ITW (Illinois Tool Works) www.itw.com has acquired Cullen Building Products www.cullen-bp.com and its subsidiary companies in Canada, France and Ireland. The Glenrothes family business has established itself as a leading company in the development and manufacture of ancillary components for connecting timber to timber and timber to masonry. (11 November 2008)

New BS guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units

BS 6073-2_2008 Precast concrete masonry units. Guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units has just been published by BSI. It gives guidance on specifying precast concrete masonry units conforming to BS EN 771-3 and BS EN 771-4.

28/11/2008 ~ Comparing design outcomes from EC6 with design outcomes from BS 5628

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Volume 03

Dynamic Response of Brick Shear Wall to Strong Ground Motion

Geometry Effect on Creep and Moisture Movement of Brickwork

A Study of the Compressive Strength in Three Orthogonal Directions of Brickwork Prisms Built with Perforated Bricks

A Comparative Finite Element Evaluation of Mortar Joint Shear Tests

Properties of Soil-Cement Block Masonry

Performance of Masonry Prisms Repaired by Grouting under Various Environmental Conditions

Interstitial Summer Condensation in Internally Insulated Solid Masonry Walls

Soluble Salt Analysis and Indexation of Sulphation Risk

Lab oratory-Scale Tests on Building Mortars for Durability and Related Properties

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ITW acquire Cullen Building Products

New BS guide for specifying precast concrete masonry units

28/11/2008 ~ Comparing design outcomes from EC6 with design outcomes from BS 5628

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