MonierLifetile Concrete Roof Tile Is at the Top of the List for Fire Safe Building and Remodeling

Practically everyone has seen television news coverage of homeowners hosing down their roofs while flames threaten to destroy their property. Wildfires cannot be avoided but proper building techniques have proven to greatly reduce the threat to homes and businesses. Concrete roof tile is an important part of the fire safe building equation. The 2007 wildfires in Southern California wreaked a path of destruction but there were communities where fire-safe... 

St. Regis Makes the Next Stop on Its Global Expedition with the Opening of the St. Regis Bali Resort

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. announces the opening of The St. Regis Bali Resort, located in Nusa Dua, an elite beach enclave on the Southern tip of Bali. Offering an unrivaled dimension of luxury, bespoke service and refined elegance at one of the best addresses in the world, The St. Regis Bali Resort features 79 luxurious, oversized suites, 42 private villas and two exclusive Residences, as well as world-class restaurants and bars,... 

New Multi-Purpose Copolymer for High-Gloss Floor Finishes

Rohm and Haas has launched a new innovative binder, Duraplus MP Emulsion, to the North American floor finish market. This new multi-purpose, styrene-acrylic water-borne copolymer can be formulated to meet the toughest current and pending VOC standards. Floor finishes based on Rhoplex MP emulsion are recommended for periodic and high-maintenance environments, such as supermarkets, non-food retail, and office building lobbies. They provide outstanding... 

Craft-Art Wood Countertops

Living Materials and Finishes Add a Natural Beauty to Interior and Exterior Home Design A new trend is emerging in kitchen design as designers and consumers push the limit of what materials can be used in the home. The use of “living finishes” – those found on naturally occurring materials that change, evolve and become more beautiful over time are part of a movement that respects and showcases the beauty of the natural world.

Advanced Data Centers Introduces Industrys First LEED Platinum Pre-Certified Data Center

Advanced Data Centers (ADC), a leading owner and developer of corporate data centers, announced today that its McClellan Park data center has received Platinum Pre-Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council under the LEED® Green Building Rating System(TM). The McClellan Park facility, located in Sacramento, California, is the industry’s first and only LEED Platinum pre-certified data center. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental... 

BMHC Discontinues All SelectBuild Florida Operations

Building Materials Holding Corporation, a leading provider of building materials and construction services to professional residential builders and contractors, today announced that in an effort to better align costs with current market conditions, it will discontinue operations at its wholly-owned subsidiary SelectBuild Florida over the next four months. “In light of the challenging homebuilding environment, we recognize the need to realign... 

Classrooms of the future by Gollifer Langston Architects

The proposal is to create a prototype highly ICT resourced demountable “clip-on” classroom for use throughout Camden. The classroom will be able to be easily fitted out with advanced ICT, and to be installed rapidly, safely and cheaply within a range of primary and special schools in the borough, and potentially accessible to all others . It will be able to adapt and change to suit future scenarios and robust in technology and form.

Jet Expands Materials Handling Tools to Include Drum Tongs, Lifters and Chain Slings

Adding to its arsenal of material handling equipment, JET® has announced the inclusion of a chain sling, lifter and drum tongs. The heavy duty powder coated steel drum handling accessories make their debut at the 2007 ProMat Show in Chicago on January 8. Drum TongsA new pair of JET Drum Tongs have 1,000-lb capacity for lifting 55 gallon drums with an overhead hoist. The JET Drum Tong (Stk. #262001) works well with open top or tight-head steel drums...