Nationwide housing production gained 2.6 percent from an upwardly revised pace in March to hit a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units in April, according to newly released figures from the U.S. Census Bureau and HUD.
Quanex Building Products Corp. announced that its continuing education course, "Building Green Interiors with Wood Products," is now available online through the Interior Design Continuing Education Council (IDCEC) at www.IDCEC.org.
The U.S. General Services Administration has awarded a contract to IBM to develop and install advanced smart building technology in 50 of the federal government’s highest energy-consuming buildings.
Builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes gained five points in May from a downwardly revised reading in the previous month to reach a level of 29 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today.
LATICRETE has developed a library of LATICRETE Technical Design Manuals which are now available as eBooks for the iPad from the online Apple iBook store, for the Kindle on the Amazon website and for the Nook on the Barnes & Noble online Nook Book store.