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At the 31st annual Lehigh Valley Commercial and Industrial Real Estate awards breakfast, Dick Bus of ATAS International, Inc., received the Person of the Year award. It was presented to Bus on Oct. 25 at the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, during a sold-out event attended by approximately 450 Lehigh Valley professionals.

Associated Builders and Contractors applauded on Nov. 15 the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which set aside the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial 2024 final rule, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees.”

On Nov. 14, the U.S. Green Building Council released a report that highlights the organization’s impact through its LEED program and the global green building community, which has driven the green building movement.

Hy-Brid Lifts has appointed David Porter as its new vice president of sales and marketing. In this role, Porter will oversee the North American sales team and focus on identifying opportunities for growth and product development.

Maximizing energy performance to cost in new construction homes is every homebuilder’s goal and every homebuyer’s expectation. Research shows that homebuyers want energy efficiency but also need affordability. For builders committed to maximizing efficiency, fiberglass and mineral wool insulation products offer both performance and cost-effectiveness.

Installed Building Products announced in December the acquisition of Capital Insulation and CBS & Mirror. Capital is located in Houston and serves the single- and multi-family, and commercial end-markets.

As homebuilders work to decarbonize construction, sourcing low-carbon building materials, including insulation, is an important objective. However, it can be challenging to make informed choices when misleading information about the carbon impacts of products is commonly cited.

The Rainscreen Association in North America held its first conference, with a theme of “Creating Buildings That Endure,” on Nov. 7 in Chicago.

Woodgrain Inc. and JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. have entered into an asset purchase agreement for the sale of the Towanda, Pennsylvania, plant to Woodgrain. Woodgrain previously held an ownership position in the Towanda facility from 2002-2012.

The ROCKWOOL Board of Directors has approved a $100 million-plus investment in a new production line in Mississippi for industrial insulation products. The new production line will help meet the growing demand from the process industry in the Gulf of Mexico region.