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		<title>Timber Technologies LLC Achieves AITC Certification</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2015 18:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLFAX, WISCONSIN – Timber Technologies LLC has achieved certification by the American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC). &#124; Certification distinguishes this Glue Laminated Manufacturer from many other manufacturing facilities by providing the highest quality glue laminated beams and columns to the agricultural and commercial markets as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation. Status as a certified, licensed organization, means Timber Technologies LLC has met nationally recognized standards for [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the 2015 SIPA Building Excellence Award Winners</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:20:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13th Annual Structural Insulated Panel Association Building Excellence Awards were announced during the association’s 2015 Annual Meeting &#38; Conference in Tucson, Arizona. Winning submissions demonstrated exceptional performance in quantifiable energy efficiency using structural insulated panels (SIPs); design and structural engineering innovation; creative use of SIP construction; and environmental sustainability. The 2015 winning projects and award recipients are: The competition’s Overall Winner and winner of the Single Family Homes under [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>PERC redesigns, improves buildwithpropane.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newly redesigned site makes it possible for professionals to easily find propane products, tools, and resources. WASHINGTON — The Propane Education &#38; Research Council has re-launched buildwithpropane.com, a website specifically designed to help residential and commercial building professionals find propane training, research, resources, and products. “Our newly redesigned website now helps builders, developers, remodelers, facility managers, HVAC professionals, and plumbers easily find the information they need to successfully integrate propane [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>SIPA reports 5% SIP production growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2014 21:19:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Results from the Structural Insulated Panel Association’s (SIPA) annual production survey show a five percent increase in structural insulated panel (SIP) production in 2013 among the association’s manufacturing membership, consisting of 28 manufacturing locations in the U.S. and Canada. Industry-wide statistics reveal no net gain or loss in total SIP industry production over 2012 figures for the 44 known SIP manufacturers surveyed, representing 53 manufacturing plants producing wood-faced SIPs. SIPA [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA to partner with WoodWorks to advance the use of wood in buildings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today announced  a $1 million program to be implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service in partnership with the Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks initiative, to provide training for architects, engineers and builders related to the use of advanced wood materials in U.S. buildings. The program supports both The President’s Climate Action Plan goal of preserving the role of forests in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>ATAS launches new website for InSpire sustainable product</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allentown, Pa.: – ATAS International, Inc. honored Earth Day, April 22, by launching a new website for its sustainable product, InSpire®, a solar air heating and drying system that minimizes heating costs and increases energy efficiency by heating fresh outside air. The InSpire® wall panel is mounted a few inches from the building’s outer wall. The precision perforations in the wall panels allow outside air to travel through the face [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Fort Lauderdale SIP Conference offers AIA credits</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Architects, contractors, and other building industry professionals can learn the latest technology in high performance and net zero energy construction with a series of free training seminars on April 30 at the Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA) Annual Meeting &#38; Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Six AIA Continuing Education HSW hours are available by attending seminars covering zero energy ready home design and advanced structural components like cross-laminated timbers. 8:20 [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger and better: Nothing about this metal building project was small</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; By Sharon Thatcher &#8211; When Tri-M Construction got its first opportunity to general contract a project in a high-end air community near Benton, Kan., it did so in a big way.  What resulted was the largest project thus far in Stearman Estates: a 7,577 square foot home with attached hangar/garage/woodworking shop/pool area measuring another 8,305 square feet.  To accomplish the hangar and supporting areas, two metal buildings were married [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Plyco, now 60, offers a look at today’s door and window trends</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Plyco Corporation, celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2014, has been witness to many changes in the door and window markets. According to Fred Mancusi, the company’s director of sales and marketing, today’s customers are looking for more from a window than a piece of glass that lights up a room or provides a view. From a door they want more than a point of access. Driving forces today, says Mancusi, [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Going green with steel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2014 01:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8211; By Sharon Thatcher &#8211;Rural builders know that a customer wants a building that serves an intended purpose and doesn’t cost a lot to own. Rarely are they asking for a “life cycle analysis” or demanding LEED compliance. But increasingly there is industry and public pressure to use fewer natural resources in the making and maintaining of buildings. It can present some challenges to builders who want to pursue a [&#8230;]]]></description>
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