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  • National Safety Council Prepares for Workers’ Memorial Day

    On Workers’ Memorial Day, the National Safety Council urges public and private sectors to unite to tackle 4,000 workplace fatalities occurring each year.
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  • Thirteen Innovative Structural Steel Building Projects Earn National Awards

    Chicago, IL (April 24, 2013) – Thirteen structural steel building projects have earned national recognition in the 2013 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). Conducted annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the IDEAS2 awards recognize outstanding achievements in engineering and architecture on steel-framed building projects throughout the U.S. The award is the highest honor bestowed on building projects by the structural steel industry in the U.S. and recognizes the importance of teamwork, coordination and collaboration in fostering successful construction projects. The winning projects and their respective team members were recognized on April 17 during AISC’s 2013 NASCC: The Steel Conference in St. Louis. Each year, awards for each winning project are presented to the project team…
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  • EPA Announces Winner of the Energy Star National Building Competition

    New Jersey elementary school wins the competition.
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  • HCSS Releases 2013 Estimating Outlook Survey Results

    Survey results reveal a competitive economy, adaptation for survival, fair outlook for heavy construction companies.
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  • Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s Survey of Economic Activity: March Leasing and Finance Index

    March new business volume flat year-over-year, up 45 percent month-to-month.
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  • Maxwell Systems Launches New Branding that Reinforces Commitment to Empowering Construction Companies

    KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. (April 19, 2013) – Maxwell Systems, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software solutions, expert services, and best practices, today announced that it has launched a rebrand of its company. The rebrand initiative includes a new visual identity and a new tagline, Empowering Construction™.  The new brand reinforces the company’s ability to partner with construction professionals as the industry’s only all-in-one source for construction solutions and empower contractors to succeed. For more than 35 years, Maxwell Systems has built a strong and widely respected brand, founded on the promise of helping construction businesses of all sizes and specialties to run their businesses better.  “At this milestone, we’re renewing our brand promise, and we’re raising a new brand standard that brings…
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  • RISA Technologies and Tekla Partner to Offer Steel Connection Design In Tekla Structures

    ATLANTA, GA. (April 17, 2013) — Tekla, a leader in bringing building information modeling (BIM) software and online tools to the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) markets, and RISA Technologies, a market-proven analysis and design software company, announced they have partnered to bring together two leading steel design solutions. Available this month, the new RISA-Tekla Link gives users the combined benefit of the design, detailing and collaboration strengths of Tekla Structures and the comprehensive steel connection design features of RISAConnection. With Tekla Structures, users create and manage accurately detailed, highly constructible 3D structural models that can be used to ensure success across the entire building process from conceptual design to fabrication, erection and construction management. The RISA-Tekla Link extends these capabilities to include steel connection…
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  • Wyatt Franks Appointed Secretary of EGSA Green Committee

    Franks will help promote the growing field of green technologies and educate EGSA members of new and existing opportunities.
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  • AEM Hall of Fame Now Taking Nominations

    The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations through June 17, 2013. The program honors those who have made a difference in our quality of life, whose innovations, ideas and leadership have contributed significantly to the growth and strength of the off-road equipment industry. Anyone who has made noteworthy and specific contributions to the manufacturing, distribution, rental or end-user sectors of the off-road equipment industry may be nominated to the Hall of Fame. They may be living or deceased. The 2012 inductees to the AEM Hall of Fame were John Deere, Founder, Deere & Company; Pierre Bataille, Chairman & CEO, Poclain; and Wood Brothers (Keith, Leonard and Mervel), Founders, Woods Equipment Company. Nomination deadline is June 17, 2013; more information…
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  • AGC Releases Highway Work Zone Safety Report

    Vehicles crashed into work zones of 38 percent of highway contractors in past year.
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  • NARI Announces 2013 National CotY Award Winners

    Evening of Excellence Event Recognized Winners via Webcast
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  • ACI Foundation Announces Establishment of “Friends of W. Gene Corley Scholarship”

    Scholarship to be awarded to university and college students studying structural engineering and concrete.
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