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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): [...]

On October 13, 2011 Reed Construction Data held one of their very informative construction forecast webinars.  The title, Flat, Up, or Down, Where is Construction Heading?  was somewhat rhetorical, as the consensus of all the panelists pointed to little overall growth in 2012. Bernard Markstein, Chief Economist, Reed Construction Data, kicked things off with a [...]

  Aegis Metal Framing just finished exhibiting at MetalCon International 2011 in Atlanta,GA.   Although attendance was well off historic levels, overall participation seemed significantly better than many other trade shows this year (AIA, BCMC, National Structures Congress, etc.)  Show floor traffic seemed steady with a diverse mix of engineers, contractors, fabricators and suppliers.  As in [...]

    After a stifling hot summer at our Edenton, NC manufacturing location, the autumn weather has finally graced us with its presence.  This is a time of year that the entire team enjoys… comfortable working temperatures, cool breezes, NFL Sundays, and more continuous improvements at the plant. Last week we completed installation of our brand new [...]

Admittedly I am not a huge fan of roller coasters—I prefer to get my adrenaline rush in other ways.  Also, I used to get sick riding them as a kid. But I digress. The experience of a roller coaster ride is an excellent proxy for the feeling one gets from today’s construction market.  We’re up, [...]

With the U.S. economy mired in a period of near zero growth AND the construction market struggling through an outright recession (or worse), it might seem illogical to the casual observer that U.S. steel producers are raising prices.  However, as we have learned over the past 7 years or so,  logic and steel  are often [...]

   A new 68,000 sq ft care facility is rising out of the ground at the corner of Clayton and Henry road in Ballwin, MO.  When completed,  the new complex being built for Formation Shelbourne Senior Living Services, LLC will boast 86 units, a spa, recreation facility and many other world-class amenities. The Ballwin structure [...]