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Applications for the 2023 Polyurethane Innovation Award are now being accepted through June 19. This award is presented by the American Chemistry Council’s Center for the Polyurethanes Industry and is widely considered the industry’s top technical honor.

CASE Construction Equipment is teaming up with nonprofit Crew Collaborative to sponsor and help build from the ground up an all-new career counseling and mentoring program for high school students interested in the construction industry trades: FrameWork.

MFM Building Products was selected as the 2023 Eastern Ohio Development Alliance Small Manufacturer Excellence Award winner at the EODA Annual Meeting on April 28.

With seamless integration into Revit that will not bloat your model, this new tool can make all the difference during ceiling design and specification.

Total construction spending decreased by 0.1 percent in January, as declines in single-family homebuilding and public construction offset marginal gains from private nonresidential construction, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America March 1 of new federal data.

The Portland Cement Association is pleased to announce 10 member-company plants have received the Environmental Protection Agency’s distinguished ENERGY STAR certification for 2022. The designation is awarded to manufacturing plants in the top 25 percent of energy efficiency in the industrial sector.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration will offer a three-day training event Aug. 8-10 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, for federal workers responsible for their agencies’ workplace safety and health.

The International Code Council is revising its rigorous code development process. The changes will take effect in 2024-2026 for the development of the 2027 International Codes and will move the development process to an integrated and continuous three-year cycle.

On March 2, Simpson Strong-Tie released the Simpson Strong-Tie 2023 Fastening Systems catalog, a comprehensive guide to the company’s most recent innovations and product line expansions for wood, mass timber, steel, and concrete and masonry fastening applications.

The National Association of Realtors has released its 2023 Realtors and Sustainability Report – Residential, which shows that the majority of these real estate professionals (63 percent) find promoting a home’s energy efficiency very or somewhat valuable.