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Steel
Framing Conference Offers an Opportunity for Growth in
Residential and Mid-Rise Construction |
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Lower
insurance rates, termite resistance, improved performance
during high wind and seismic events, and reduced cycle
time are some of the many advantages cold-formed steel
offers over competing materials in the mid-rise and residential
markets. Part of our industry’s challenge is to
train engineers, architects, code officials, and other
construction professionals on these advantages, especially
for key market segments that offer significant growth
potential. More |
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Lumber
Markets Expected To Reach Historic Low Before Starting
Slow Recovery In 2010 |
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Portland,
Ore.-- Demand for lumber in the U.S. in 2009 will slide
to the lowest level in modern history, then move toward
a slow recovery starting next year, according to a new
forecast issued by Western Wood Products Association.
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Cap
And Trade War |
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One
of President Obama's applause lines is that his climate
tax policies will create new green jobs "that can't
be outsourced." But if that's true, why is his main
energy adviser floating a new carbon tariff on imports?
Welcome to the coming cap and trade war. More |
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New-Home
Sales Turn Upward In February |
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Providing
a welcome glimmer of hope that potential home buyers are
starting to return to the market, sales of newly built,
single-family homes rose for the first time in seven months
this February, according to Commerce Department figures
released today. The report showed a 4.7 percent gain in
new-home sales to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
337,000 units in February, along with upwardly revised
figures for each of the previous three months. More |
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Steel
Company Shares Rise On Positive Economic Signs |
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NEW
YORK – Shares in U.S. steel companies rose on Thursday,
a result of positive signs of economic recovery in the
United States, analysts said. More |
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China
Environmental Practices Cast Pall on Climate Issue |
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WASHINGTON
– With China now among the world’s leading
polluters, a real climate change solution can not be achieved
unless the Administration and Congress hold China accountable
for its reckless environmental practices. A new report
provides the most in-depth and detailed examination to
date of the serious flaws in China’s pollution-control
regime and the damage it is doing to human health and
global efforts to address climate change. More |
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Signs
of life seen in steel |
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HAMMOND
– Steel production currently is the lowest it's
been since the Great Depression, yet there are still enough
signs of life in the economy that indicate the United
States will survive "The Great Recession." More |
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Making
credit good again |
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In
this recession, we seek the boogeyman. If we can identify
a villain, the recourse is simple: Slay it (or neutralize
it or bail it out). Identify the problem; find the solution.
The search has centered on the credit industry, the vast
network of lenders eager to loan Americans money. In the
housing sector, an explosion of subprime lenders gave
borrowers deals that were truly too good to be true, trapping
them in impossible loans. In the retail sector, credit
card vendors flooded mailboxes, offering easy entree to
the good life broadcast on nightly commercials. From one
vantage, the credit industry is to blame for our economic
woes. More |
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| HEADQUARTERS |
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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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| NEW
MEMBERS |
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Asterisk
Consulting Inc.
San Francisco, CA |
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Bob
D. Campbell & Co., Inc.
Kansas City, MO |
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BSE Structural Engineers
Lenexa, KS
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Clinton
Woodward – NMSU
Las Cruces, NM
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Cornerstone
Marketing Grp
Delta, BC |
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Draper Aden Associates
Richmond, VA
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ISAT
Fremont, CA
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James
Williams
Webster, TX |
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Key
Architecture
Rohnert Park, CA |
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Posner
Engineering Inc.
Keller, TX |
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Private
Design Professional
Chestertown, MD |
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R4
Engineering, PLLC
Lebanon, TN |
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Rentz
Engineering Design
Waycross, GA |
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Stanley-Bostitch
East Greenwich, RI |
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TLCP
Structural
Phoenix, AZ |
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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April
20, 2009
Construction Solutions with Cold-formed Steel, Structural
Engineers Coalition of Connecticut Cromwell, CT More |
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April
21, 2009
Construction Solutions with Cold-formed Steel, Structural
Engineers Association of Massachusetts
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April 22-23, 2009
Steel Doing it Right
Buffalo, NY More
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May
8-10, 2009
National Home Builders Association Green Building Conference
- The Green of Green Dallas, TX More
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May
20-21, 2009
California Steel Framing Forum and 2009 CFSEI Annual
Conference Anaheim, CA More
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