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Shirey Contracting Joins Elite Group of Companies to Advance National Housing Development and Technologies

Award-winning, Issaquah-based Shirey Contracting, Inc. is a new partner with the Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing ( PATH ), the public-private organization dedicated to accelerating the development and use of technologies to create the next generation of American housing. Shirey Contracting is the only remodeler partner in Washington state and one of four in the country.

Shirey Contracting joins homebuilding, product manufacturing, insurance, and financial organizations that are clear leaders in their field and committed to PATH 's vision. Managed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, PATH seeks to improve the affordability and value of America 's homes by advancing the integration of technology. Expected results from the PATH effort are increased housing affordability, increased durability, lower construction costs, improved energy efficiency and increased market acceptance of new housing technologies. The technology development and utilization process will also ensure that the American housing and construction industry will be a dynamic economic force far into the 21st century.

“Advancing technologies and construction processes are vital to the advancement of today's housing on all levels,” notes Donna Shirey, CGR , CAPS , president of Shirey Contracting. “It's an honor to partner with those who share this understanding and whose collective resources enable such advancements to take place.”

Officially launched in 1998, PATH is a voluntary partnership in which leaders of the homebuilding, product manufacturing, insurance and financial industries join forces with representatives of Federal agencies that perform housing-specific work to improve the quality and affordability of today's new and existing homes.

PATH Federal agencies include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, and Housing and Urban Development; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and the National Science Foundation. For more information, visit www.pathnet.org .