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Steel
Framing Leads the Way to Hurricane Recovery with High
Performance Affordable Homes |
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Rebuilding
efforts after the hurricanes of 2005 have been slow and
often frustrating. However, one of the largest efforts
in Texas to rebuild thousands of homes is now underway
– and steel framing is playing a major role in the
effort. More |
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Senate's
New Climate-Change Bill Judged 'Flawed' By Steel |
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A
climate-change bill that mandates a 20-percent reduction
in carbon emissions by 2020 and would raise costs for
aluminum and steel producers is under fire from the steel
industry. More |
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Engineers
Design Self-righting Buildings That Survive Earthquake
Test In Style |
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A
new earthquake-resistant structural system for buildings,
just successfully tested in Japan, will not only help
a multi-story building hold itself together during a violent
earthquake, but also return it to standing up straight
on its foundation afterward, true and plumb, with damage
confined to a few easily replaceable parts. More |
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Apartment
Know-How in NoHo? |
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About
two years ago, the owner of the Gallery at NoHo Commons
was close to selling the apartment complex in the North
Hollywood section of Los Angeles for more than $140 million,
a person familiar with the matter said. More |
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Credit
Crunch Constrains International Home Buyers in U.S. Market |
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WASHINGTON
– Interest in U.S. real estate by international
buyers declined due to the worldwide recession and severe
credit crunch, according to the 2009 National Association
of Realtors® Profile of International Home Buying
Activity. More |
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Existing-Home
Sales Ease Following Four Monthly Gains |
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WASHINGTON
– Existing-home sales in August gave back some of
their strong gain in July but remain above year-ago levels,
according to the National Association of Realtors®.
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Group
studies ways to expand lumber markets |
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Ying
Hei Chui says the forestry industry needs to start working
against the grain. Chui said the Canadian lumber industry
must broaden its focus and cater to more customers than
Americans looking to build low-rise buildings. 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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Archiquest,
Inc.
Alexandria, VA |
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Construction
Eng. Group
Melbourne, FL |
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Meyers
Green Steel Homes
Camas, WA |
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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October
6-8, 2009
METALCON International
Tampa, FL More
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October
11-13, 2009
USGBC Greenbuild Conference
Phoenix, AZ
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October
17-20, 2009
AISC COS Meetings
Chicago, IL
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October
27,28,29, 2009
21st Short Course on Cold-Formed Steel Structures
St. Louis, MO More
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November
4-5, 2009
Steel Doing It Right Seminar
San Francisco, CA More
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September
20-22, 2010
Steel Structures 2010 Culture & Sustainability International
Symposium
Istanbul, Turkey More
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