Johns Manville joined President Obama earlier this month in Savannah, Ga., to support a proposed energy-efficiency program that will create jobs and help families save money on energy costs.
West Virginia’s Gov. Joe Manchin announced that Armstrong World Industries is creating 40 to 45 permanent jobs by investing $30 to $35 million to build a state-of-the-art mineral wool plant on property adjacent to Century Aluminum Co. in Millwood.
Engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. will host The Roofing and Waterproofing Symposium: Practices, Methods, and Systems for New and Existing Buildings. The event takes place April 14 at the San Jose Marriott Hotel.
The accel-E Steel Thermal Efficient Panel wall system has been GreenGuard Indoor Air Quality Certified by the GreenGuard Environmental Institute. The certification represents a significant achievement for the wall system, according to Al Alayon, president of Accelerated Building Technologies, which manufactures the S.T.E.P. wall system.
ICC Evaluation Service Inc and Underwriters Laboratories announced that United States Gypsum Co. is the first to have products assessed through the new Dual Evaluation and Certification Program receiving both the ICC-ES Mark for code compliance and the UL Mark for safety.
CertainTeed Gypsum announced the introduction of BIM objects for building, design and construction professionals’ use in project design, specification and scheduling.
Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, the first manufacturer to offer extended Weather Exposure Limited Warranties for fiberglass mat gypsum panels, is now doubling the weather exposure limited warranty for its entire line of DensArmor Plus interior panels from six months to 12 months.
The Building Enclosure Moisture Management Institute was recently formed and officially began operation this year. BEMMI is organized to represent manufacturers and suppliers of drainage space materials used in exterior walls in the residential and commercial building construction markets.