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Dow Building Solutions will install energy efficient Styrofoam-A insulation in building structures for the London 2012 Olympics, it has been reported.

Some good news for your inner child this morning – tree houses are in!

The National Federation of Builders (NFB) has claimed that government policy is causing its members severe damage.

For any readers who still question the value of using a reliable and established site such as ProblemSolved to find the best local tradesmen, be warned – the tricksy trader con artist is now better disguised than ever.

Construction workers have been urged to take greater care in the sun following a new report. Marley Eternit, the leading provider of roofing and cladding solutions to the construction industry, recently released a report showing that 1 in 3 roofers put themselves at risk through not wearing high factor sun-cream despite often working when the sun is at its hottest.

The search is on to find the nation's best whistling builder. The campaign, called Whistle While You Work, is being spearheaded by David Morris, the World Whistling Champion.

The first rounds will be held in TradePoint stores around Britain and contestants will be judged on their volume, range, creativity, etiquette and tunefulness - plus of course the infamous builder's wolf whistle.

After Gordan Brown's swift exit from Downing Street yesterday, builders have arrived at the famous address today to help new Prime Minister David Cameron to move in. A truck from a building services company which specialises in removing partition walls was seen parked outside No10 today.

Phil Spencer, star of Location, Location, Location, has helped to launch the Federation of Master Builders search for Britain's Master Builder.

The families of two workers killed at the Olympics site in Stratford are planning a protest to call for better health and safety in the industry.

Both Shaun Curry, 39 and Harry Sheridan, 58 lost their lives in accidents on Olympic-related projects. Workers will on Thursday stop work and march from Pudding Mill Lane, Stratford, to the Stratford City site, where a commemorative event will take place.

Builder Joe Larkin hit back over the way he was portrayed on an episode of Channel Five’s Cowboy Builders.

Homeowners Nicola and Sam King called producers of the show after sacking Mr Larkin’s firm, which had been employed to add a first floor to their Egerton bungalow.

A Birmingham builder who suffered a major loss of income thanks to the recession was given a two-and-a-half year jail sentence for running a cannabis farm at his home.

Michael Hanlon, 31, could have made up to £58,000 from the operation. Hanlon has previously admitted charges of cultivating cannabis and abstracting electricity.

Builders from Weymouth have dug up a long-lost LCD stash of John Lennon's, the late ex-Beatle.

A builder from Attleborough will run the entire length of Britain to raise money for three charities after they helped save the life of his friend.

Matt Harrison, 29, will run 873 miles from John o' Groats to Lands End. "I hope to run 30 miles a day and give myself one day off a week. Hopefully I should be able to complete it in 35 to 40 days. I have done two London Marathons before so I have experience."

A 42-year-old Auckland builder died working under his Avondale home on Monday morning. Investigators say they are still trying to piece together what happened.

The dead man had gone under his house to investigate electrical problems, and Labour Department investigators have been called in by police to see if there were any problems with the wiring at the house, and to help determine what led to the man's death.

A team of builders from Torridge are set to climb three mountains in 24 hours to raise money for the Children’s Hospice.

A study by bank Santander has found that cowboy builders have caused almost £7 billion worth of damage to homes in the UK.

According to the research, nearly one in five or 18% of UK households have been affected by shoddy workmanship, totalling £6.8 billion and an average of £1,592 per job.

The Considerate Constructors Scheme (CSS), charged with discovering London's most considerate builder, has unvealed Andy Lock as it's winner for 2009.

Building regulations in the UK are set to be changed in October this year to improve the energy efficiency of new build and refurbished homes.

The following changes to building regulations will be made to Parts L, F and J to make homes 25% more efficient:

Builders from Southampton were shocked to discover an unexploded German World War II bomb at a building site that they were working on.

A train station in Carlisle has been given an exciting new DIY makeover in preparation for the filming of a new television advert.  The station's bridge has received a stripy-coloured makeover, while one of the platforms has been transformed with turquoise paint, purple wallpaper and lampshades hanging from the ceiling.

A new deposit protection insurance has been introduced by the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) to help to protect homeowners.

A builder from Northumberland has received 90 letters from the Inland Revenue saying he owed £100 - and 90 more saying he didn't.

Trevor Bell, of Bedlington, Northumberland said: "They would not fit in the postman's bag." The Revenue is said to be investigating the mix up.

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A builder from Yorkshire has been jailed for four years after conning homeowners out of tens of thousands of pounds.

