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    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Aggregate Industries top marks on sustainability</title>
      <description>Aggregate Industries celebrate 10 years of sustainable business improvements with the launch of its latest Sustainability Report. </description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aggregate Industries UK </category>
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      <title>Aardvark Concrete in unique eco push</title>
      <description>Aardvark Concrete set to become the first UK supplier to pioneer an environmentally-friendly driveways product in a bid to help tackle the increasing risk of flooding.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cintec Anchor System for terra cotta repairs</title>
      <description>Cintec America is offering a stainless steel anchoring system that is ideal for terra cotta repair and attachments.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Cintec America</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/cin/cin126.html</link>
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      <title>Grace celebrate 40 years of innovation</title>
      <description>Grace is celebrating 40 years of innovation with its Pieri range of architectural concrete products and solutions.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Grace Construction Products</category>
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      <title>Baffle wall system help meet water company targets</title>
      <description>Milbury Systems is currently installing over seven hundred of their 80mm thick baffle wall panels in six aeration tanks at Spen Waste Water Treatment Works in West Yorkshire, for ETM4.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
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      <title>Lafarge launch two new concrete products</title>
      <description>Lafarge launch Extensia and Chronolia, two new value-added concrete products, which represent a real scientific leap forward in the rapidly transforming construction sector.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Size matters at Ever Ready Mortar</title>
      <description>Ever Ready Mortar's innovative approach to supply of ready mix mortar accommodates anyone with a requirement for mortar.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ever Ready Mortar</category>
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      <title>Safety first from Milbury Systems</title>
      <description>Milbury Systems supplied Morgan Est with 24 horizontal prestressed panels and precast concrete columns to form a 9 metre 4 hour fire wall at Enderby Substation in Leicester.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
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      <title>25m of solid concrete drilled out of deep drain</title>
      <description>Tube Tech successfully cleared the drain run of three concrete obstructions, using a specially-designed and configured system, without any damage to the clay pipe.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Tube Tech International</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/tuh/tuh100.html</link>
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      <title>Energy and CO2: building with concrete and masonry</title>
      <description>The Concrete Centre is to hold a series of breakfast seminars examining how concrete and masonry construction can meet the requirements of The Code for Sustainable Homes.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Concrete Centre</category>
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      <title>Milbury goes multi-storey</title>
      <description>Milbury precast concrete plant for flooring and ramps of nine level multi storey car park which will form part of the Learning Quarter in the Swanswell regeneration area of Coventry.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
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      <title>Concrete contract for Wrexham recycling facility</title>
      <description>In a contract with North Midland Construction, Milbury Systems, will supply and install a wide range of its specialist concrete products at a new recycling and composting facility in Wrexham.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
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      <title>First Cemex UK sustainability report</title>
      <description>The First Cemex UK sustainability report shows major improvements in health and safety, alternative fuels use, and transport by sea and rail.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>CEMEX</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/cex/cex120.html</link>
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      <title>Aardvark gears up for significant expansion</title>
      <description>Aardvark Concrete has solidified its position as a leading UK building supplier by clinching the sole distribution rights for specialist material placing vehicle, the Bay-Lynx MultiCat Spreader</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aardvark Concrete</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/aad/aad106.html</link>
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      <title>Derby shopping centre gets a makeover with Charcon</title>
      <description>Charcon Hard Landscaping supplied an entire package of Yorkstone, granite and concrete hard landscaping materials for the GBP340 million redevelopment scheme.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aggregate Industries UK </category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/agr/agr114.html</link>
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      <title>Charcon secure major contract for new LNG terminal</title>
      <description>Charcon has secured a major contract with designer and specifier CBandI to supply all the Service protection Access Ducting for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aggregate Industries UK </category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/agr/agr115.html</link>
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      <title>Coltman streamlines precast concrete production</title>
      <description>Coltman Precast Concrete acquisition of two of the latest Prensoland moulding machines to further streamline production of its precast concrete hollowcore slab products.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Coltman Precast Concrete</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/cio/cio108.html</link>
