One of the key challenges and opportunities within the construction sector is to meet and supply the ever growing demand for building a green building using sustainable building materials. This trend has been with us for quite some time but ...
SCA Timber has acquired PLF, France's largest independent timber supplier to the DIY market and one of its major customers in the country. PLF is based at two sites near Poitiers and Rochefort, the latter near SCA’s own terminal, and ...
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Demand for American hardwoods in the Mena region is poised to remain strong in 2012 according to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry. Confident about ...
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Build+Decor 2010 attracted 1,878 exhibitors from 30 countries and 148,610 trade visitors all over the world, with over 21% more exhibitors and 35% more visitors compared with the previous year. There was also a big increase in the ...
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Oak flooring is becoming trend in the market because of resources and quality. With the rapid consumption of the world's timber resources and national timber export policy tightening, some traditional areas such as South America, Africa, ...
Duo-Gard Industries Inc., a leader in architectural illumination and translucent daylighting systems, has announced creation of a technical partnership with Arborlight LLC, custom lighting developers specializing in advanced LED technology. ...
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Wooden floors produced in Shanghai have been declared safe after testing, despite accusations that the flooring was carcinogenic. Formaldehyde is commonly used to produce building materials and many household products and plastics but it is ...
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Bamboo is an important element of the balance of atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide storage capacity of bamboo is four times than hardwood, 35% of oxygen release than trees. Bamboo mesh roots can prevent soil erosion. Its ...
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Understand product basics: what a primer is, what functions it serves, and how the marketing hype underserves the consumer. The latest trend in the paint industry is "paint and primer in one," and it has proven to be quite the controversy. ...
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NW Sustainable Building Products in Portland, Oregon is ramping up for spring planting season by offering a variety of materials that are long lasting, beautiful and eco-friendly for planter boxes. Cedar is traditionally the "go-to" choice ...
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Consumers to the market to buy decoration materials, building materials, often because of the lack of basic understanding and knowledge of experienced fraud trap. To avoid this from happening, today, China Stone Xiaobian will explain to you ...
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It is a common fact that we find a wide variety of Construction Machines on every construction sites, which make the construction jobs easy, safe and quicker. Depending on the application, construction machines are classified into various ...
A loader is a heavy equipment machine often used in construction, primarily used to load material (such as asphalt, demolition debris, dirt, snow, feed, gravel, logs, raw minerals, recycled material, rock, sand, and woodchips) into or onto ...
THE Australian government should create a national plan for plantations and renew existing regional forest agreements to ensure the timber industry's future, a federal parliamentary inquiry has found. This approach should include whether ...
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Once the joint and adjacent surfaces are completely dry, new caulk can be applied. Caulk, in general, is a non-porous, flexible material that adheres to the surface of building materials along a joint. While there are many different types ...
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