The National Institute of Building Sciences has released the schedule for Digital Twins 2024, the inaugural Building Innovation: Emerging Technologies Series event.
Members of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association love Nashville, Tennessee, and Music City, USA, certainly loves STAFDA! Nearly 2,800 distributors, manufacturers and rep-agent members joined the party for the association’s 48th Annual Convention & Trade Show on Nov. 10-12.
Gary Prinz, Ph.D., P.E., professor and director of the Grady E. Harvell Civil Engineering Research and Education Center at the University of Arkansas, was recently selected as the recipient of the 2024 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture by the Steel Bridge Task Force of the American Iron and Steel Institute and presented his research — which is focused on fracture, fatigue and the service life of steel bridge structures — at a task force meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Members of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association elected leadership for 2025 during the association’s 48th Annual Convention & Trade Show on Nov. 10-12 in Nashville, Tennessee.
The EIFS Industry Members Association announced that its 2025 Annual Meeting will be held on March 18-20, 2025, at the Reunion Resort and Golf Club, which is located near Orlando, Florida.
The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance has announced that the SprayFoam 2025 Convention and Expo, also known as “SPRAYTONA,” will be held Feb. 9-12 in Daytona Beach, Florida. The event will bring together professionals in spray foam insulation, roofing, specialty applications, concrete lifting, coatings and related equipment from the U.S. and abroad.
The 2024 IIBEC/OBEC BES — the fall’s premier building enclosure industry event — wrapped on Oct. 1. Nearly 350 attendees were on hand to experience 21 education sessions, interact with 35 exhibitors and network with like-minded colleagues.
Those participating in the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance’s 2024 Fall Conference, which was held in Minneapolis, heard the ways in which Minnesota is leading the nation when it comes to commercial energy codes and efficiency, as well as efforts to mitigate the impact of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances on the environment and local drinking water supply.
Several training and education opportunities took place during the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance’s 2024 Fall Conference in Minneapolis, including an informative session on mockup testing in construction, a primer on corrosion, and an educational, hands-on workshop demonstrating proper application of materials common in fenestration installation, as presented by the FGIA Wall Interface Council.