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Colorado Volunteer Contractors Build a New Head Start Playground

Construction charity AGC Charities, Inc. and the Colorado Contractors Association's Emerging Leaders Council have begun construction ...

Simpson Strong-Tie Launches High-Wind Construction Resource Center

Simpson Strong-Tie launched the High-Performance Solutions for High-Wind Forces online resource center to provide contractors, inspectors...

Technology to Help Construction Finance Professionals

Historically, the construction industry has been one of the slowest to adopt new technology, lagging only behind agriculture in digitizat...

ATAS Names 2018 Sales Team of the Year

ATAS International, Inc. is pleased to announce Frank Saldana, CSI, CDT, and Marc Fisher, as the recipients of its annual Malan S. Parker...

This is Why it’s so Hard to Find Skilled Labor

Workers are so scarce that, in many parts of the country, low-skill jobs are being handed out to pretty much anyone willing to take them ...

More Women are Working in Construction

Tameeka Gwyn is used to schlepping concrete weighing as much as 60 pounds (27 kilograms) around a construction site. For Janna Rojas, it&...

Proposal to Create New Temporary Worker Visa System for Construction

The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, urged Congress to act quickly on the W...

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Online Exclusives

Integrate 'Silos of Excellence' for Continued Success

Are you prepared for what the future has in store for the industry? If you're a business owner, are you confident you're prepared? …

Exterior

Planning & Building for Resilient Waterfronts

The Architectural Team, Inc. (TAT), Liu's work draws on context-based research as well as global models to respond to rising sea levels, to foster revitalization, and to encourage a new …

Insulation

Echelon Helps Police Station Open Ahead of Schedule

The Village of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, placed its police station inside the Civic Center four decades ago. At the time, planners believed the construction of a better station was imminent. …

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Stucco/EIFS

EIFS: When the Goal is Resiliency

Scott Robinson

Not everyone is convinced that EIFS can be counted on for durability in the face of extreme weather. …

Stucco/EIFS

Insulation Demand Continues to Grow

Matt Hurley

Global foamed insulation demand to grow nearly 5 percent annually through 2022. …

Building Envelope/Waterproofing

Improving Resilience in Severe Environments

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David Hohenstern

Fiber cement siding is less susceptible to common environmental threats (such as fire, heat or moisture) than traditional wood cladding. …

Plaster

Recommended Apps From Top Contractors To Help You Elevate Your Business

Jaycee Tenn

Technology seems to be an integral part of the future of the construction industry. …

Off The Wall: Story of a SLU Contractor

As our volume of business grew, so did our reputation of professionally pumping large projects in a timely manner.

Products

Strong-Wall

Simpson Strong-Tie announced the launch of the Strong-Wall site-built portal frame system (PFS) to provide designers, engineers, and builders in prescriptive markets with an easy way to meet code-defined wood wall-bracing requirements when building narrow wall widths.

Blogs

Analog Analysis

By Daniel Overbey

Digital tools are vital, but sometimes in order to really understand a phenomena we have to get a bit closer.

Products

PakChan

Telling Industries, LLC announced PakChan, Packaging Channel, a new safety innovation from Telling Industries.

Products

Clean-Air Claro

In recent years, increased attention has been placed on the role that sustainable building products play on occupants’ overall mental and physical wellbeing.

Tools and Software

Autodesk's Latest Acquisition and Investment Pattern Binds Design and Construction

As 2019 dawns, Autodesk is in the process of closing the third of a series of acquisitions it has negotiated in the past 18 months to build out a construction support workflow system to extend the reach of its flagship construction industry products—Autodesk BIM 360, Revit and AutoCAD—deeper into the process of getting projects set up and accomplished.

Products

Rondolo

The natural warmth, depth and richness of wood have long made it a favorite ceiling and wall panel material among architects and designers. However, there is an emphasis on products that blend the visual aesthetic of wood with the added features and benefits of acoustical performance and safety.

Walls & Ceilings Magazine

2019 March

The March issue features a look at resiliency from exterior claddings, top contractor recommendations for construction apps, and more!

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