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Owens Corning agreed to acquire Masonite International Corporation for $3.9 billion, expanding its residential building materials and product offerings.

The Interfaith Center at the Presidio won a Save America’s Treasures grant for $750,000 from the National Park Service. The award, doubled with required matching funds, helps jumpstart the 1931 Presidio Chapel’s $14 million expansion and renovation, designed by architect Page & Turnbull, which will add a conference center and a gallery.

California is suing West Coast Drywall & Paint over alleged wage and hour violations, according to The Press-Enterprise.

The Power Tool Institute, the leading organization for power tool safety resources, information and education, announced the launch of its new online safety video designed to help users better understand the safe way to use miter saws.

International, award-winning architecture firm Oppenheim Architecture has been selected as the 2023 Laureate of The American Prize for Architecture. The prestigious award is regarded internationally as the highest honor for architecture in the United States.

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced a virtual roundtable on Feb. 16 from 1-3 p.m. ET on the Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Modernization Rule.

At one time, drywall board might have been drywall board, but over the years, the number of product options on the market has grown significantly.

The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who they say tried to cash a fraudulent check on Jan. 25 — and may be in southeast Wisconsin, according to FOX6 Milwaukee.

AD is reporting a record result for 2023 in owner/member sales, which increased 5 percent over the prior year to $78.9 billion.

The Metal Construction Association presented its annual Larry A. Swaney Award to Tom Seitz and its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award to industry legend Dick Bus. The awards were announced on Jan. 30 during MCA’s 2024 Winter Meeting at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort & Villas in Scottsdale, Arizona.