The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) installed Sandy K. Field, CBT, CIT, as its 60th national president during NAWIC’s Annual Meeting and Convention in Indianapolis on Sept. 5. Field, office/HR manager for Horizon Group International, has been a member of NAWIC’s Houston, Texas Chapter since 2005.
 

As you read this, the holiday season is over, markets and conventions are around the corner and then shortly thereafter the long winter months. Now is when business slows enough to allow people to catch their breath and make their strategies for the year.

Following four consecutive months of improvement, builder confidence in the market for newly built, single-family homes held unchanged in September with a reading of 58 on the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released today.

A shortage of buildable lots, especially in the most desirable locations, has emerged as one of the key factors holding back a more robust housing recovery, according to the latest survey on the topic conducted by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

A coalition of construction industry groups is concerned about a proposed rule from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that's intended to protect workers from inhaling dust containing silica, created by activities such as cutting brick or block, and sawing, grinding or drilling concrete.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) officially opened online registration this week for the 2014 NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS), the largest annual light construction tradeshow in the world.

Builders, code officials, insulation contractors, architects and building scientists now have a new resource to rely on for insulation knowledge.