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As part of Women in Construction Week, the National Center for Construction Education & Research conducted interviews with 176 tradeswomen and analyzed 770 responses to a survey directed to women in the industry.

LPA Design Studios has won an American Institute of Architects’ 2023 Architecture Award, the industry’s highest honor for a single project, for the design of TIDE Academy, a groundbreaking Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math public high school in Menlo Park, California.

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.