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Inflation May Cause Construction Material Prices to Creep Upward

One analysis expects global demand to affect some products more than others in 2011.

FBI Investigates Copper Theft, Calling it a Threat to Public Infrastructure and Private Property

Thieves have stripped the building material from foreclosed homes and public works.

Copper Development Association

The Copper Development Association Inc. is the technical and market development arm of the copper, brass and bronze industry in the United States.

 

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    Metallic Series by Imagine Tile

    Imagine Tile's Metallic series floor tiles are ceramic at the core with a copper luster.

     
  • Product Pros and Cons: Asphalt Roofing vs. Metal

    Asphalt dominates, but which material is right for your homes?

     
  • Lennar Files Suit Over Chinese Drywall

    Defective drywall is being blamed for copper corrosion and odors.

     
  • Lennar Files Suit Over Chinese Drywall

    In a lawsuit filed late Friday in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court, Lennar claimed it has scientific proof that the drywall installed in a "small percentage of Lennar homes in Florida" is the culprit behind prematurely failing HVAC coils as well as other copper components.

     
  • Beleaguered WCI Loses Another Half Billion

    Late report of its third quarter results shows a loss of $576.8 million, casting doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern.

     
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    Hand-forged Faucet

     
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    Builders Plagued By Jobsite Theft

    To say that jobsite theft is rampant in home building would be an understatement. In a recent Builder survey, 90 percent of respondents said they had been victims of theft within the past year. Losses ran from lumber and copper wiring to office supplies and diesel fuel. Of those who reported thefts...

     
  • PEX vs. Copper

    THE RISING COST OF COPPER has boosted the appeal of plastic piping alternatives such as cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) among builders.

     
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    Plastic Pipes: More Around the Bend?

    Acquisition of a flexible pipe manufacturer signals a play at giving copper a run for its money.

     
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    A Leaky Feeling

    A COALITION OF SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS IS alleging that the chloramine compounds California uses to treat its water is causing pinhole leaks to develop in copper pipes. The group is calling on the state to allow builders to use plastic pipe alternatives, which would resist corrosion and save the...

     
 
 
 
 

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