Home construction biz expected to continue slow recovery, according to Building Industry Association forecast (Crain's Detroit Business)
Single-family home permits were up in January compared to 2009 and the six-month forecast also shows an increase through the summer.

Edulence Empowers GAMA as First Industry Association to Stream Live Conference Programming (PRWeb)
Insurance Management Association Working Closely with Leading Multimedia CMS Provider to Deliver Premium Content and Live LAMP Conference Programs to Global Audience (PRWeb Mar 9, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/edulence_gama/lamp_live_2010/prweb3681284.htm

Edulence Empowers GAMA as First Industry Association to Stream Live Conference Programming (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Insurance Management Association Working Closely with Leading Multimedia CMS Provider to Deliver Premium Content and Live LAMP Conference Programs to Global Audience

PR Act will bring serious damage to industry (The Star)
From JULIA AHMAD, President, Public Relations Consultants’ Association of Malaysia.

Industry: Construction employment bleaker than previously thought (The Salt Lake Tribune)
New monthly data from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) suggests Utah's construction industry has lost a few more jobs than state officials calculate.

Building-permit fee hike is rejected by vote of 3-0 (The Toledo Blade)
By TOM TROY BLADE POLITICS WRITER Lucas County commissioners yesterday voted down a proposed 14 percent increase in building-permit fees, opting instead to pursue consolidation of the function with Toledo, Maumee, and Oregon, which also enforce building codes. The 3-0 vote rejecting the new fee schedule appeared to be a foregone conclusion by the time commissioners heard a sampling of opinions ...

Home Builders Association hands out annual awards (The Adobe Press)
The builder of the year and other awards were handed out by the Central Coast Home Builders Association’s annual leadership installation and awards banquet in the Monarch Club at Trilogy Central Coast on the Nipomo Mesa.

Indiana-Armstrong Builders/Spring Home Show: Building code revisions to increase cost of homes next year, PBA says (The Indiana Gazette)
The Pennsylvania Builders Association contends that changes going into effect under the 2009 Uniform Construction Code are unnecessarily pricing new homes out of reach for some would-be buyers, and threaten the economic survival of small builders across the state.

Contractors Angry over Proposed Labor Agreement between SB County and Building Trade Unions (KCOY Santa Maria)
Non-union construction workers warn agreement will deliver another blow to their battered industry.

Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II Acquires Lacombe Medical Office Building Near New Orleans (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. today announced the acquisition of Lacombe Medical Office Building, an approximately 34,000-square-foot, multi-tenant medical facility in the New Orleans suburb of Lacombe.