The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute announced the publication of its “Design Guide: Cold-Formed Steel Framed Wood Panel or Steel Sheet Sheathed Shear Wall Assemblies.”
Simonton Windows has offered employment back to all hourly employees laid off since late 2008. Due to economic and seasonal market conditions, a total of 402 full-time and seasonal employees have been asked to rejoin the Simonton team at the company’s window and door manufacturing locations throughout West Virginia and Illinois.
STAFDA has received e-mails from its members concerning a company called Convention Expo Travel Office claiming they are in charge of booking attendees’ hotel rooms for the Atlanta convention this November.
Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics announced that both of its Glass Mat manufacturing plants have been awarded ISO 9001:2008 certification by the International Organization for Standardization.
Chicago-based A.L.P. Lighting Components Inc. has announced that it purchased the majority of louver manufacturing tooling and equipment from the former American Louver of Canada. This equipment is currently being moved to the company’s Lithia Springs, Ga., metals manufacturing facility where it will be evaluated and installed over the next two months.
Bureaucratic delays in releasing funds coupled with long lags between outlays and construction activity for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects will lead to very little stimulatory impact on cement consumption in 2009, according to the most recent economic forecast from the Portland Cement Association.
For the second year in a row, Simonton Windows ranks “Highest in Builder and Remodeler Satisfaction among Residential Window and Patio Door Manufacturers” in the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Builder and Remodeler Residential Window and Patio Door Satisfaction Study.
Benjamin Obdyke has forged a distribution partnership with specialty construction market supplier Wind-lock to strengthen its growing presence in the stone, stucco, and masonry channels.
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