The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), the UK SIP Association (UKSIPS) and the UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) have signed up as official show partners for Timber Expo ...
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News that Western Forest Products plans to invest $16 million into its Saltair sawmill is seen as a hopeful trend for the future of the forest company's other mills in the region. Lee Doney, a WFP spokesman, said that thanks to the ...
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A national research study conducted by Eric Mower + Associates' Contractor Insight specialty reveals that contractors make nearly half of their tool and building supply purchases from big-box retailers. "Retailers score high for variety and ...
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Caterpillar Inc. Delivered record-breaking 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, an increase of 41 percent from $42.588 billion in 2010, citing “outstanding execution and stronger global demand, ” as the impetus. Profit in ...
Since the ancient Egyptians began to use a hand-powered tower for centuries, man has tried to build and difficult editing tasks easier, faster and more efficient with power tools. We have come a long way from the sand-covered towers, but ...
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- very slightly -- in 2012, contractors predicted in a survey released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Modest improvements in hiring in 2011 and equally modest forecasts for 2012 ...
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The inability of the state to deliver on basic services has nurtured many a business: Inverters and bottled water, to name just two. A third one is beginning to flourish: Water purification and waste-water treatment. As the state ...
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Authorities in Jeddah are investigating more than 70 people involved in the current crisis of cement shortage in the city, Arab News has reported, citing an official source. A special committee, formed by Jeddah governor, Prince Mishaal bin ...
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The 2012 Show in Chicago is shaping up to be the largest AHR Expo ever, hosting more than 2,000 exhibiting companies from over 30 countries from around the globe. AHR Expo is the one event where leading manufacturers and innovative ...
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The federal government is spending $500, 000 to encourage the use of Atlantic Canadian wood in regional construction projects. The two-year expenditure, announced Tuesday in Amherst, will go toward a program called Atlantic WoodWORKS! ...
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Business Lighting Solutions has partnered with Schneider Electric to install LED-based retrofit lamps for T8 fluorescent fixtures at an Air New Zealand facility delivering more than 50% energy savings. Business Lighting Solutions (BLS) has ...
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Urban contractors are being urged to import timber, if they can afford it. Annual Forestry Conference The ongoing demand for timber will never be met, unless there are some measures put in. This was the message when foresters and policy ...
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Milk-based paint is touted as the new mainstream alternative to conventional oil and latex-based paints. Although this commercial painting solution does have some advantages – particularly for facility managers with the weight of ...
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A technology to process bamboo into wood has been introduced in the country. Mr Samuel Nyantakyi Agyepong, an Assistant District Manager at the Western Regional Office of the Forestry Services Division announced at weekend during a ...
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The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials held steady in September in the United States but climbed 8.1 percent from the year-earlier level, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by the ...