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LCA
And The Cold-Formed Steel Industry |
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Just
what is LCA, or Life Cycle Assessment? What does it mean
for members of the steel framing industry? How can I be
prepared to address it when or if I need to? These are
just a few of the questions the Steel Framing Alliance
(SFA) hears from members of the industry. To understand
these questions, it is important to understand some background
on LCA and especially what LCA is and what it isn’t.
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September
Construction Spending Rises Slightly Over Initial Estimates |
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The
U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced
today that construction spending during September 2009
was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of
$940.3 billion, 0.8 percent (±1.8%)* above the
revised August estimate of $933.0 billion. The September
figure is 13.0 percent (±1.9%) below the September
2008 estimate of $1,081.2 billion. More |
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Steel
Industry To Promote Sustainability Benefits Of Steel At
USGBC Greenbuild International Conference and Expo |
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WASHINGTON
– AISI’s Steel Market Development Institute
(SMDI) and the American Institute of Steel Construction
(AISC) will represent steel as the “green”
construction choice at the U.S. Green Building Council’s
(USGBC) Greenbuild International Conference and Expo on
November 11-13, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona. More |
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Big
Rebound in Existing-Home Sales Shows First-Time Buyer
Momentum |
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WASHINGTON
– Existing-home sales bounced back strongly in September
with first-time buyers driving much of the activity, marking
five gains in the past six months, according to the National
Association of Realtors®. More |
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U.S.
Stops Short of Faulting Drywall |
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WASHINGTON
– Federal product-safety regulators said Thursday
that their sampling of Chinese drywall emits higher concentrations
of sulfur gases and strontium than U.S.-made product,
but found no evidence so far that the emissions were to
blame for health problems and metal corrosion reported
by at least 1,900 U.S. homeowners. More |
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Has
The Real Estate Market Bottomed? |
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Some
local markets have seen the bottom, while others still
have a ways to go. Minneapolis housing prices are up.
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Vote
on Extending Homebuyer Credit Delayed Over TARP |
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The
U.S. Senate won’t vote until next week at the earliest
on proposals to extend both an $8,000 tax credit for first-time
homebuyers and unemployment benefits for the nation’s
jobless. The administration endorses an extension. More |
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New
Home Sales Fall a Surprising 3.6 percent |
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WASHINGTON
– The number of buyers snapping up new homes dipped
unexpectedly last month as the effects of a temporary
tax credit for first-time owners started to wear off.
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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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4D
Engineers
Pleasant Grove, UT |
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CEC
Inc.
Warren, NJ |
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Cromwell
A/E
Little Rock, AR |
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Greig
J. Rutherford Architect
Oxford, OH |
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Hard
Drywall
Denton, TX |
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KPFF
Consulting Engineers
St. Louis, MO |
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Motley
Structural Design
Sumter, SC |
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O'Donnell
& Naccarato
Phildelphia, PA |
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Ratsch
Eng. Company, Ltd.
Neillsville, WI |
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Smith
Construction Mgt
Phoenix, AZ |
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Structural
Consulting Grp.
Alpharetta, GA |
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| UPCOMING
EVENTS |
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November
4-5, 2009
Steel Doing It Right Seminar
San Francisco, CA More
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November
11, 2009
Shear Wall Design Webcast
12 Noon (EST) More |
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November
12, 2009
CFS Wall Panel Forum
Orlando, FL More |
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January
19-22, 2010
International Builders' Show
Las Vegas,NV More |
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September
20-22, 2010
Steel Structures 2010 Culture & Sustainability International
Symposium
Istanbul, Turkey More
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