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  • Nonresidential growth offsets weak residential September
    November 6, 2007
    Nonresidential construction experienced continued robust growth in September, climbing 1.8 percent compared to August and 16.7 percent year-over-year, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Census Bureau.
    The strong nonresidential sector offset a continued decline in residential construction ...

  • Building code legislation protects against natural disasters
    October 30, 2007
    Glass companies to benefit from uniformity of code bill
    As wildfires raged throughout California last week, one of the state’s representatives presented legislation to Congress that would lead to tougher and more uniform building codes across the country if passed and adopted ...

  • Glass companies respond to California fires
    October 30, 2007
    Malibu Glass destroyed in blaze

    Many southern California glass companies are working overtime on emergency replacements as the region begins to recover from the 23 wildfires that engulfed 500,000 acres from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. The blazes forced many shops to close for several days last week ...

  • Nonresidential construction forecasted to slip
    October 30, 2007
    Green building, institutional to grow
    The U.S. construction market is expected to drop 2 percent in 2008, following a projected 8 percent decrease in 2007, according to the 2008 Construction Outlook from McGraw-Hill Construction ...

  • Conference highlights market conditions, safety, customer service
    October 23, 2007
    Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors in Warroad, Minn., advised company executives on ways to ensure survival and even growth of a company in difficult market times ...

  • Education, training critical to industry survival
    October 23, 2007
    Glass companies today face labor shortages, toughened codes and standards, and ever-increasing demands from architects and building owners. The only way for companies to survive, let alone prosper, is through training and education, speakers said during the Midwest Glass Conference Oct. 19 in Shakopee, Minn...

  • AAMA storms Orlando
    October 23, 2007
    Photo of hurricane simulator in actionAs part of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s national fall conference this week in Orlando, members got a close look at the University of Florida’s hurricane simulation equipment...

  • Bleak predictions for construction and the U.S. economy
    October 23, 2007
    Officials from construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., forecasted Oct. 19 that the U.S. economy was near to, or even in, a recession, as reported in a same-day article from the Financial Times ...

  • Solar Decathlon competitors look to glass industry for performance products
    October 16, 2007


    glassblog joins in the Environmental Blog Action Day.

    Twenty teams led by college and university students designed, engineered and built structures that balance energy efficiency and aesthetics. The homes, on display at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12-20, maximize solar power by taking advantage of glass products that provide ample natural light while reducing heat gain ...

  • New retainage reform laws protect subcontractors
    October 16, 2007
    So far this year, four states have passed retainage limitation policies that will help subcontractors receive full payment on projects. Officials from the American Subcontractors Association in Alexandria, Va., say the push for reform could lead to legislation in more states...
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