The Fire Protection Research Foundation’s 16th annual
Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications Symposium
(SUPDET 2012) will be held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel in Phoenix, on March
5 through 8.
EIFS Industry Members Association has announced the launch
of its new Web site, adding several features to those interested in EIFS and
the association’s work.
The EIFS Industry Members Association applauds the U.S.
Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Program on its intent to issue a
Funding Opportunity Announcement for the development of innovative clean energy
technologies for buildings that can be market-ready within five years of the
award.
The Insurance Institute for Business & Home
Safety released a new report that provides an analysis of residential building
codes in the 18 hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the
Atlantic Coast.
ICC Evaluation Service LLC (ICC-ES) Evaluation Report ESR-1338, sponsored by
the Gypsum Association, has been reissued by ICC-ES with an effective date of
February 1.
Allied Building Products Corp. announced that it has
completed the acquisition of the assets of United Products Corporation
(United), a privately held roofing and siding distributor based in Minneapolis.
Big news in the rental world within the last week: United
Rentals Inc. and RSC Holdings announced that they have entered into a
definitive merger agreement under which United
Rentals will acquire RSC in a cash-and-stock
transaction valued at $18.00 per share, or a total enterprise value of $4.2
billion, including $2.3 billion of net debt.
W&C
Architect’s Webinar “Four Barriers for Four Wetting Potentials: How to Design
Successful Exterior Wall Assemblies” is now archived and readily available for
download from our site.