6.11.08 | Chicago, IL | USG announced that is LEVELROCK brand CSD EARLY EXPOSURE, floor underlayment can be poured up to 60 days before permanent windows and doors are installed in geographic areas not subject to freezing conditions (only up to 30 days in areas subject to freezing conditions. Designed for use in buildings with light-gauge steel frame construction, CSD EARLY EXPOSURE, can be applied over corrugated steel decks, giving architects an economical means of designing midrise buildings up to 10 stories high.

5.23.08 | New York, NY | The Trespa Design Grand Opening will take place on May 29, 5:30 pm, at 62 Green Street, NYC. The Design Centre will host a selection of facade cladding material and other contemporary Dutch creations. Architect and educator, Winka Dubbeldam, principal of Archi-Tectonics is the featured guest speaker. RSVP by May 23, 2008 to info.ny@trespa.com

5.16.08 | Alexandria, VA | Covering 2008, with more than 35,000 attendees in Orlando, FL, would seem to belie the doom-and-gloom economic reports, with interest in tile and stone remaining solid. The Remodeling/Contractor and the Commercial Builder segments showed the sharpest increases in attendance since the 2006 Orlando edition of Coverings, rising 56.6% and 41%, respectively. Architects and Designers in search of new resources also increased by 40%. Though Coverings 2008 delivered a return on investment for both exhibitors and attendees, alike, the show’s board of directors has taken a more cautious approach to what would have been the first regional edition. Coverings L.A. Boutique, planned for November 19 and 20 at Long Beach Convention Center, has been postponed.