A £3.5M scheme to provide accommodation for those with early stage dementia has seen Klober’s Wallint 50 Air Barrier used with Solar-Line airtightness accessories. 

HM400-3 articulated dump truck is powered by a 469 horsepower, Tier 4-Interim Komatsu SAA6D140E-6 engine. Maximum GVW is 162,569 pounds, and the truck can haul up to 44.1 tons.

Equipped with features from larger loaders, Kawasaki's new 42ZV-2 and 45ZV-2 compact wheel loaders offer bucket capacities of .78 cubic yards and 1.18 cubic yards, respectively.

As the United States infrastructure gets older, the need for repair and rehabilitation increases. Most of the constructed facilities are deteriorating at a rate faster than they can be repaired. Nearly half of the nation's 575,600 highway bridges are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete (Engr. News Record, 11 Sept, 1995).

With the popularity of "green" products on the rise and the trend not looking to slow down anytime soon, construction products and building techniques that are friendly to the environment are seeing a rapid rise in sales. Let's look at some of the green trends in construction:

Draper, Inc. is continuing the company’s commitment to sustainable building products with the introduction of a new eco-friendly window shade fabric. Draper’s all-new GreenScreen Revive provides excellent solar control, reducing heat and glare while offering a remarkably clean view through to the outdoors owing to its finely knitted weave.

RICS has today launched the second edition of Service Charges in Commercial Property. Service Charges in Commercial Property is a code of practice intended to remove service charges as an area of conflict between commercial property owners and occupiers.

Systemates, Inc. recently announced the rollout of Projectmates version 10.2, which offers more functionality and enhancements to help cut project costs, streamline project functions and allow easy customization to address specific project needs.

Every day safety is obviously an important consideration for any health care facility.University Hospital Aintree specified a TORMAX™ three-wing revolving door to be installed to the main entrance as part of a programme of upgrade, it was decided that a robust nightsheild would be necessary to provide a physical barrier from the external elements.

The United States Gypsum Company, early in the 1980's started developing technologies to improve and reduced costs using lightweight cement panels. Recently, USG along with AFM Corporation introduced ULTRASCREEN: Sight and Sound Barrier.

For the past few decades, the Aerospace industry was the major users for polymer composites. In the majority of the aircraft composite structural components, both bolted and/or adhesive bonded joint was used. Most of the details are similar to those for metal joints.

CMiC, the provider of the most advanced construction software ever designed for the industry, CMiC Open Enterprise v10, announced that J.C. Cannistraro LLC, a leading mechanical construction firm that specializes in Plumbing, HVAC and Fire protection, will integrate financials, project management and project controls with CMiC.