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• Building and Repairing Decks: What Pros Think About

  The pros in the JLC Forums post news videos and newspaper reports about decks that have collapsed around the U.S. They swap stories and photos of structural flaws and decay that they find in decks they’ve been asked to inspect. One contractor, says, “Whenever I come across a situation deck built...

• Tech@Work: Apply Yourself: New Apps for Builders

  Three remodeler-friendly apps for you smartphone: BuildCalc, BeamBuddy, and DesignEasy Joists.

• Q&A with Allen Weidman, InfoComm International

  Here's how important sustainbility if to InfoComm and the pro AV community: InfoComm recently hired a dedicated sustainability officer. Read about how he's approaching his job.

• JLC Report

  Sprinkler foes buoyed by Pennsylvania victory; federal court rejects challenge to revised OSHA fall-protection rules; more

• Bulbrite Celebrates 40th Anniversary

  Bulbrite, manufacturer of energy-efficient light source solutions, is celebrating. 2011 marks the company's 40th Anniversary, and this past fall, company president Cathy Choi received Residential Lighting Magazine's 2010 Industry Leadership Award during the American Lighting Association's annual...

• Builders Seek "Transfer Fees" to Profit from Future Home Sales

  Practice is called "a new form of price gouging" by lender group.

• PEX Tubing Approval is Off-Again, On-Again

  Challenges from pipe trades and environmental group keep California plumbers guessing.

• Egan Joins Affordable Housing Institute

  Conrad Egan has joined the Affordable Housing Institute, a global nonprofit consultancy firm, as a senior adviser

• Egan Joins Affordable Housing Institute

  Conrad Egan has joined the Affordable Housing Institute, a global nonprofit consultancy firm, as a senior adviser.

• Non-GSE Lenders Start Gaining Traction

  An interesting trend was buried toward the end of the Mortgage Bankers Association fourth quarter origination report.