NEWS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD

Monday, September 22, 2008

Russian log tariffs 'affecting world timber markets'

Regulations restricting the open trade of Russian logs are affecting world timber markets by transforming the country from an unprocessed wood exporter to a producer of finished wood products, a news provider has claimed ...
Read more: KMS Baltics

Olympic Village takes the gold

The U.S. Green Building Council announced last week that the Olympic Village, which housed around 16,000 participants who strived for gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 2008 games in Beijing, has itself won a gold—LEED Gold that is ...
Read more: GreenSource

Market Deeping Firms Form Trading Partnership

In property and construction, getting value for money is all about location, location, location. To prove the point, a new builders merchant based in Market Deeping near Peterborough has formed a trading partnership with its next door neighbour ...
Read more: 24dash.com

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Forest Minister's Ten Signs Forest Industry is Recovering

Prince George, B.C. - This is National Forest Week, and the Provincial Minister of Forests and Range, Pat Bell, is optimistic about the future for that sector. He has circulated a top ten list of signs he things are early indications the industry is starting to recover ...
Read more: Opinion250

Escalating prices for concrete are ‘staggering’

Following unprecedented increases in building materials costs over the past five years, some prices are beginning to roll back. The cost of diesel fuel and steel have started to stabilize, but asphalt and ready-mix concrete have continued to skyrocket ...
Read more: bizjournals

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Forestry investment will be rewarded: report

SUSSEX - If the stars align properly, by 2015 the crumpled forestry industry in the province could soar to a new peak that's double what it is now, says the director of CIBC World Markets and author of a new report on investment opportunities in the crucial sector ...
Read more: telegraph-journal

Built Environment: A Boost for Timber

The capacity to know in advance the likely life-cycle performance of building materials could give the timber industry a new competitive edge in its efforts to increase the use of wood in construction. A new software too ...
Read more: timberseek

Museum Piece Offers Glimpse of a Prefab Future

Just inside the first floor of the Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home, a 20-year-old recovered Crate & Barrel sofa flanks a cool-to-the-touch ethanol-burning fireplace that floats in the middle of the room ... Read more: The Washington Post

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Trends in End-Use Industries to Shape Growth in Global Forest Products Market

Worldwide demand for forest products is determined by a host of factors, prominent ones being population growth, consumer income levels, product prices and comparative cost of substitutes, changing consumer preferences, and trends in various end-use industries ...
Read more: Yahoo News

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Romania: Furniture production in H is up to 1 billion euros

Furniture production in Romania, in H1 2008, stood at one billion euros, up 9% from the same period last year, it can exceed 2 billion euros at the end of the year ...
Read more: Financialrul.ro

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Prefabricated homes prized in postwar years

Though lacking in obvious charm, the prefabricated home was a workhorse of the postwar era. In the years after World War II, first-time homeowners, especially veterans with growing families, turned to these “factory built” ...
Read more: pantagraph

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Philippines: Wood to cost more next quarter

The price increase is intended to cover rising cost of production inputs like logs, fuel and glue, PWPA president Antonio C. Olizon said in an interview ...
Read more: BusinessWorld

Malaysia, EU hope to sign pact on timber products

Malaysia and the European Union (EU) hope to sign a bilateral voluntary partnership agreement(VPA), to promote the trade in legally produced and harvested timber. The agreement would help ensure the sustainability and legality of timber production while improving the perception of tropical timber in Europe ...
Read more: Daily Express

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Germany: Production capacity grows: 2.6m tons of wood pellets to be produced in Germany

There is an increasing number of wood pellet manufacturers in Germany. According to current statistics from the organizer of the ...
Read more: pr-inside

Monday, August 4, 2008

UAE: Building materials prices to go 5% up

Danube Building Materials FZCO said that prices of building materials will rise by approximately 5% during the 3rd quarter due to record oil prices ...
Read more: ameinfo

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Sawlog prices in Europe have grown faster than the world average the past two years

Softwood sawlog prices have gone up faster in Europe than in any other region of the world the past two years, according to Wood Resource Quarterly (WRQ). Because wood costs account for 65-75% of the production costs when producing softwood lumber, they are the key factor determining a regions or company's competitiveness ...
Read more: newsdesk

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Demand glut means construction sector has nothing to fear from rate hikes

It has been suggested that rising interest rates, the electricity crisis and soaring oil prices would arrest and perhaps even reverse the unprecedented boom experienced by South Africa's construction industry ...
Read more Business Report

Recruitment to industry dealt a blow over diplomas

Recruitment to the construction industry has taken a blow today as the government's new Construction and Built Environment Diploma - due to be launched in September - received a blasting ...
Read more: Cripps, Sears & Partners

