Walls & Ceilings invited a handful of people from the industry on March 28 to the magazine’s hosted a party at The D Las Vegas Casino Hotel.

The Drywall Finishing Council holds its 25 year anniversary this year.

Bill E. Nichols, a native and lifelong Texan, passed away on March 14, 2017.

IAC Acoustics, a division of Sound Seal, announced the appointment of Acoustical Solutions as their exclusive sales representative for the Mid-Atlantic (Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia), Georgia, and Texas territories.

Construction spending slipped from December to January but increased modestly from a year ago, as private construction grew solidly but public infrastructure outlays tumbled, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.

February U.S. housing starts rose 3 percent to a 1.288-million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate, according to data from the Census Bureau and HUD, with all of the increase coming in single-family starts.

With what began as an idea for a better drywall screw morphed into what is now an international company representing thousands of products to the construction industry.

One of North America’s largest dealers in drywall and ceilings Foundation Building Materials began public trading of its shares early this year.

Georgia’s GMS Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2017 that ended Jan. 31, 2017.

The Wall And Ceiling Alliance will hold its annual Construction Excellence Awards Show on June 8 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, Calif.