<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Construction News Portal</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/</link><description>construction products and systems</description><language>en</language><generator>Construction News Portal</generator><copyright>Construction News Portal</copyright><item><title>Barbour ABI helps track construction projects from concept to completion</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article5562.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Barbour ABI have announced the launch of further services to boost their online offering. Evolution which was introduced earlier this year has now evolved to incorporate a new marketing feature called List Track and advanced services for larger split-territory sales teams with th ...</description></item><item><title>Construction contractors are not passing on the full impact of the rising costs of materials and wages</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article5541.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>According to the latest Tender Price Index compiled by RICS' Building Cost Information Service (BCIS), construction contractors are not passing on the full impact of the rising costs of materials and wages, amid fears of a credit crunch backlash from clients unable to secure fina ...</description></item><item><title>CEMEX to sell its Austrian and Hungarian operations to Strabag</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article5540.html</link><pubDate>Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V.  has announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Austrian and Hungarian operations to Strabag SE, one of Europe's leading construction and building materials groups, for €310 million Euros (approximately US$485 million dollars). 

Closing of the ...</description></item><item><title>Turbine Business Park construction started</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article5523.html</link><pubDate>Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:26:34 GMT</pubDate><description>The  GBP70 million Turbine Business Park has now been granted reserved matters planning and construction has started. The 55 acre scheme is strategically located between Sunderland and Washington, on land fronting the A1231 adjacent to the junction with the A19, and will incorporate ...</description></item><item><title>Construction underway for Derwenthaugh EcoParc autoclave recycling plant</title><link>http://www.constructionnewsportal.com/construction_article5522.html</link><pubDate>Wed, 6 Aug 2008 18:01:43 GMT</pubDate><description>Derwenthaugh EcoParc will be one of the world's largest steam autoclave recycling plants on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead. This  GBP50 million investment will offer a large waste recycling plant capable of treating 320,000 tonnes of municipal solid wastes and commercial w ...</description></item></channel></rss>