film copper indium ...
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Housing group GreenSquare has improved efficiency and cut costs by using a geographical information system (GIS). GreenSquare manages 10,000 homes and has a target of building 30 new homes a year in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and ...
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For anyone who has never heard of a ground source heat pump it takes geothermal heat from the ground. The temperature inside the earth is constant which means the temperature is more or less the same. The construction of a heat pump ...
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The UK's first Code Level 4 Self Build Show Home - built by leading self-build specialists, Kingspan Potton - has been fitted with lighting and wiring accessory products from the Scolmore Group. The brand new "Wickhambrook" Show Barn at ...
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With 44 consecutive months below 800,000 starts,the construction industry has been waiting patiently for that number to rise. "It finally just went above 800,000 last week and I don't know if I should open the champagne or not,"said Chip ...
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Why You May Just Want Recessed Lighting The modern home today is expected to have modern lines. Sure, having a grand chandelier is nice and wonderful, but a three foot chandelier doesn't work too well if you have an eight foot ceiling. ...
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''If you are still here,then you have survived one of the most challenging economic cycles of our lifetime,''said Oliver Stepe,senior vice president of sales&marketing,YKK AP America,during the State of the Industry panel at GlassBuild ...
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WARREN, Mich. -- Art Van Furniture has promoted Ken Bussell to vice president-financial services. In a company memo, the retailer noted the promotion from director to vice president "recognizes the important role that Ken has filled since ...
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Construction spending in July maintained consistent year-over-year growth despite a pullback from the June peak,according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.Association ...
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MFEA sees 10% rise in export sales of furniture GEORGE TOWN: The Malaysian Furniture Entrepreneurs Association (MFEA) is projecting a 5% to 10% increase in export sales of Malaysian-made furniture products this year to over RM8bil from ...
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