GCP Applied Technologies added two new products to its air barrier portfolio: PERM-A-BARRIER VPL 50RS and PERM-A-BARRIER VPS 30 membranes.

Technology has been a huge area of focus for most companies in the past decade. 

In this technology installment of W&C’s weekly contractor videos, W&C Publisher Jill Bloom, Editor John Wyatt and Associate Editor Hannah Belloli talked all things construction technology with AboutTime Technologies COO and co-founder, Mike Merrill. 

The construction industry is scrambling to stay compliant and implement new safety regulations to protect employees from the sudden outbreak of COVID-19. 

As Las Vegas begins to re-open, METALCON 2020 announces new programming and educational sessions for its 30th anniversary “Build Back Better” conference and tradeshow at the Las Vegas Convention Center Wednesday, Oct. 21 – Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. 

Historically, the construction industry has been one of the slowest to adopt new technology, lagging only behind agriculture in digitization. But that’s changing as software entrepreneurs turn their attention to the needs of the deskless workforce.

International Fireproof Technology Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based manufacturer of fire protective coatings, announced that its DC315 coating was recently tested to and passed the requirements of the National Fire Protection Association 285 Standard applied over spray foam with aluminum cladding.

Kapro Tools introduced its 705 Eagle contractor box level with OPTIVISION Red technology.

In the 1950s, Ace Books began publishing Ace Doubles, which were two separate novels combined in a single volume. For example, a reader could read “Secret Agent of Terra” which ends at about the middle of the book.