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STEEL
Advantage: Suite of Insurance Products Provides Significant
Discounts When Steel Framing Is Used For All Structural
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Washington,
D.C.— The Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) and DiBuduo
& DeFendis Insurance Brokers, LLC (a member of Assurex
Global), launched a comprehensive insurance program that
provides builders who use steel framing with as much as
a 43 percent discount on a broad range of insurance products.
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Builder
Confidence Rises In September |
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Builder
confidence in the market for newly built single-family
homes rose for the first time in seven months this September,
according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells
Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today. More |
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Sheet
Steel Prices Have Peaked; Analysts See Price Declines
Ahead |
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The
summer seasonal demand weakness for steel, particularly
for carbon flat-rolled mill products, was more intense
than had been expected by most analysts and that has caused
domestic sheet steel prices to soften slightly. More |
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U.S.
Economy: Housing Starts Slide To 17-Year Low |
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Builders
in the U.S. broke ground on the fewest new homes since
1991 last month, signaling that the economy will continue
to erode in coming months. More |
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Random
Lengths Lumber Market Report |
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Structural
panel markets weakened amid stagnant sales. A number of
OSB producers had panels available for quick shipment,
and they struggled to entice buyers into the market. As
a result, prices weakened in most regions. More |
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August
2008 Crude Steel Production |
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Brussels
– World crude steel production for the 66 countries
reporting to the International Iron and Steel Institute
(IISI) was 112.2 million metric tons (mmt) in August.
This is 2.9% higher than the same month last year. More |
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August
Imports Down 19 Percent Vs. July |
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Washington,
D.C. – Based on preliminary Census Bureau data,
the American Iron and Steel Institute
(AISI) reported today that the U.S. imported a total of
2,346,000 net tons (NT) of steel in August 2008, including
1,958,000 NT of finished steel (down 19 percent and 13
percent, respectively, vs. July final data). More |
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U.S.
Nonresidential Construction Index Rises |
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NEW
YORK - A forward-looking measure of U.S. nonresidential
construction activity posted its third consecutive monthly
improvement last month but continued to point to unfavorable
conditions, an architects' trade group said on Wednesday.
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Canadian
Single Family Starts to Dip to a Seven Year Low |
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Across
Canada, rising mortgage carrying costs in 2008 will have
the biggest impact on the single-family housing segment
where activity is forecast to dip below the 100,000 unit
mark for the first time since 2001. More |
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Some
development projects stymied by financing challenges |
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When
developer Elie Khoury unveiled his new condominiums and
apartments inside a former Canal Street department store
on Friday evening, he joined a rare crowd of developers
who have managed to open a residential building in New
Orleans since Hurricane Katrina without a public subsidy.
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Bright
Future for Transit-Oriented Multifamily Developments in
California |
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Changing
tastes of Gen X, Gen Y and Baby Boomers, rising gas prices,
and bumper-to-bumper commutes are all factors that are
driving an increased focus on transit-oriented developments,
according to a panel that convened on Thursday at the
Multi-Housing World Conference in Denver, Col. More |
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SFA
NEWS AND CFSEI NEWS |
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One
Year Later, Fire and Acoustic Task Group Producing Important
Resources for Cold-Formed Steel Engineers |
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In
the fall of 2007, CFSEI reactivated the Fire and Acoustic
Task Group. Months of preparation paved the way for a
formal re-launch meeting at METALCON International in
Las Vegas, Nev. last October. More |
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Steel Framing
Alliance
1201 15th St., NW,
Suite 320
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone 202.785.2022
Fax 202.785.3856 |
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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October
1, 2008
Steel Framing Alliance 10th Anniversary Dinner
Begins at 6:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland
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October
1-3, 2008
METALCON International
Baltimore, Maryland
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October
14-15, 2008
19th International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed
Steel Structures
Hilton St. Louis at the Ballpark
1 North Broadway
St. Louis, MO More
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October
23-25, 2008
National Council of Structural Engineers Association
(NCSEA)
The Ritz-Carlton, Cleveland
1515 West Third Street
Cleveland, OH 44113
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November
19-20, 2008
STEEL Doing It Right – Southern California
Carpenters Local #2361
1916 W. Chapman Ave.
Orange, CA More
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November
19-21, 2008
Greenbuild
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center
Boston, MA
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