NEWS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION WORLD

Russian log tariffs 'affecting world timber markets'

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:51:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:40:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:38:00 +0000

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

Forest Minister's Ten Signs Forest Industry is Recovering

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:45:00 +0000

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’

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:44:00 +0000

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

Forestry investment will be rewarded: report

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:49:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:13:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:07:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:52:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 05:54:00 +0000

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

Prefabricated homes prized in postwar years

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:59:00 +0000

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

Philippines: Wood to cost more next quarter

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:07:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:01:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:03:00 +0000

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

UAE: Building materials prices to go 5% up

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:05:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:04:00 +0000

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

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:14:00 +0000

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 ...
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Recruitment to industry dealt a blow over diplomas

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:13:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:03:00 +0000

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

South Africa: Lumber Demand Grows in New Markets

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:59:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:58:00 +0000

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

Analysis of new timber-frame technical guidance

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:06:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:04:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:02:00 +0000

Profiles of 50 Major Furniture Retailers Worldwide

noreply@blogger.com (Pacific Constructions) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:36:00 +0000

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