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The Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction in Switzerland is soliciting entries through Feb. 29, 2008, for the annual Holcim Awards, a global program with a $2 million purse.
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America's landfills may be a little less, well, filled in the near future if innovators such as Frank Little keep making trips to the patent office. Little, the founder of Magnolia, Texas-based Tax Advantage Design, recently unveiled a demountable drywall tape system that provides an alternative...
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The word “used” has a bad connotation. No one wants used clothes or used shoes. Is it any wonder that automobile manufacturers have gotten hip to this and now use the term “pre-owned vehicles” instead of “used cars”?
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Do you have any idea what's in your dumpsters? You should. All of that debris is costing you money.
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Spring is always an important time for home builders, as nearly 40 percent of new-home sales take place between March and June. This year's spring season is more important than ever, as Wall Street, economists, and the industry at-large try to gauge whether the home building industry can bounce...
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ONE OF THE BIGGEST OBSTACLES to jobsite recycling has been finding the organizations that accept drywall, carpet, asphalt roof shingles, appliances, and other demolition byproducts. Now, by logging on to the Construction Waste Management Database Web site (www.wbdg.org/ccbref/cwm.php) you get a...
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Before he bought the recycling machines from Mableton, Ga.-based Packer Industries, Artistic Homes rented 22 Dumpsters a week to fill with construction debris.
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New research shows how clever use of demolition materials can greatly defray infill costs, at the same time easing environmental impacts.As urban infill construction becomes ever more desirable, many builders fear the "hidden" costs associated with demolishing and trucking away old factories...
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When the NAHB Research Center measured the materials used to build new homes a few years ago, they made an observation that has since become prophetic. The result: a dramatic impact on biodiversity and the landscape in a country with "one of the lowest population densities in the world."