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SikaBond T100 was recently awarded the “Best of TISE” Innovation Award for Sustainability/Disruption at The International Surface Event 2023 trade show in Las Vegas. TISE, along with the awards program sponsors, hosted the “Best Of” Award programs to celebrate industry innovation and ingenuity and exhibitors’ contributions to the floor covering industry.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is inviting workplace safety stakeholders to share their comments on how the agency can best honor companies who make exceptional commitments to workplace safety and health.

Contractors encountered a wide range of price changes for key construction inputs in January, with steep increases for fuel, concrete and gypsum products offsetting sharp declines in lumber and steel prices, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released Feb. 16.

Anticipating the launch of the first phase of a transformative riverfront redevelopment in New York’s Harlem, the project leaders have announced two major sponsors and plans to add more new sponsors this year.

The Standards Council of the American Iron and Steel Institute has formed a new group that will be primarily responsible for the ongoing development of AISI S250, North American Standard for Thermal Transmittance of Building Envelopes with Cold-Formed Steel Framing.

Tangram, a curator of highly creative commercial interior environments and workspaces headquartered in Southern California, has announced Alyssa Armesto has been promoted to Vice President for Tangram Interiors of Central Valley.

ClarkDietrich has named Brian Panuccio the company’s Chief Commercial Officer, a new role that will lead the sales and marketing teams as both the company and industry continue to evolve.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in partnership with the National Institute of Building Sciences and MOD X, has released the Offsite Construction for Housing: Research Roadmap, a strategic report that presents the key knowledge gaps and research needs to overcome the barriers and challenges to off-site construction.

Registration for the 2023 Professors’ Workshop is now open. The Professors’ Workshop is designed to provide instructors in civil engineering, architecture, architectural engineering, materials science and construction management programs the latest tools and teaching techniques to effectively engage students in courses that cover structural concrete design, construction, materials and pavements.

GMS Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisitions of Engler, Meier & Justus Inc. in Chicago and Blair Building Materials Inc. in Ontario, Canada. GMS also announced the recent openings of a new greenfield yard in Ontario and two new AMES store locations, which have all opened since the end of its last fiscal quarter.