The Steel Framing Industry Association has elected new board of directors and officers for 2019-2020. 

Simpson Strong-Tie announced its participation in the National Hurricane Resilience Initiative and Hurricane Awareness Tour initiated by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH). 

Firestone Building Products Company, LLC (Firestone), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas and a global manufacturer of commercial roofing and building solutions, announced the opening of its first greenfield plant in Heinsberg, Germany. 

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, is supporting National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down Week.

Werner, a manufacturer with a complete line of climbing products and fall protection equipment, will conduct more than 200 training events in support of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) National Safety Stand-Down initiative scheduled from May 6-10, 2019. 

Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction fell to a record low for April.

Sto Corp. has partnered with ARCAT, an online resource of building product information. 

North American Construction Group Ltd. (“NACG” or “the Company”) announced results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2019.

Construction employment grew in 218, or 61 percent, out of 358 metro areas between March 2018 and March 2019, declined in 83 (23 percent) and was unchanged in 57. 

eSUB Construction Software proudly announces that construction technology thought-leader Jeff Sample joins eSUB as Director of Strategic Accounts.