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Updated June 3, 2024 Contractors continue to face challenges from rising material costs and labor shortages. Between December 2020 and June 2022, cost increases for contractors surged, with a gap as large as 24% where cost increases exceeded changes in bid prices.

Updated October 10, 2024 High-quality temporary wall systems offer a number of key advantages on the jobsite:

Updated July 9, 2024 Our temporary wall systems – RealWall™, LiteBarrier™, FireblockWall™ and StackBarrier™ – are recognized as game-changing solutions that save contractors time, money, and hassle while eliminating the disruption of renovation for clients.

Updated October 25, 2024 The latest ASHE-led changes aimed at improving infection control during healthcare construction—commonly referred to as ICRA 2.0—offer much to consider for those tasked with installing temporary construction walls. During STARC’s recent webinar, ICRA 2.0: Recommendations for Improving Prevention ...

Updated October 2, 2024 When it comes to healthcare construction, ensuring that temporary wall systems meet the latest ICRA 2.0 standards is critical. In this post, we’ll dive into three key points that you need to know to ensure your temporary construction walls comply with the latest guidelines.

Updated October 17, 2024 Installing temporary construction walls may not be the most exciting part of your occupied renovation, but they have their place in the overall project. As often as not, it’s the small choices—like how to solve for construction dust, noise, and debris—that shape overall project success, particularly if ...

Updated October 22, 2024 When selecting a one-hour fire-rated temporary wall system, it's crucial to consider several factors to ensure safety, efficiency, and reusability. Asking the following four questions when evaluating your options will help ensure you choose the best temporary wall for the task at hand. Short on time? ...

Updated May 6, 2024 Spend a little time talking with our Vice President of Product Development, Bruce Bickford, and you’ll quickly realize just how much safety factors into STARC's design process. Keeping building occupants safe during renovations is at the core of our mission to raise the standard for construction safety. Here ...

Updated October 24, 2024 When conducting an occupied renovation in a hospital, a one-hour fire-rated temporary construction wall is often required by national or regional jurisdictions, especially in the absence of a working sprinkler system. Requirements and testing specifications can vary by state, city, hospital, and even by ...

Updated October 3, 2024 Drywall is ubiquitous in the construction industry, favored for its practical applications in renovations and remodeling projects within commercial environments. Project Managers account for drywall costs in their project budgets, sometimes using it to temporarily section off areas within job sites to ...