This year, the NWCB introduces its Wall and Ceiling Campus App for its first ever virtual show. Regular (in-person) trade show and seminar will resume in 2022.
As we pass one year of living in the “new normal” of a global pandemic, the construction industry—and the specialty trade sector in particular—has navigated the unprecedented year and resulting economic impacts with an unmatched level of resiliency.
Since 1976, Superior Wall Systems, Inc. has been a strong player in metal stud framing, drywall installation and finishing, lath and plaster, EIFS, fireproofing, prefabricated building components and more. The company specializes in high-rise residential towers, office-tenant improvements and prefab load-bearing light gauge steel wall panel construction.
Building information modeling is in many ways still a theory and not a reality. What do I mean by that? It’s still all about the data. It’s about data from the specialty contractors, which is the missing link to complete a true workflow of necessary inputs, whether it’s ISO 19650 requirements or working with software like Revit, MWF or LCP payroll tracker.
Construction is complete on a project to renovate the second, third, and fourth floors of Renard Hospital on the Washington University School of Medicine campus in St. Louis.
Many plasterers make a good living with rendering skills alone. However, once mastery of rendering has been achieved, a plasterer may progress on to run molding work.