June 30, 2021
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. CST
Modular Systems & Solutions
By Arktura
Arktura offers a kit-of-parts strategy, complete with optional acoustical and lighting accessories to deliver innovative and captivating ceiling and wall systems. Our simplistic systemized connections are explicitly designed with contractors in mind. Our products may be trimmed in the field or adapted at the factory with the expert assistance of our team. Our “designing for installation” approach with each product and system ensures that installers, electricians and general contractors alike are empowered to accommodate building integrations and complex installs with low-cost and straightforward solutions and services within reach.

Explore the world of possibilities through our endless offerings of various materials, forms, shapes and sizes. Invoke emotion with different colors, textures and patterns. And discover a multitude of options for installation and configurations to create ceilings that deliver the WOW.

Mark your calendars for the following webinars. Attendance is free to CISCA members, but you must register.

July 28 at 1:00 pm CT – Susan Silver – Maximizing your Marketing Department of One
September 22 at 1:00 pm CT – Matt Booth – A Positive Attitude in a Negative World

Construction employment in May remained below the April level in 40 states and the District of Columbia, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released recently. Association officials said skyrocketing materials prices and excessive delays in receiving key construction supplies were holding back the industry’s recovery.

Age-specific efforts aimed at preventing musculoskeletal disorders related to overexertion – a significant cause of MSDs among construction workers in the United States – could be useful, researchers from NIOSH say.

After more than a year of navigating the new COVID-19 pandemic reality, businesses are negotiating new workplace safety requirements. For construction companies, keeping the doors open and mitigating downtime means keeping employees safe and healthy.

National Safety Month is an annual observance to help keep each other safe from the workplace to anyplace. Organized by the National Safety Council (NSC), this year marks the 25th anniversary of National Safety Month.

Every week brings new reports of materials costs hitting record highs, while lead times lengthen or become ever more uncertain. AGC of America has updated its Construction Inflation Alert which is intended to explain to owners, government officials, and others, what is happening and what all parties can do to minimize the damage.

Before 2020, construction was the second least digitized industry in the world, second only to agriculture. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the industry’s adoption of new technologies to maintain and improve jobsite efficiency. A key factor behind this shift? Mobility.

CISCA is the global premier authority for the interior construction, acoustical ceilings and acoustical treatment industry, fostering professional development and exchanges for and between association members and industry professionals. Be sure to visit our website often as new material is posted regularly.

Armstrong Ceiling & Wall Solutions is taking linear design to a new level with the introduction of its MetalWorks™ Linear – Synchro™ and MetalWorks™ Linear – Diverge™ ceiling systems.