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As expected, domestic steel producers have followed up their announcements of early November with additional notices of their intent to raise prices.  Led by Severstal NA, all major US-based mills began notifying customers Thanksgiving week of increases in the $40 to $50 per ton range, bringing the total announced rise to $80 per ton or [...]

Aegis Metal Framing served as one of the sponsors of the USGBC- Missouri Gateway Chapter’s 2nd Annual ECORIDE, which provides green building educational opportunities. We support the organization’s mission of transforming the built environment, access to green building and green communities. To learn more about the annual ECORIDE, please visit the USGBC- Missouri Gateway website at http://www.usgbc-mogateway.org/2011/06/2011-eco-ride-to-benefit-usgbc-missouri-gateway-scholarship-fund/  

Within the past two weeks nearly all domestic flat roll producers have announced price increases ranging from $40 to $50 per ton for galvanized sheet steel.   The mills are basing these increases on stubbornly high raw material costs and a perceived improvement in forward order books.  Despite the poor market climate in construction, other flat [...]

   Aegis fabricator partner Builders FirstSource (http://bldr.com/) is currently wrapping up one of the largest cold formed steel truss projects in the southeast.   The brand new Colonel Robert L. Howard State Veterans Home is a massive 200,000 sq ft+ facility located in Pell City, AL. According to website of general contractor Doster Construction Company (http://www.dosterconstruction.com/index.html): [...]