ICPI-NCMA announced on February 22 during their Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, that they will now operate as one entity after co-founding the Concrete Masonry & Hardscapes Association.

On Feb. 22, the experts at Zonda released the New Home Market Update report for January 2023.

The American Concrete Institute has introduced a new self-nomination option to the prestigious Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards to make it easier for companies and organizations to achieve recognition for their work.

Gehan Homes consolidated three of its homebuilding brands under one unified brand – Brightland Homes, effective March 21. The renaming integrated approximately 110 active communities from Gehan Homes, Gray Point Homes and Wonderland Homes brands across Texas, Arizona, Colorado and Tennessee.

The Steel Framing Industry Association has launched the Industry Project Awards, an annual competition recognizing excellence in the use of SFIA-certified cold-formed steel products. Architects, engineers, manufacturers, distributors, contractors and others can enter projects in the 2023 competition, so long as the projects feature SFIA-certified CFS products and the entrants themselves are SFIA members.

Since being launched in 1999, the Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program—the nation’s first and longest-running ceilings recycling program—has diverted more than 200 million square feet of discarded ceiling materials from landfills, saving enough virgin resources to fill New York’s Central Park six times over.

The state of Minnesota has charged a Princeton, Minnesota, construction firm with workers’ compensation fraud after the firm claimed it had no employees for two years, in a piece reported by Dee DePass of the Star Tribune.

EIMA announced that Amy Schmidt of the American Chemistry Council will be speaking at the 2023 EIMA Annual Meeting. Schmidt will address the EIMA membership during the Welcome Luncheon on Wednesday, April 26 at noon.

Without a doubt one of the great industry events of the year, the NWCB always produces a top-notch show in conjunction with the WACA, WWCCA, SWACCA and media partner Walls & Ceilings.

Ware Malcomb announced that construction is complete on a new office project for Compass, the largest residential real estate brokerage in the U.S. by sales volume. Ware Malcomb provided interior architecture and design services for the 7,000-square-foot space, located in Potomac, Maryland.