The National Safety Council is calling on
motorists to stop using cell phones and messaging devices while driving, and is
urging businesses to enact policies prohibiting it and governors and
legislators in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to pass laws banning
the behavior.
SPRI, the association representing sheet membrane and
component suppliers to the commercial roofing industry, has announced that “The
Wind Design Standard Practice for Roofing Assemblies ANSI/SPRI WD-1” has been
updated and accepted as an American National Standard as of December 2008 after
the removal of permissive language.
The
Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) unveiled GreenFormat, a Web-based
database of green product information, at the U.S. Green Building Council's
Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston.
Roofing professionals seeking intensive, high-energy
educational sessions that will take their business to the next level should
plan to attend the 2009 International Roofing Expo, Feb. 3-5, in the Shoreline
A&B Halls at the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Reflective Roof Coatings Institute (RRCI)
will hold its fourth annual meeting at Harrah's in Las Vegas on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009,
prior to the IRE/NRCA conference.
Dr. Walter J.
Rossiter of W.J. Rossiter & Associates, Clarksburg, Md., has received the
2008 William C. Cullen Award from ASTM International Committee D08 on Roofing
and Waterproofing.
Englert Inc. announced the addition of Englert
Environmental, a provider of renewable resource solutions where metal roofing
and rainware systems play a critical role in collecting solar electric and
thermal energy.
The 2008 iNova Gold Award in Corporate Website Design was awarded to
GenFlex and Hart Associates for its Website’s redesign. The iNova international
competition honors excellence in corporate website design, as judged by the
“best of the best” in marketing and communications.