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Associated Builders and Contractors received a $50,000 grant from the Atlanta-based Turner Foundation Inc., founded by Ted Turner.

Average sales were up 6.2 percent overall, according to the group’s monthly “Targeted and Regional Economic News for Distribution Strategies” report.

The Building Performance Institute will add these home energy professional certifications in June: energy auditor, retrofit installer, crew leader and quality control inspector.

International Roofing Expo organizers are seeking researchers, consultants and other industry experts to speak at the 2013 event.

The first Fabtech show in Canada will take place March 20-22 at the Toronto Congress Centre, near the city’s Pearson International Airport.

The construction industry lost 13,000 jobs between January and February, but continued a series of year-over-year job increases, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.

SMACNA Arizona has kicked-off the eighth Annual 100-degree contest in which the public is asked to guess the state’s first 100-degree day of 2012.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America says its annual literacy drive was again a success.

The Associated Builders and Contractors have run Internet and newspaper advertising in Ohio and Tennessee geared towards the March 6 “Super Tuesday” elections.

ACCA members are still feeling somewhat hopeful about the economy - but less so than they did a year ago, according to the group's newest survey.