Ameristar's Aegis II Ornamental Picket Fence, with the patented ForeRunner rail, adds security and beauty by hiding the picket fastening system internally. Aegis II is the strongest ornamental steel picket fence available today.

Where budget constraints apply, Montage Plus Fusion-Welded Steel Fence in heights up to eight foot tall provides an attractive alternative. Style options include Majestic flush top rail, Classic extended pickets, and the imposing Invincible with outwardly-curved spears.

For high-risk security applications, Ameristar's stylish Impasse Ornamental Pale Fence offers the resistive strength of heavy-duty ornamental spear-tipped steel pales, vertically secured to a framework of specially-formed steel rails and I-beam posts.

Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) are revolutionizing modern homes and commercial construction and rapidly changing the way we build. Amvic's Building System with FormLock technology is leading this revolution by providing the highest quality and performance ICF on the market.

Amvic ICFs are designed with 2.5 inches of 1.5lb/cf density expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam on both sides of a form containing 8 uniquely designed polypropylene webs. They are spaced 6 inches on center compared to 8 inches on center in most competing products. Amvic webs also have a uniquely designed rebar holding system that eliminates the need for tie downs and places the rebar at the most effective places to ensure superior structural strength - in fact, Amvic's insulated pre-cast concrete form panel is the strongest on the market, as proven by the Canadian Construction Material Center (CCMC) forming capacity strength test.

Amvic recently conducted an industry leading third party LEED Product Assessment which proved that using Amvic ICF can result in up to 28 points towards a structure's LEED certification. Amvic is the only manufacturer on the market that has a conducted a third party assessment which verifies this in a LEED Assessment Report.

Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC announced that its mold- resistant DensArmor® paperless interior drywall and DensArmor Plus® moisture- and mold-resistant paperless interior drywall are the first and only gypsum drywall products to be GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®. This prestigious certification, awarded by GREENGUARD Environmental Institute, recognizes indoor products that have low emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

In addition, these products have also received the GREENGUARD Children & Schools CertificationSM. This certification subjects materials to additional emissions testing to identify low emitting products that can be used to provide school children with reduced exposure to indoor pollutants.

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The Construction Specification Institute has a rather humorous podcast series entitled "How Not To Screw Up", which features industry pros sharing real life stories on best practices learned the hard way. Not surprisingly, the series has become one of the site's most popular podcasts.