Fall 2011 News
Grace China, Ltd., a subsidiary of W. R. Grace & Co. has announced plans to build a new factory in the central China city of Ezhou. The facility is expected to double Grace’s production capabilities for waterproofing products and other specialty construction...
Summer 2011 News
Basement Technologies, Inc., a basement waterproofing supplier, has opened a new office and warehouse location in Wallingford, Connecticut. While the company has provided services to homeowners and businesses in southern New England for decades, the new facility is in...
Spring 2011 News
W. R. Meadows has launched a new construction company website. While the basic feel and navigation of the website has remained unchanged, many new features were added during the redesign to give it a more contemporary feel, including more project photos, a product...
Winter 2011 News
Liberty Pumps, the New York-based sump pump manufacturer, has selected a group of eight sales representatives to be part of the company’s “Rep Council.” The selections were made as part of the American Society Of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) Convention held in early...
Fall 2010 News
Two and a half years in the making, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has finalized new guidelines on how to protect green roofs from wind uplift.Titled Wind Design Standards, RP-14, the standard provides a method of providing adequate wind uplift...
Summer 2010 News
The National Association of Waterproofing and Structural Repair Contractors (NAWSRC) may soon be known as the Basement Health Association (BHA). The members will vote on the proposal at the Annual Meeting on August 14-18, 2010. The name change is part of an effort to...
Spring 2010 News
Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing Inc. (CCW) recently certified one of their Bentonite waterproofing membranes with a national standards organization. The product, CCW MiraCLAY GM, is a Bentonite clay waterproofing membrane with a geomembrane liner. It’s designed...
Winter 2010 News
Greenroofs.com, the leading online resource for vegetated roofs has launched an online video series about the system. The WebTV series is entitled Sky Gardens: Greenroofs of the World, and premiered on on Nov. 8, 2009. The first episode featured the Rock Mill Park...
Fall 2009 News
Sika Sarnafil, a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing membranes, is the first U.S.-based company to introduce a recycling program for commercial vinyl roofing membranes. The move was praised by Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA)...
Summer 2009 News
U.S. housing starts unexpectedly snapped the longest streak of declines in 18 years in February, rising 22% from January. The jump was influenced by warmer weather and an 82% surge in starts on condominiums, apartments and townhouses that’s unlikely to be sustained,...
