Three roofing trade groups are collaborating on the funding of research into assemblies installed on a correctional facility to evaluate the benefits of thermal insulation and cool roofing in northern climates.

To help minimize maintenance expense and improve public safety, ASTM is seeking to provide a definitive standard for an essential infrastructure component—fabricated metal access hatches.

The American Sports Builders Association (ASBA) has announced the winners of its annual awards program. In various categories, the group named facilities built by its membership that “best exemplify construction excellence.” Of those, a handful received “Project of the Year” status.

Laboratories conducting beam tests on fiber-reinforced concrete are encouraged to join in the development of a new ASTM International standard—ASTM WK42757, Practice for Design of Supporting Rollers to Be Used in Fiber-reinforced Concrete Beam Tests

Held every three years, the International Holcim Awards competition has now finalized both its shortlist and its jury. The program celebrates “innovative, future-oriented, and tangible construction projects” that have not yet been built.

The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association (ARMA) and its member companies have partnered with ASTM International to develop product category rules (PCR) for asphalt roofing in North America.

The Metal Construction Association (MCA) has released new research findings showing certain metal roof systems can last at least 60 years, meaning they do not require replacement during a commercial building’s service life.

The 32^nd Annual Chicago Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) Trade Show & Seminars is coming to Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois next month. From January 22 to 23, the event takes over the Drury Lane Conference Center with numerous free seminars and an expo hall of more than 130 exhibitors

The American Concrete Institute’s ACI Foundation has announced a new fellowship—the Barbara S. and W. Calvin McCall Carolinas Fellowship—and there is a week left to apply.

Landscape architecture firms are reporting solid, if slightly subdued, business conditions, according to an American Society of Landscape Architects’ (ASLA’s) Business Quarterly third-quarter survey.