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What’s Inside

Winners Galore

I may be a bit biased since I manage AWCI’s awards program, but I also know the people involved, from the judges to the winners. This year we presented our most prestigious award, the Pinnacle...

Cyberthreats: Is Your Company at Risk?

Risk management is top of mind for many in the construction industry, but those two words bring to mind a broad range of topics: insurance, safety, liability and so on. In this issue we are...

Off to a Good Start

In my December 2023 column I told you that we at the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry had “big plans” for 2024, and here we are in March with two big announcements already...

Looking to 2024

Every time we welcome a new year, I feel as if we are being given a chance to start anew, to refresh—even though I know Mondays are still going to be Mondays and the car...

Looking to 2024

As we close out 2023, we look forward to a brand new year with our annual economic forecast (page 24). Well, maybe we shouldn’t look forward to 2024 from a business standpoint, but that may...

Protect Yourself

A lot has changed in the recent past. The pandemic, wars are political upheaval around the globe are just a few of the factors that have had major effects on the construction industry in the...

Get Started

Don’t turn away from the feature article on page 44 when you notice the “alphabet soup” in the second paragraph: UL, ANSI, ASCE, USGBC. This one is all about ASTM and the standards that wall...

What’s the Weather?

Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody ever seems to do anything about it.—Willard Scott I am the first to admit I am a weatherholic, a very amateurish meteorologist. I frequently check the...

Aha Moments

Yes, this column is called “What’s Inside,” but I have to address what’s not inside this issue. For the first time in more than 30 years, we at AWCI’s Construction Dimensions are not publishing...