Building Products

A recent insight on the home improvement service market has identified the surging demand for remodelling homes as driving the home improvement service market's growth in the future. It is well to be noted that the renovation of real estate...

The European Construction Industry Federation- FIEC has renewed its warning that proposals within European Parliament’s revised asbestos directive look unrealistic and will prove costly for construction companies as well as their clients. FIEC issued the statement with the European Parliament's...

The German construction sector's outlook is not that optimistic at present. The aftereffects of the pandemic, combined with material shortages and increased prices of building materials and energy, have all had a detrimental effect. According to survey by the German...

The negotiations on the EU's revised regulation concerning construction products are coming to a close after many months of fighting between industry groups as well as green advocates. The 2011 regulation looks to standardise construction products in the EU so...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI), and the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) released a streamlined process for projects pursuing certifications for the LEED green building rating system and the WELL Building Standard. The new...

Construction input prices, or the cost of developing a given project in the US, declined for the first time in more than 18 months compared to the previous year, but remained 39% higher than in February 2020, when the...

In good news coming in from Italy, the cement production there has seen an increase of 4% year-over-year in January 2023, as per Federbeton, the country’s construction chamber. As compared to the 2015 base index production, the value had...