After a comprehensive year-long search, Brad Jacobs has announced his intention to create a market leader in building products distribution — an industry with approximately $800 billion in annual revenue between North America and Europe, according to industry estimates.

House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-VA) introduced the Workers Protecting Our Wage Earners’ Rights Act.

The Fahy Commons building at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently won three major sustainability awards. ATAS International manufactured the 24-gauge steel 2-inch Field-Lok standing seam metal roof panels, 15 1/4 inches wide, for the building.

National Gypsum has donated $1 million to be shared by a total of 34 schools and nonprofit organizations where the company’s associates live and work throughout the United States and Canada.

The House and Senate fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Conference report includes language that seeks to encourage separating service members to pursue a career in the trades.

Nick Shaink remembers working for Professional Drywall Construction Inc. on the Target store in the Holyoke Mall, but he does not have much of a memory of the company before that, reported Emily Thurlow of BusinessWest.

The Department of Labor announced a series of listening sessions regarding artificial intelligence on Dec. 13-15.

USG’s Sweetwater plant is known as “the place where innovation is borne.” Deep in the heart of West Texas, the plant has a long history as a testing ground and launching pad for automation that helps drive the manufacturing industry forward.

Carlisle Spray Foam Insulation rolled out the Carlisle PRO Academy, a comprehensive training, education and certification program for spray foam professionals. Developed in direct response to contractor feedback, Carlisle PRO Academy participants can become certified applicators by completing a series of online learning modules and an in-field evaluation.

More than half of Americans are unwilling to put their homes on the market, fearful of giving up low-rate mortgages and being forced to take out loans that are much more expensive.