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Proposed ASTM Standard to Provide Test for Lead-Based Paint

August 10, 2016

Interested professionals from the environmental lead industry are welcome to join in the development of WK52690.

ASTM Committee Honors Stephen Condren

July 27, 2016

Stephen Condren, senior project manager at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., has received the Carl G. Cash Award from ASTM International Committee D08 on Roofing and Waterproofing.

ASTM Standard to Help Inspections of Fire Resistive Materials

July 11, 2016

A proposed ASTM standard will provide a needed set of guidelines for conducting and reporting on the on-site inspections of fire resistive materials.

Committee Presents Top Annual Award to Aaron Phillips

July 8, 2016

ASTM International’s Committee on Roofing and Waterproofing has presented its top annual award – the Award of Merit – to Aaron Phillips of TAMKO Building Products Inc.

AISI Welcomes Jon-Paul Cardin to New Position

May 8, 2015

Jon-Paul Cardin has joined the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) as Engineer, Construction Codes, and Standards.

Hot & Cold Weather Stucco Applications

Some helpful hints for the placement of plaster/stucco materials in both hot and cold conditions.

Mike Griffin

March 31, 2015

Weather has a significant effect on the application requirements and nuances of plaster/stucco seasonally, and sometimes daily.

ASTM International Develops First Product Category Rules for Asphalt Roofing Industry

November 26, 2014

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) has partnered with ASTM International to develop Product Category Rules (PCR) for asphalt roofing in North America.

Jim Kirby Named Co-Chair of ASTM Subcommittee on Sustainability

October 29, 2012

The Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing (Center) is pleased to announce that Jim Kirby has been named co-chair of ASTM Subcommittee D08.24 on Sustainability.

Engineers Break Architectural Barriers with Structural Glass

Stutzki Engineering Employs Abaqus FEA to Help Design the Material in a New Role

October 5, 2012

Glass breaks. When it reaches a certain stress level it doesn’t yield, it shatters, without warning or predictable focal point.

GAF Donates Toward Sasha Bruce Project to Benefit Homeless Youth

May 14, 2012

GAF has joined with Reed Construction Data and Hanley Wood to help renovate and expand an abandoned building for use by Sasha Bruce Youthwork (SBY).

Modular Construction Accelerates Community Hospital Project

Convention Center Opens Up Brutalist Arena Facade with Curtain Wall

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