The Florida Building Authority has approved the application submitted by Vinyl Technologies Inc. for statewide use of the V Buck vinyl block-out system for homes built with insulating concrete forms.
The judges at the Best Installer in America have named Jorge Perez of Sierra Insulation, of Corona, Calif., the winner at its the second annual contest held at Johns Manville in Denver. The company competed among five contestants from around the country. Johns Manville sponsored the program for InsulateAmerica, a national co-op of independent insulation contractors with more than 180 locations in 45 states. InsulateAmerica contractors were able to compete at regional contests in Kansas, California, New Jersey and Georgia, in an effort to identify the top installers who exemplify quality workmanship, safety and productivity.
Decoplast Systems Inc.'s two product lines, Decoplast acrylic stucco and Fresco Venetian plaster, were featured on NBC's television program "The Apprentice." The show aired on Nov. 4.
Susan VerBurg, president and CEO of Merlex Stucco and Vero, was honored with the Remarkable Women award from the National Association of Women Business Owners in October.
A recent forecast from Reed Business Information's Jim Haughey, RBI's construction industry economist, predicts $41.7 billion in multifamily construction spending in 2005, a dip of about 4.7 percent from the $43.8 billion spent this year.
According to statistics complied by the Gypsum Association, the United States gypsum board industry shipped a total of 8.655 billion square feet of material during the third calendar quarter (July through September) of 2004.
New Hampshire has recently adopted two key National Fire Protection Association safety codes. The 2003 edition of NFPA 1, Uniform Fire Code and the 2000 edition of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code are now part of the state's set of model safety codes.
Johnson Level & Tool and Fuller Tool have announced an alliance wherein Johnson Level becomes the exclusive supplier of Fuller's line of hand tools in the United States. Johnson Level will service Fuller's U.S. customers and begin selling into both retail and industrial channels beginning in January.
The Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industries-International has announced the completion of the revised EIFS seminar content called "EIFS-Doing it Right," which was launched in September ...
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