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Washington, DC, May 1, 2020--Builder confidence in the single-family 55+ housing market dropped 30 points to 38 in the first quarter, according to the NAHB 55+ Housing Market Index (HMI). This is the lowest reading since the fourth quarter of 2012.
Arlington, VA, May 1, 2020-Coverings released post-show attendance numbers and digital resources from Coverings Connected, which took place April 20 to 23.
Tempe, AZ, May 1, 2020—The April Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) registered 41.5%, down 7.6 percentage points from the March reading of 49.1%, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM Report On Business.
Chicago, IL, May 1, 2020—IIDA is pleased to announce the winners of two interior design competitions: the 47th annual Interior Design Competition and the 28th annual Will Ching Design Competition.
Atlanta, GA, May 1, 2020—National, state and local governments partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to convert 250,000 square feet of the Miami Beach Convention Center—nearly the size of five football fields—into a temporary field hospital.
Chicago, IL, May 1, 2020—Safeharbor, a floorcovering estimating platform for commercial construction, and Spec-Intel, an automated commercial product data company, have integrated platforms to save flooring contractors valuable time and reduce the liability of manual data entry.
Long Island, NY, May 1, 2020—After 18 years as Lane Sales, Inc. the company has rebranded as LSI Flooring.
Washington, DC, April 30, 2020—Personal income decreased $382.1 billion (2.0%) in March, according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Bedford, MA, April 30, 2020—In order to better understand the degree of impact and biggest concerns that the construction industry has about the COVID-19 crisis, Dodge Data & Analytics conducted a survey of 172 contractors across the U.S. from March 19 to March 31.
Washington, DC, April 30, 2020—In the week ending April 25, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial unemployement claims was 3,839,000, a decrease of 603,000 from the previous week's revised level, according to the Department of Labor.