If you are an SPFA member contractor, supplier or consultant, you have an opportunity to join the SPFA Board. Remember you can nominate yourself or another SPFA Member!

SPFA’s  newly-formed Geotechnical Applications Committee met last month to develop a set of comments on a draft ICC-ES (AC538), a proposed acceptance criteria for SPF used for concrete lifting. The SPFA letter sent to ICC-ES, can be found HERE. The committee’s comments included input from SPFA-member contractors, consultants and suppliers to this new segment of the industry. The letter was submitted April 25 and will be addressed by the ICC-ES Evaluation Committee during their online public meeting on June 7.  

SPFA, in collaboration with other US insulation trade associations, has developed a general policy statement on the importance of insulation in reducing carbon emissions. This statement, available HERE on the SPFA website, can be used with federal and state legislators, regulators and concerned individuals when discussing the key role insulation of insulation in improving the environment.  If you have any questions or comments, please contact Rick Duncan at rickduncan@sprayfoam.org.

Details for SprayFoam 2023 will be announced next week. After a successful site trip, the location of SprayFoam 2023 has been decided and final details are being worked out.

Contractors working on residential jobs say their rate of prompt payment is significantly better than those on commercial or public jobs, according to a new report from construction software company Levelset.

The Pew Research Center reports workers who quit jobs in 2021 blame their departures on low pay, lack of advancement opportunities and feeling disrespected at work, according to www.constructiondive.com. It surveyed 6,627 nonretired U.S. adults between Feb. 7 and Feb. 13, including 965 who say they left a job by choice in 2021.

Spending on most categories of nonresidential and multifamily construction declined from February to March as contractors struggled to find enough workers and get timely deliveries of materials, according to an analysis the Associated General Contractors of America released today regarding federal spending data.

Joe Weikel, Sunbury, PA

The SPFA Equipment Committee has recently published a new TechDoc, SPFA-155 - Low Pressure Spray Polyurethane Equipment Guidelines. This new document, similar to SPFA-137 for high pressure equipment and SPFA-144 for coating equipment, provides an overview of equipment needed for safe application of low-pressure SPF materials. This document can be downloaded as a PDF free of charge for SPFA members or purchased from the SPFA Online Store.

SprayFoam 2022 participation in the PCP reinvigorated the interest in becoming certified.  For those of you who started the certification process – please watch for our emails and information on how to complete your certifcations.  If you have any questions, call us and we will walk you through the process.

SPFA is doing its part to bring awareness of open positions in the industry to our members, partners, and untapped talent pools. For every one of these positions going unfilled it’s an opportunity missed, an extra staffing challenge drawing attention away from other important priorities, or a customer perhaps needing to wait longer than they should have to.