Darryl Glynn from Selby managed to get customers to hand over £54,990 for work that was left undone, leading to rain-damaged houses that had to be vacated and bills of at least £34,000 to fix.

A new survey has revealed that the average Brit spends more than two weeks of their lives waiting for tradesmen. The time is equivalent to 366 hours or 15 days.

If ever you needed a reason to find a reliable tradesperson, here it is...

A row has began this week after a demand that all builders from Islington who are working on council houses need to be checked by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB).

Builders are the most likely workers to win big prizes in the lottery, according to analysis by the National Lottery.

Shocking new figures have revealed that there are 210,000 out-of-work builders in the UK applying for just 300 building jobs.

A building company from Bristol blockaded a luxury hotel in Warminster after a row about £40,000 worth of unpaid bills.

Asda is backing the Stop the Unfair Building Tax campaign aimed at blocking the Treasury's plans to stamp out the building industry practice of treating labourers as self-employed.

The first cheque was used by the Romans in first century AD, and has been a common form of payment ever since. Now the Payments Council is looking to phase out the use of the payment method by 2018 and The Federation of Master Builders has launched a campaign to secure the future of the cheque.

Brian Berry, Director of External Affairs at the FMB said:

Three builders from Cheltenham who folied an attempted robbery have been described as heroes by petrol station staff.

Andy Powell, Jason Paterson and Carl Steed had stopped at their local Texaco garage to pick up some snacks when a man carrying a knife started to threaten staff.

A group of builders from Leeds have returned to work after digging up an unexploded shell on a building site.

The device, thought to be a World War II bomb, was uncovered on Goodman Street in Hunslet on Wednesday. A 100m perimeter was set up and nearby offices had to be evacuated.

It wasn't necessary for the bomb to be set off in a controlled explosion.

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A local house builder from Cambridgeshire is doing its bit to save one of Britain's most beloved endangered species of bird, the swift.

The Conservatives, on the first day of their annual conference, said a pioneering technical school would be sited in either Bradford or Leeds and be one of many planned for the biggest urban areas across England, creating plumbers, buil

A builder from Watford has admitted conning four elderly homeowners out of thousands of pounds. Thomas O'Brien admitted overcharging the pensioners by a total of almost £20,000 at St Albans Crown Court.

Former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is being sued by five building companies after failing to settle unpaid bills.

The 42-year old actress allegedly owes more than £690,000 for work carried out on her new home in Malibu, California.

A builder from Scotland is in court, being accused of setting a building alight after losing his job.

In what looks set to become a bigger news story than the MP's expenses scandal, the Bridlington Free Press exclusively announced yesterday that tools have been stolen from a temporary builders cabin in Read more ...

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Here at ProblemSolved we value the power of review. So we've compiled a list of the Top Ten Most Reviewed Builders on ProblemSolved, this time in London E1.

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Top Ten Most Reviewed Builders E1 (19/06/09):

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Builders have been overtaken by hairdressers as the trade that takes the most tea breaks, according to a recent report by Nutri-grain.

Angry construction workers have staged a city centre protest over a pension row which has left them "in limbo".

Around 235 building staff in Glasgow were due to start repair and maintenance work in the city under new employer Connaught.

Betram Edwards Builders Merchant has gone into administration after just under 90 years of business. The depot was closed on December 18 2008, with 21 members of staff losing their jobs. The firm, which officially goes into administration on 15 January 2008, cited the current economic climate as the main reason for the recent downturn in sales.

Lee Provost a builder from Looe in Cornwall narrowly escaped death when a cliff collapsed in his van during a renovation project. Provost had been sitting in the VW Caddy just minutes before the the 60ft landslide wrote off the 30 year old's van.

Builders, gasfitters and other tradesmen have an “alarming” ignorance of the risks posed by asbestos, with 20 dying each week, a report revealed today.

The British Lung Foundation said a survey of 400 workers showed that only one in eight knew that exposure to asbestos could be fatal.

One in 10 of those questioned revealed they had been pressured to continue working even if they suspected that asbestos was present, while one in four mistake

Industry coalition calls for a cut in VAT A broad coalition of organisations including the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Empty Homes Agency, the Bathroom Manufacturers Association and the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC), has been formed calling on the Government to cut VAT from 17.5 per cent to five per cent for all building repair and maintenance work.

The ‘Cut the VAT’ Coalition is calling for a reduction in  VAT to help the Government achieve its target of cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050;

Although Problem Solved will help you avoid cowboy builders, there’s probably no way of knowing if your builders will pull a stunt like this.