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14 07, 2022

Regina Couple Injured in Deck Collapse Wants Builder, Developer to Take Responsibility

By |2022-07-14T11:19:52-05:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Deck Safety, Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

A raised deck overlooking a pond and golf course is what convinced Koroush Khandehroo, a 47-year-old professor at the University of Regina, and his wife, Mahshad Khaniki, to buy a new townhouse in northwest Regina in 2015. For nearly five years, the couple considered the second-storey deck to be a peaceful oasis from which they could watch birds and golfers. Then, on June 22, 2020, the deck collapsed underneath them and turned their lives upside down.

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11 07, 2022

DSI Expands Design Assist Services

By |2022-07-11T08:37:55-05:00July 11th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News|Tags: , |

Digger Specialties, Inc. an industry leading manufacturer of Outdoor Living Products has expanded their Design Assist program for Architects, Builders, Developers, Contractors, and Design Professionals. Project Estimating Take-Off Service In August of 2017 DSI established an Estimating Program to assist customers by providing Take-Offs for prospective jobs. When the service was originally [...]

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7 07, 2022

Steve Furr Inducted into the International Hot Rod Association Hall of Fame!

By |2022-07-07T09:52:58-05:00July 7th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, NADRA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , |

Viance's own Director of Engineering and Technical Services, after winning "a combined 92 IHRA and NHRA victories, over 170 final-round appearances and was PDRA Top Dragster World Champion in 2020 " was inducted into the IHRA Hall of Fame. He also was IHRA Super Rod World Champion in 2011 and IHRA Top Dragster World Champion in 2016.

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28 06, 2022

NAHB Wants More Women To Join Construction Workforce

By |2022-06-28T10:19:22-05:00June 28th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News|Tags: , |

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) is urging Congress to work on legislation that would result in more women entering the residential construction industry and overall workforce. Testifying on behalf of NAHB before the House Ways and Means Committee on June 15, NAHB First Vice Chairman Alicia Huey, a custom home builder, remodeler and developer from Birmingham, Ala., told lawmakers that increasing female participation in the construction trades is one key to solving the industry’s labor shortages.

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28 06, 2022

Child, Adult Injured During Central Pa. Deck Collapse: Police

By |2022-06-29T07:37:15-05:00June 28th, 2022|Categories: Deck Safety, Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News|Tags: |

An adult and a child were taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after the deck on the back of a Lancaster County home collapsed, police said. The deck caved in around 1:48 p.m. Wednesday on Hopeland Road in Clay Township, according to the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department.

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28 06, 2022

Trex Company 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report Celebrates Year of Record-High Growth With Focus on Sustainability       

By |2022-06-28T09:28:23-05:00June 28th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News, Press Release|Tags: , |

Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TREX), the world’s #1 brand of high-performance, low-maintenance and eco-friendly composite decking, railing and outdoor living products and a leading national provider of custom-engineered commercial railing systems, today published its 2021 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) report.  

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10 06, 2022

Supporting Workers Since 1922 

By |2022-06-10T08:00:47-05:00June 10th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News, Product Highlight|Tags: , |

For 100 years, the Dickies brand has been worn around the world by ordinary people making extraordinary things. Founded in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922, Dickies began with a simple mission: to make high quality workwear for hard-working Americans and to champion the dignity of work. Launching with a single product – the now iconic bib overalls - it wasn’t long before Dickies was discovered around the world and a global brand was born.

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9 06, 2022

Atlantis Rail Adds A Top Rail To Their Spectrum Cable Railing System

By |2022-06-09T16:42:59-05:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News, Press Release|Tags: , , |

Cable railing manufacturer, Atlantis Rail Systems, has launched a new aluminum top rail for their popular Spectrum cable railing system.  Previously, they supplied the cable, fittings and posts for their Spectrum System and requested the customer supply their own hardwood top rail.

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6 06, 2022

SPAX® POWERLAGS® Engineered Fasteners to Transition from Green to Black

By |2022-06-06T14:40:28-05:00June 6th, 2022|Categories: Industry Brief, Industry News, NADRA News, Product Highlight|Tags: , , , |

“SPAX POWERLAGS structural fasteners have always been known for their structural integrity and now they will also provide an ornamental, decorative finish for exterior projects such as decks, arbors, pergolas and fences,” said Eric Ashack, SPAX® Product Manager. “Green is still our favorite color, but we have heard from our customers that they prefer a black coating for an attractive appearance and to match with other products.”

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