Construction industry costs up 6.6 percent in 2Q

A key index of construction industry costs increased 6.6 percent in the second quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year ago ...
Read more: Houston Business Journal

Monday, June 16, 2008

South Africa: Lumber Demand Grows in New Markets

A GLOBAL survey by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) of the views of business leaders in the forestry, paper and packaging industries is a stark reminder to South African operations of their parochially precarious position in the sector ...
Read more: allAfrica.com

Record investment in forestry despite slump

Scottish forestry owners and wood processors are combining to show their faith in their industry with an unprecedented investment spree in defiance of fast-sinking markets ...
Read more: sundayherald

Friday, June 13, 2008

Analysis of new timber-frame technical guidance

Timber as a building material has many benefits. But because it is a natural product it can shrink because of moisture content changes and how it has been cut from the tree ...
Read more: ContractJournal.com

Old English meets new construction

The stone and stucco front of Joyce and Bill Cordell's beautiful Old English-style house commands attention in The Ramble. But Joyce, an interior designer, gravitates toward the light-filled back of the house, where sunshine falls gently into the dining room and warms the spacious great room, the central setting of many family gatherings ...
Read more: CITIZEN-TIMES.com

South Africa: Lumber Demand Grows in New Markets

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Profiles of 50 Major Furniture Retailers Worldwide

CSIL estimates that currently about 19% of worldwide furniture sales are made by "Major Furniture Retailers" which are covered in the new CSIL report ...
Read more: ReasearchandMarkets

The demand for office furniture in the United States

The office furniture industry performed very well throughout the 1990s as the domestic economy has shifted from being manufacturing driven to one where services play an increasingly important role ...
Read more: Globalwood

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Universal Forest Products buys two Oregon companies

Universal Forest Products Western Division, a subsidiary of Universal Forest Products Inc., has bought the assets of D-Stake Mill Inc. in McMinnville and Manufacturing Country in Independence ...
Read More: Portland Business Journal

Ofra rabbi permits Shabbat construction

In a dramatic halachic ruling, the rabbi of Ofra, a settlement in the West Bank northeast of Ramallah, has ruled that Palestinian construction workers can build houses in the settlement on Shabbat, in order to "establish facts on the ground" ahead of a Supreme Court review of petitions against building in the settlement submitted by human rights groups Yesh Din and B'Tselem, Army Radio reported early Thursday morning ...
Read more: jpost

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Hotel operator leaves luxury waterfront project Loose ends at Battery Wharf

One of the world's premier hotel operators, Regent Hotels & Resorts, is abruptly out of the $300 million luxury Battery Wharf development on Boston's waterfront just before the hotel's scheduled opening this summer ...
Read more: Hotels

Loggers Losing Money in Fuel

Ten years ago Ron Scroggins got out of farming. He thought there was more money in the timber business- but now he is not so sure ...
Read more: WRBL

Monday, June 9, 2008

Timber industry body sees production loss coming

More upheaval could be on the way for the timber industry, with suggestions two companies will cut 10 percent from the country's production in the next three months ...
Read more: Yahoo

Raffles Jakarta To Open In 2011

Raffles Hotels & Resorts will add Jakarta to its global portfolio with a new luxury hotel in the heart of Jakarta’s central business district, The Golden Triangle. Raffles Jakarta will feature 180 guest rooms ranging from 650 to 2,500 sq. ft. (60 to 232 sq. m) ...
Read more: Hotels

71% of housebuilders say IT is key to the industry

Independent survey commissioned by Autodesk reveals IT is key to the success of the Industry ...
Read more: Buildingtalk

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Germany May Construction Purchasing Managers' Index

Construction activity in Germany picked up in May, according to NTC Research in Henley- Upon-Thames in southern England ...
Read more: Bloomberg

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Forest giant retreats after five-year native blockade

A five-year-old blockade in northwestern Ontario has forced AbitibiBowater to stop using wood from a one-million-hectare forest near the Manitoba border ...
Read more: National Post

Thailand's furniture exports to the GCC expected to exceed $30m in 2008

Thai furniture exports to the Gulf Cooperative Council States (GCC) are expected to cross $30m in 2008, with figures for the first four months of 2008 showing an increase over the same period last year ...
Read more: AME Info

From Forest to Factory

The wood-processing industry has very specific requirements regarding the purchasing and sale of its raw material. These apply not just to specifications such as the length, diameter and quality of wood but also to the management of forestry resources and transport ...
Read more: SAP INFO

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Caribbean, Mexico, Central America Construction Peaking