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      <title>Contract boosts sustainability for Olympic Park</title>
      <description>Key logistics contract has been won by Aggregate Industries UK due to its emphasis on recycled content and aim to deliver 99 per cent of materials by sustainable transport methods.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aggregate Industries UK </category>
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      <title>Calls for flood resilience kitemark welcomed</title>
      <description>The Concrete Centre has welcomed the call from the Association of British Insurers for new flood resilience kitemark for housing developments planned for flood plains.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Concrete Centre</category>
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      <title>Milbury challenges traditional tank installation </title>
      <description>Concrete specialist, Millbury Systems has installed a modular prestressed stormwater attenuation tank under a public open space within a new housing estate at Ferrybridge in Yorkshire.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
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      <title>Concrete sector ready to work with new Eurocodes</title>
      <description>The Concrete Centre believes that the annoucement from BSI that they no longer support BS8110 will act as a further prompt to those firms which are yet to adopt Eurocode 2 for concrete. </description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Concrete Centre</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/tmd/tmd120.html</link>
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      <title>Cintec new terra cotta solutions brochure</title>
      <description>Cintec America announces the availability of a brochure detailing the company's specialized fixings for terra cotta repairs and re-attachment.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Cintec America</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/cin/cin125.html</link>
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      <title>Bison technical support team strengthened</title>
      <description>Two new appointments has signaled further growth of the technical support team at Bison Concrete Products.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bison Concrete Products</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/bix/bix103.html</link>
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      <title>Concrete Communications Conference</title>
      <description>The development and enhancement of communication between universities and private practice on concrete design and construction will be continued at a forthcoming conference.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Concrete Centre</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/tmd/tmd119.html</link>
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      <title>Aardvark Concrete first acquisition</title>
      <description>Aardvark Concrete strengthens its position as the North West's leading concrete specialist with the acquisition of a rival supplier.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aardvark Concrete</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/aad/aad105.html</link>
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      <title>Turning sustainable designs into reality</title>
      <description>Ground granulated blast furnace slag, a cement replacement used in ready-mixed and precast concrete, has helped enhance the sustainable credentials of a redeveloped Victorian building.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Civil and Marine</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/civ/civ103.html</link>
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      <title>Building Design to Eurocode 2</title>
      <description>The Concrete Centre is to hold a one-day course entitled Building Design to Eurocode 2: Theory and Worked Examples.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Concrete Centre</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/tmd/tmd118.html</link>
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      <title>More Milbury patented Rocket Wall units</title>
      <description>Milbury Systems secure second contract with Sir Robert McAlpine to install its Rocket Wall units and horizontal panels at a new dockside grain storage building in Avonmouth.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/mib/mib121.html</link>
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      <title>Prestessed concrete shafts and beams</title>
      <description>Milbury Systems to supply prestessed concrete shafts and beams at three flood alleviation sites as part of Severn Trent Water's Asset Management Programme (AMP4).</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/mib/mib120.html</link>
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      <title>New cement  helps reduce pollution</title>
      <description>Castle Cement's TioCem can be used in concrete to decompose air pollutants using a photocatalytic reaction and is based on patented technology.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Castle Cement</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/cac/cac122.html</link>
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      <title>Nottingham win Charcon landscaping award</title>
      <description>Charcon, an Aggregate Industries business, presented Nottingham City Council with the Hard Landscaping Award at the 49th Civic Trust Awards.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Aggregate Industries UK </category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/agr/agr112.html</link>
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      <title>Bison provides solution for Etap hotel project</title>
      <description>Bison's precast concrete products have been specified by Southern based contractor, Cubitt for the latest Etap Hotel development in Hounslow, Middlesex.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Bison Concrete Products</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/bix/bix102.html</link>
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      <title>Milbury fire walls to feature in substations</title>
      <description>Specialist concrete company, Milbury Systems, secure three separate contracts to provide walls for substations at Leicester, Merseyside and Bristol.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Milbury Systems</category>
      <link>http://www.buildingtalk.com/news/mib/mib119.html</link>
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