The National Center for Construction Education
and Research announced its partnership with the Mason Contractors Association
of America to adapt NCCER’s current industry-standardized curricula, and
assessments to create a jointly-endorsed masonry training and certification
program.
The American Iron and Steel Institute has
published Supplement No. 1 to AISI S905, Test Methods for Mechanically Fastened
Cold-Formed Steel Connections.
Once considered to be ahead of its time in
design, the El Paso Corporation Building, a 48-year-old Houston skyscraper, is
once again on the cutting edge, following a recent sustainable remodeling.
In connection with the previously announced
tender offer and consent solicitation relating to its 9.75 percent notes due
2014, USG announced preliminary, unaudited results for January and February
2012.
Building insulation products from Dow Building
Solutions have been recertified by the Cradle to Cradle Certified program, a
multi-attribute eco-label that assesses a product’s material content,
recyclability and manufacturing characteristics.
The National Association of the Remodeling Industry
announced the addition of a chapter, the NARI-BIE chapter of Pottstown, Pa.
Formerly known as the Building Industries Exchange of Pottstown and Vicinity
Inc., the chapter was previously a stand-alone organization with the same
vision and goal as NARI.