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Optimism the market for new, single-family homes was up for the fourth straight month in January, according to a report from the National Association of Home Builders.

North American Technician Excellence is shaking up its executive staff.

Attendees of next month’s International Roofing Expo will be able to keep up with the event through their cellphones.

“Using Excel to Evaluate Building and System Data,” will explain how to perform calculations from energy logger data for energy auditing, commissioning, measurement, verification and diagnostics.

The figures were the first such decline since October 2010, according to the association’s monthly Targeted and Regional Economic News for Distribution Strategies report. The report noted that November 2010 had a record-setting 24 percent growth rate.

"The entire NATE family has spent countless hours working towards this accomplishment, and we could not be more proud that NATE has achieved ANSI accreditation,” said Peter Schwartz, NATE president and CEO.  

"Dancing with the Stars" contestant J.R. Martinez will talk about his work with a charity providing new homes for injured soldiers, when he visits the International Builders' Show next month.

The Building Performance Institute has named three companies to provide quality-assurance services to its contractor network.

Spending con construction totaled $807 million in November 2011, the highest level since June 2010, the Associated General Contractors of America reported.

The International Training Institute has named the 12 detailing category finalists who will compete March 5-9 at the International Sheet Metal Competition in Las Vegas.