Originally budgeted for $319m and promised to open in 2009, the Southern Sydney Freight Line is finally open at a cost of $1b, allowing container trains 24-hour access to Port Botany and unhindered passage for Brisbane-Melbourne freight ...
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Ontario’s recent change to make Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage mandatory in the construction industry is an important component in combating the pervasive underground economy, says the Ontario Construction Secretariat. ...
SmartGlass Technology offers construction contractors, engineers, architects and interior designers a completely new way to define spaces. SmartGlass combines the functionality of an opaque wall with the style and lighting of clear glass. ...
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Believing that radon is only a problem in some parts of the country is just one of the myths surrounding the radioactive gas that's responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths a year. Elevated radon levels have been found in one in 15 homes ...
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Randy Wells, Stanley vice president of marketing and brand development, works with contractors in construction of the company’s new Las Vegas showroom. LAS VEGAS — At its Las Vegas Market debut this month, Stanley Furniture is ...
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Built on technology from EMC's acquisition of Syncplicity last May and its EMC Isilon scale-out NAS, the idea is to provide a secure, easy-to-use solution for file sync and sharing across devices, but on highly scalable, on-premise ...
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Aleddra LED lighting announces today that EPCO (Engineered Products Company) T8 retrofit kits can be used with Aleddra EasiRetrofit LED T8 tubes for retrofit projects involving 8-ft T12 strip fixtures to T8 LED lamps. EPCO requires that the ...
Security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the government's latest plans to make NHS medical records all-electronic, shared not just throughout the NHS, but with care homes and social services, too. Under plans unveiled ...
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Verbatim will launch a new range of LED products based on Seoul Semiconductor (SSC)’s ”nPola” technology. Since 2010, Verbatim has been introducing a growing portfolio of high performance LED lamps to the lighting ...
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Built on technology from EMC’s acquisition of Syncplicity last May and its EMC Isilon scale-out NAS, the idea is to provide a secure, easy-to-use solution for file sync and sharing across devices, but on highly scalable, on-premise ...
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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said Monday that significantly more construction firms are planning to add new staff than plan to cut staff while demand for many types of private sector construction projects should ...
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Howard P. Lewis, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America’s (IES’) representative to the National Lighting Bureau, has been elected to an unprecedented fourth consecutive term as Bureau chair. The National Lighting ...
It’s reported that the BlueScope planned to reconfigure its Australian cold rolling, metal coated and painted steel production. Mr. Mark R. Vassella, the Chief Executive of Bluescope Australia and New Zealand said that this ...
Microsoft will deviate from its regular Internet Explorer repair schedule today by releasing a patch for older versions of its web browser, which have raised numerous security concerns over the past weeks. The vulnerability, which is ...
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Statistics Canada reported Thursday that building permits in the country totaled$6.2 million in November,down 17.9 percent from October and the lowest level since January 2012.The drop followed a 15.9 percent increase in October.The ...
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