Ware Malcomb announced Feb. 7 that Joshua Thompson has been promoted to Director of Interior Architecture & Design in the firm’s Downtown San Diego office. In this role, Thompson is responsible for the leadership of the office and continued growth of the Interior Architecture & Design Studio.

The Metal Construction Association has released its 2022 Annual Report. The report is now available on the MCA website and can be viewed here.

The Vinyl Sustainability Council, a self-funded business council advancing sustainability in the vinyl industry, is pleased to welcome 3M as the council’s newest member. VSC membership is reserved for organizations taking a leadership role to advance sustainability throughout the vinyl industry.

TRIO Design won five awards at the National Association of Home Builders’ annual The Nationals Awards Gala Ceremony in conjunction with the International Builders’ Show on January 31. Taking home four Silver Awards and one Gold Award, TRIO received the Gold Award for “Best Community Amenity” within NAHB’s 55+ Housing Awards.

The American Concrete Institute is pleased to host the ACI Concrete Convention in San Francisco on April 2-6.

The U.S. Census Bureau launched a new experimental data product that features monthly construction spending estimates for private manufacturing. These estimates measure the construction work done on private new manufacturing structures or improvements to existing structures and include the cost of labor and materials, architectural and engineering work, overhead, interest, taxes paid during construction and contractor’s profits.

Construction firms added 25,000 employees in January and raised wages for hourly workers more steeply than other sectors, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government data.

BACnet International is pleased to announce Michael Osborne as the new technical advisor for BACnet Testing Laboratories. BACnet International is an industry association that facilitates the successful use of the BACnet protocol in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing, educational programs and promotional activities.

American Iron and Steel Institute Regional Director of Codes and Standards Jon-Paul Cardin, P.E., will conduct a webinar on “Cold-Formed Steel—Latest Design Provisions” on March 14 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Central Time as part of a new National Council of Structural Engineers Associations series.

Officials identified a Philadelphia worker who died in a construction accident in late February, according to Marcella Baietto of CBS Philadelphia. The scene of the accident is still undergoing safety inspections.