Members of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association were energized as they came together for the association’s 47th Annual Convention & Trade Show on Nov. 5-7. With nearly 2,700 attendees, STAFDA’s San Antonio event unrolled several new initiatives during the three-day program, enhancing the already productive agenda.

There is a new due date for CISCA’s Construction Excellence Award entries - Dec. 15.

Members of the Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association elected new leadership for 2024 during the association’s 47th Annual Convention & Trade Show on Nov. 5-7 in San Antonio.

Rockwood Sustainable Solutions unveiled Tennessee’s first drywall recycling plant in Lebanon, Tennessee. In addition to keeping this malodorous material out of the landfill, the company has also partnered with another Lebanon business, Arrowhead Ag, which will further process it and use the gypsum for soil amendment products and the paper as animal bedding.

Ripple Glass, a company of Strategic Materials, Inc., North America’s largest glass recycler, is collaborating with building materials leader Owens Corning in recognition of America Recycles Day on Nov. 15.

Aeroseal, a leading provider of innovative air sealing and building solutions for HVAC ductwork and envelopes, is the newest member of the RESNET Suppliers Advisory Board.

RIDGID is celebrating a major milestone this year: 100 years of designing and building innovative tools trusted on job sites around the world and handed down from generation to generation.

The leading women’s advocacy organization Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced a leadership change, as architect and innovator Cynthia Phifer Kracauer, AIA, the organization’s executive director for the last seven-plus years, plans to leave the post by the end of this year.

The construction industry added 19,000 jobs in July even as the sector’s unemployment rate increased, according to an analysis of new government data the Associated General Contractors of America released Aug. 4.

After three years of closures at the Canadian borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Envirobon has reached a pivotal moment in sales. Its inside sales representative, Mike Payne, has informed the company that it will soon need to add an additional shift in manufacturing to meet the current demand of the Tstud.