Technology

2015 September

SENCO Launches New Website, Mobile Site

Expanding on its promise to make hard work easier, SENCO has launched a completely new, responsive website and a separate, dedicated mobile site. When visiting senco.com or m.senco.com, users will experience improved navigation and functionality,...

2015 August

Technology: Boon or Bane?

The IBM 360 Mainframe computer the author operated in the 1960s sported a (for its time) astonishing 256K of random access memory, and the cabinets housing this ferrite core (magnetic and mechanical) memory covered the...

2015 August

National Gypsum Produces How-to Video

For do-it-yourself homeowners who have wanted to install and finish drywall for their home improvement projects but weren’t sure how, National Gypsum, Charlotte, N.C., has produced a simple step-by-step video to make it easier than...

2015 July

Alpine Launches New Website

Alpine, a provider of building component software, metal connector products and equipment for component manufacturers, has launched a new website designed to provide comprehensive product, technical and company information, as well as other useful resources....

2015 July

ClarkDietrich Launches Spanish Version of iTools Web Application

ClarkDietrich Building Systems’s iTools Web application is now available in Spanish. ClarkDietrich iTools was developed specifically to help architects and contractors evaluate purchasing decisions and assist in product selection for cold-formed steel framing projects.   ...

2015 July

Old-Fashioned Productivity

How many takeoffs do your estimators submit every month?      I know an industry estimator who does between 40 and 50. He generates about $6 million in monthly volume, working quickly and accurately. But,...

2015 June

GMS Redesigns Website

Gypsum Management and Supply, Inc., Tucker, Ga., has launched a newly redesigned website at www.gms.com. The new website was established to capture the essence of the brand today, as well as digitally facilitate its core...

2015 June

Information: How Much Do You Need?

Francis Bacon said it first: “Knowledge is power.”      Robert Staughton Lynd, the American sociologist, cleverly amplified this: “Knowledge is power only if a man knows what facts not to bother with.”      ...