L&W Supply announced that David Jones has been named branch manager of its Sarasota, Florida, location.

Pioneering architect and women’s advocate Beverly Willis, FAIA, died Oct. 1, according to her longtime spouse, Wanda Bubriski. Willis, 95, was an American architect whose architectural concepts and practices have influenced the design of cities and buildings.

Total construction spending increased by 0.5 percent in August, driven by increases in most large nonresidential construction segments in addition to residential projects, according to an analysis of federal spending data the Associated General Contractors of America released Oct. 2.

L&W Supply announced that Brent Hendrick has been named branch manager of its Winder, Georgia, location.

Blastcrete Equipment LLC, a global leader in the manufacturing of concrete pumping, gunite and wet shotcrete equipment, introduced Patrick Bridger as their new business development manager. Bridger will work with the Blastcrete team to support new and existing customers and help them find solutions for their specific concrete pumping and wet/dry process shotcrete applications.

Construction employment increased in 223 of 358 metro areas between August 2022 and 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data.

L&W Supply announced the promotion of Barry Barth to branch manager of its South Houston, Texas, location.

A 13-story apartment building has collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt, reported Kamal Tabikha of The National News.

The General Services Administration’s Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings announced a public meeting of the Green Building Advisory Committee on Nov. 2 to address the following agenda items, among others: unspecified recommendations from the Federal Building Decarbonization Task Group and the Green Leasing Task Group, a discussion on potential topics for the Green Building Advisory Committee and a period for public comments.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam Alliance has announced that Emmy Award-winning host Kevin O’Connor of This Old House and Ask This Old House will keynote the upcoming SprayFoam 2024 Convention & Expo being held March 3-6 in Las Vegas.