From 1 to 4 April 2008 in Shanghai, BolognaFiere Spa and Shanghai CMP Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co., Ltd will be staging the largest and most important ceramics exhibition in Asia – CERAMICS, TILES & SANITARY WARE CHINA 2008. Taking place simultaneously with Expo Build China 2008, the leading trade fair dedicated to the building [...]

After nine years’ development, Domotex Asia/Chinafloor (DACF) has firmly established itself as the largest floor coverings show in Asia and one of the world’s best places for sourcing and selling floor coverings. The 10th edition of DACF will take place at Shanghai New International Expo Centre during March 11-13, 2008. DACF 2008, consisting of 5 [...]

The 12th International Exhibition on Woodworking Machinery and Furniture Manufacturing Equipment / The 12th International Exhibition on Furniture Accessories, Materials and Wood Products (also known as WMF 2008) will be staged at China International Exhibition Centre (CIEC), Beijing, P.R. China on March 7 – 10, 2008. The upcoming edition is the largest ever, in both [...]

Wire – the Number One industry event presents international innovations from the areas of the wire and cable industry in Düsseldorf from 31 March to 04 April. About 1,100 international exhibitors are expected to occupy a display area of over 50,500 square metres.
Whether the focus is on spring manufacturing or metal forming, fibreglass machines or [...]

Leipzig’s duo event comprising the Z – Subcontracting Fair and the intec is once again expecting more than 1,000 exhibitors from all over Europe from February 26 to 29, 2008. Both trade fairs are closely connected with the industrial development taking place in Central Germany, where the most prominent industrial segments are automobile and [...]

The International Engineering Consortium rings in the New Year with a record number of exhibitors for its annual DesignCon-2008. With more than 135 key exhibiting companies, the event serving semiconductor engineers has also drawn a record number of pre-registered attendees. In addition, more than 300 experts will present 120 educational sessions to complement the cutting-edge [...]

Carpenter Beach Construction of Purcellville has joined the U.S. Green Building Council.
The U.S. Green Building Council works to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, to provide an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy and prosperous environment aimed to improve quality of life.
Carpenter Beach Construction is a full-service construction company specializing in [...]

Construction intentions in Ottawa soared for the 12 months of 2007 compared to a year earlier, with gains of more than 20 per cent seen across building permit values for the housing sector.
The total value of approved construction projects jumped 20.2 per cent in 2007 to $1.97 billion, mainly because of a 31-per-cent increase in [...]

President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said Russia has completed organizational work for building facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympics and is ready to begin construction, Russian news agencies reported.
Putin made the assessment during a meeting with the presidential sports council in Sochi, the Black Sea resort city where the games are to be held.
“A long-term [...]

Israeli leaders Wednesday approved the construction of a border fence with Egypt.
The fence was originally proposed years ago, but was never built because of the cost, estimated at 1 billion to 2 billion shekels ($270 million). Officials said designs for the wall should begin immediately, though it wasn’t clear where the money would come from [...]

Mesa is laying off 35 people from the Building Safety Division – almost a third of its workforce – as a direct result of the decline in building permits for residential and commercial construction, officials said Tuesday.
The city said it would take one to two weeks to determine whom would be laid off.
The workforce reduction [...]

The steep slump in housing intensified at the end of last year, pushing home construction down by the biggest amount in nearly three decades.
Analysts forecast more bad news in the months ahead with the big question remaining whether the housing slump will be severe enough to push the country into a recession.
The Commerce Department reported [...]