The name
change reflects the company’s new strategy offering innovative solar solutions
for every rooftop, including the ability to produce clean solar power, measure
and control its usage in order to reduce overall energy demand.
Allied Building Products Corp., a
subsidiary of Oldcastle, Inc., the North American arm of CRH plc, and one of
America’s largest distributors of residential and commercial roofing, siding,
waterproofing and interior products, announced Bob Feury, Jr. as its new chief
executive officer, succeeding Michael Lynch.
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.