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Super Stud Building Products, the multi-regional cold-formed metal framing manufacturer, continues to supply steel framing components and accessories in response to State and Federal guidelines to support critical, life-sustaining construction projects, specifically hospitals and healthcare facilities.

Construction spending in February increased 6.0 percent from February 2019, with year-over-year gains in both residential and nonresidential outlays, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. 

Join ICAA for a 75-minute webinar about the new law (effective 4/1/20), new sick and medical leave provisions for employees, and your rights and obligations as an employer.

We had a very productive Working from Home (WFH) workshop yesterday on Zoom focusing on WFH video conference production. If you missed it, don't worry. We are going to do these workshops every Sunday for the foreseeable future. 

Warm and comfortable, the rustic style can be just as at home in a farmhouse setting as an urban dwelling. Ornamental Moulding and Millwork has created several product lines that help homeowners easily “go rustic” in any room of the home. 

Construction crews in many cities continued to raise cranes and swing hammers as much of the world shut down to stem the spread of coronavirus. While Boston and Pennsylvania ordered a halt to most construction projects, some other cities and states designated construction as an essential or crucial sector.

The contractor members of the Building Trades Employers Association [BTEA], the largest association of union contractors in New York, have always responded when New York faced its most serious challenges: 9/11, Superstorm Sandy and today the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

The coronavirus relief measure the Senate passed last night will provide construction employers and employees with critically needed access to capital, expedited cash flow, worker benefit protection and critical tax relief, among other measures.

Thanks for your business and for working through this difficult situation with us. It is our goal to continue serving you as long as we feel we can do so safely, and as long as all of us are permitted to operate.

States like Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin have made construction activities exempt, but how long they will remain that way is unclear.