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NEWS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD

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

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

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

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