On Center Software Inc. and Armstrong World Industries
announced that On Center’s Quick Bid construction estimating application now
incorporates the ceiling manufacturer’s products, as well as component lists
for more than 125 Armstrong ceiling system assemblies.
CSI will
introduce GreenFormat at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuild
Conference and Expo, Nov. 18-20 in Boston. Demonstrations of the format will be
conducted throughout the event.
Ohio general contractor Brian Burgett recently told members
of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure to recommend the economic stimulus activities that would have an
immediate positive impact on economic activity.
Congress should consider providing further “sorely needed”
economic stimulus to encourage homeownership and limit foreclosures in order to
pull the U.S. economy out of
recession, NAHB Chief Economist David Seiders said at the association’s Fall
Construction Forecast Conference in Washington,
D.C. on Oct. 22.
Ecolite Concrete USA’s lightweight concrete and steel stud
wall panels continue to gain traction within the U.S. Department of Defense as
another significant “Ecolite” building begins to take shape.
Manufacturer members of the International Powered Access
Federation have agreed on a new symbol that will signpost the location of
emergency descent controls, the U.K.-based federation announced.
CertainTeed brand ceiling and exterior sheathing products
are lending a hand in sustainability, acoustic control and aesthetic appeal to
the recently opened Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital in
Morris Plains, N.J.
Block-molded EPS insulation producer Insulfoam has announced
the results of a 15-year test that compared the water absorption rates and the
in-place R-value of expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene insulations
in a below-grade application.