The recipients of NWCB's 2021 Outstanding Project of the Year Awards have been selected! 

 The new Austin Community Rec Center offers locals an indoor playground, youth center and a relocated YMCA. It features a forward-looking, curvilinear design called out by standing-seam metal panels that wrap around the two most visible elevations.

The 2021 IBC has now been published, and with it came some significant changes/improvements for stucco assemblies over wood-based sheathing.

Remember the days of plain concrete box buildings and straight brick exteriors? When it comes to building facades, those days are most certainly in the past.

McShane Construction Company was selected to build Town Chandler. Positioned on an 18-acre site, Town Chandler will incorporate 15 three- and four-story wood frame apartment buildings. 

D-Max Wall is a new assembly and continuous insulation solution which allows spray polyurethane foam insulation to be installed from the interior while managing thermal bridging of the studs and structure.

Kapro Tools received a Pro Tool Innovation Award for the 353 Ledge-It Square, a stainless-steel ruler with permanently etched gradation for long-lasting accuracy with unique marking holes at 10-, 15-, 22.5-, 30-, 45-, 50- and 60-degrees for quick, accurate angle marking and openings every ¼ inch for precise parallel marking.

Professionals and do-it-yourselfers alike will be amped to try DAP’s new advanced hybrid sealants that outperform silicone and provide maximum performance for every project. 

FIRESTOP FRAMING INNOVATIONS HAVE INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND MINIMIZED THE NEED FOR LABOR DURING RECESSIONS. YET FURTHER INNOVATION REMAINS A NECESSITY.

When it was time for company owners Andrew and Kaly Batson to build their home in Broomfield, Colo., unique touches and distinct architectural details made it positively theirs. Quick Qurve Plate was used on two occasions at the property.