At the recent 2012 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., the membership of the Reflective Roof Coatings Institute elected new officers and board of directors.
The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) and Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) announced the 2012 updates to MasterFormat®, their flagship product used to organize construction documents for commercial, industrial and institutional building projects in the United States and Canada.
MFM Building Products is pleased to announce that current sales representative for Northern Texas, Chris Cook of W.R. Cook & Associates, will now handle sales responsibilities for the entire state of Texas. He will continue handling the states of Oklahoma and Arkansas.
On March 27, the International Code Council (ICC) announced the availability of the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC), a new model code for constructing and remodeling buildings.
The National Frame Building Association (NFBA) has successfully achieved a three‐hour fire rating for a post-frame wall system that can now be incorporated into a post‐frame building without having to go to more expensive nonwood framing systems.