NEWS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD: September 2008

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