James Hardie discusses climate change with the launch of Discover

Climate change is here and it is one of the main challenges that faces our country today.

With the unpredictable environmental impacts that climate change has on a disaster-prone country like the Philippines, contractors together with architects and builders must adapt new solutions for sustainable living. 

James Hardie Philippines has developed Discover - an educational series which shares the latest construction trends and building technologies with local contractors, developers and manufacturers. For its first installment, the series explored the use of more environmentally conscious yet sustainable building materials with Filipino builders and architects. 

Bric’s Celebrates 65 Years of Timeless Italian Travel Bag Design and Exemplary Craftsmanship

For the past 65 years in the business, Bric’s has become a catalyst in enriching the travel experience with its long standing territorial roots and passion in producing fine craftsmanship and manufacturing – as well as attention to detail which has been the centerpiece of Bric’s.

Bric’s success is founded in its quest to continuously seek for constant development as it navigates to new horizons where research and Heritage, innovation and tradition, functionality and elegance are intertwined and balanced with skilled craft, advanced technology, and interpretation of new trends, creating a perfection fusion between shape, function and design.

For this reason, Bric’s finds itself imprinted in history as the ambassador of Italian style in the world, where it capitalizes on the potential of the global marketplace and at the same time, staying true to its motto “Made in Bric’s”, which represents the philosophy and culture of “Made in Italy.”

Let's Have A Healthy Happy Holiday!

It is indeed the season for many things. Aside from gifts and celebrations, we are also more prone to sickness and diseases that comes along with the activities that we do during these times. We (usually or most likely) cannot avoid eating too much or engaging in stressful moments which could lead to sickness and totally ruining the cheers and festivties.

Now we asked a health expert Doc Pao to help us understand the risks and what we can do to prevent them.

1.      With the advent of new sicknesses sprouting left and right, how do you feel your field of study can help in alleviating or avoiding these sicknesses? 

Diseases are caused not by genetic predisposition alone but by the imbalance in health brought about by excess toxins and nutritional deficiencies that one has, given by their lifestyle and environmental factors.  Prevention and early detection of these imbalances without any invasive procedures can help build a cascade of well being starting with one person to a family to a community all the way to a country.  Usually when symptoms manifest the diseases have already taken a toll. Hence for chronic and degenerative diseases best practices of medical systems can be applied but for acute once conventional medicine can work well with integrative therapies that allow people to feel like people when they are treated.  We just got to preserve the humanity of each person from early detection through treatment proper and post treatment covering all aspects of life touching the areas of the a Body, Mind and Soul.  Going to the roots would help alleviate people from suffering. When symptoms manifest, disease would have already progressed by then. Why not prepare the bodies protection and defence mechanism to be resilient to internal and external threats.

5 Things To Do This Coming Undas

If you missed the last seat sale and failed to book your flight to your dream destination for this Undas long weekend, here are just some of the things that you can do to kill time (pun intended!).

Green Is the New Red: The One, Two, Three of Laser Level Tools

Small to large contractors often deal with the demand of precision, accuracy and alignment in all their construction applications. And rightly, it should be so – a single misalignment is one of the quickest ways to ruin the project that may affect the design and quality aspects of the infrastructure altogether. 

Needless to say, tools and devices play a great deal in making jobs easier and faster. It is also a matter of choosing the right tool that should also be put in consideration. Digital construction devices such as laser levels are the perfect tools that can accomplish alignment tasks with utmost precision. 

Laser levels are a common fixture in construction projects: these tools prove to be a reliable companion in positioning windows exactly, or hanging ventilation ducts and ceilings accurately. Bosch’s GCL 2-15 G Professional Combi Laser Level Device does exactly just that.  

Built-in intelligence for all-new AUTODOME IP 4000i and 5000i cameras from Bosch opens a new chapter for applications beyond security

Until now, level of detail has been the key quality parameter for surveillance cameras, as clear images at all times was the most important feature for high security. True, security personnel must see all relevant information in great detail to react quickly and take appropriate action. But what if a moving object leaves the camera’s field of view?

The AUTODOME IP family of pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) cameras is the answer. These enable users manually to keep track of persons of interest as they move – even at speed, far beyond a fixed camera’s field of view.

This illustrates how the new AUTODOME IP cameras are improving video security. What opens a new chapter in the usage of video cameras is their built-in video analytics as a standard. The new AUTODOME IP cameras from Bosch now add metadata to all captured video images. This data can be used to improve security by automatically alerting users once pre-defined criteria are met or for other uses beyond security. For example: enforcing traffic regulations, enforcing no-parking zones, detecting vehicles driving the wrong way and delivering occupancy data (the number of vehicles entering or leaving a parking garage) for smart, more efficient parking.

JDI seals partnership with Rotam CropSciences Ltd. for distribution of crop protection products

Jardine Distribution Inc. recently sealed a partnership with Rotam CropSciences Ltd., a fast-growing international organization that focuses on crop protection products or agrochemicals, to ensure that Filipino farmers have continuous access to world-class products that aid them in maximizing their harvest.

Rotam, which is composed of 59 companies that operate in over 65 countries worldwide, is offering in the Philippines the Methomyl insecticide—one of its most successful products. Locally known as MetoMight, the insecticide will be distributed by JDI as part of its impressive portfolio of insecticides.