NDS, a supplier of drainage and landscape products, has acquired Bartron Corp, the manufacturer of Grassroad Pavers Plus, and will consolidate all sales and administrative functions into NDS' Lindsay, CA-based corporate headquarters.

Denver, CO-based Elk Ridge Design Builders, one of Foam Wall System's ICF builders, received the highest residential award from the Rocky Mountain Chapter of the American Concrete Institute for The Hacienda project in northern Colorado, which used Thermoformed Insulating Concrete Forms for its entire exterior wall system.

Stephen Blocki, P.E., has been named director of on-site programs at Durr Environmental, Inc. and will be responsible for all areas of The Total Solution, a performance-based service agreement that shifts responsibility for a company's emissions to Durr.

Superior Walls of America, franchiser of Superior Walls precast foundation system, has moved its corporate headquarters to a larger, more modern facility in New Holland, PA.

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. and The Nature Conservancy of Texas have announced a joint management agreement to conserve 1,300 acres of sensitive longleaf pine habitat in Southeast Texas for the federally endangered red-cockaded woodpecker.

Spire Corp. will provide a Spi-Line turnkey photovoltaic module production line to BP Solar Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between BP Solarex and Projass Enecorp Sdn Bhd.

The Passive Solar Industries Council has changed its name to the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (S.B.I.C.), but maintains its mission "to advance the design, affordability, energy performance and environmental soundness of residential, institutional, and commercial buildings."