National Gypsum has donated $1 million to be shared by a total of 34 schools and nonprofit organizations where the company’s associates live and work throughout the United States and Canada.
The SimpleSoffit system is a prefabricated, bend-and-click framing solution designed to increase productivity of soffit installation. Four new standard items have been added for a total of eight quick-ship SimpleSoffit main beam options available for some of the most common soffit conditions.
Nick Shaink remembers working for Professional Drywall Construction Inc. on the Target store in the Holyoke Mall, but he does not have much of a memory of the company before that, reported Emily Thurlow of BusinessWest.
USG’s Sweetwater plant is known as “the place where innovation is borne.” Deep in the heart of West Texas, the plant has a long history as a testing ground and launching pad for automation that helps drive the manufacturing industry forward.
Building departments and the hardworking professionals working within them are the silent defenders of our communities. By overseeing the permitting, inspection and occupancy authorization processes for new construction, renovations and repairs, your local building department plays a vital role in ensuring that projects are built to applicable building safety codes and standards.
Rockwood Sustainable Solutions unveiled Tennessee’s first drywall recycling plant in Lebanon, Tennessee. In addition to keeping this malodorous material out of the landfill, the company has also partnered with another Lebanon business, Arrowhead Ag, which will further process it and use the gypsum for soil amendment products and the paper as animal bedding.
CertainTeed’s newest CertainTeed Architectural facility in Conyers, Georgia, will be co-located with finishing partner Quality Powder Coating, drastically reducing the distance products must travel to finalize production, lowering its CO2 emissions by over 50 million pounds per year.
CertainTeed has upgraded key equipment throughout its insulation plant in Athens, Georgia, which is projected to save over 7,300 megawatt hours of energy and 20 million gallons of water annually while reducing landfill waste by over 5,000 metric tons.