Lodging Econometrics (LE), the Global Authority for Hotel Real Estate,
reports the Total Construction Pipeline for the Caribbean, Mexico & Central America contains 311 projects and 65,332 guestrooms at Q1 2008 ...
Read more: HOTELS

Brad Pitt To Design Dubai Resort For Zabeel

Mr. Pitt's involvement in the cutting-edge design for the America-themed resort demonstrates his deep-seated interest in the project. It is set to become a flagship hotel complex for Dubai and a world-leader in environmental sustainability ...
Read more: HOTELS

The secret of Vanuatu's happiness

The South Pacific country of Vanuatu has been voted the happiest place in the world so what makes its inhabitants such a happy lot? ...
Read more: BBC NEWS

Monday, June 2, 2008

Contractors Subject to New Lead Paint Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new lead paint rules for contractors who renovate or repair housing, child-care facilities, or schools built before 1978 ...
Read more: GreenSource

IOC praises London as construction on London's Olympic Stadium for 2012 begins

London Olympic organizers received nearly perfect marks from the IOC on Thursday, just hours after construction work on the main stadium for the 2012 Games began three months ahead of schedule ...
Read more: ENR.com

April Construction Advances 9%

The value of new construction starts in April climbed 9% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $553.5 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction ...
Read more: McGraw-Hill Construction

Sustaining Infrastructure

Extract from a White Paper, Sustaining Infrastructure, which discusses the role of infrastructure in creating a sustainable world and the impact of Bentley's solutions and products ...
Read more: Buildingtalk

Friday, May 30, 2008

Estonia keen on EU timber talks with Russia

Estonia's minister of foreign affairs has urged the European community to focus on trade, energy and customs affairs in forthcoming discussions with Russia ...
Read more: KMS Baltics

Intelligent vacuum gripper system for timber products

ROMHELD Automation is distributing an intelligent vacuum gripper system from Tepro of Sweden. The UniGripper automatically senses the position of products and creates the necessary lifting force where required ...
Read more: Materials Handling

Changes to timber market

Building activity in the USA has decreased and so construction companies are purchasing less European timber ....
Read more: ETREND

Monday, September 22, 2008

Russian log tariffs 'affecting world timber markets'

Olympic Village takes the gold

Market Deeping Firms Form Trading Partnership

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Forest Minister's Ten Signs Forest Industry is Recovering

Escalating prices for concrete are ‘staggering’

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Forestry investment will be rewarded: report

Built Environment: A Boost for Timber

Museum Piece Offers Glimpse of a Prefab Future

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Trends in End-Use Industries to Shape Growth in Global Forest Products Market

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Romania: Furniture production in H is up to 1 billion euros

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Prefabricated homes prized in postwar years

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Philippines: Wood to cost more next quarter

Malaysia, EU hope to sign pact on timber products

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Germany: Production capacity grows: 2.6m tons of wood pellets to be produced in Germany

Monday, August 4, 2008

UAE: Building materials prices to go 5% up

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Sawlog prices in Europe have grown faster than the world average the past two years

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Demand glut means construction sector has nothing to fear from rate hikes

Recruitment to industry dealt a blow over diplomas

Construction industry costs up 6.6 percent in 2Q

Monday, June 16, 2008

South Africa: Lumber Demand Grows in New Markets

Record investment in forestry despite slump

Friday, June 13, 2008

Analysis of new timber-frame technical guidance

Old English meets new construction

South Africa: Lumber Demand Grows in New Markets

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Profiles of 50 Major Furniture Retailers Worldwide

The demand for office furniture in the United States

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Universal Forest Products buys two Oregon companies

Ofra rabbi permits Shabbat construction

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Hotel operator leaves luxury waterfront project Loose ends at Battery Wharf

Loggers Losing Money in Fuel

Monday, June 9, 2008

Timber industry body sees production loss coming

Raffles Jakarta To Open In 2011

71% of housebuilders say IT is key to the industry

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Germany May Construction Purchasing Managers' Index

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Forest giant retreats after five-year native blockade

Thailand's furniture exports to the GCC expected to exceed $30m in 2008

From Forest to Factory

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Caribbean, Mexico, Central America Construction Peaking

Brad Pitt To Design Dubai Resort For Zabeel

The secret of Vanuatu's happiness

Monday, June 2, 2008

Contractors Subject to New Lead Paint Regulations

IOC praises London as construction on London's Olympic Stadium for 2012 begins

April Construction Advances 9%

Sustaining Infrastructure

Friday, May 30, 2008

Estonia keen on EU timber talks with Russia

Intelligent vacuum gripper system for timber products

Changes to timber market

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