Month: February 2020

KTGY Architecture + Planning announces new appointments

Posted by PRISM | Feb 26, 2020 | 0 |

KTGY Architecture + Planning announced Monday the addition of three new shareholders as well as four associate principals and three directors. “The talent at KTGY runs wide and deep and we are so pleased to recognize these individuals for their passion for design excellence, unwavering commitment to communities, clients and this firm, and their drive to continually push for better,” said Tricia Esser, CEO of KTGY. “Their commitment to forward-thinking and providing innovative solutions, technical excellence and superior service have elevated our work and the future of KTGY. We are pleased to recognize these dedicated professionals in this way.”

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JW Marriott Nashville features Technoform’s thermal barrier on high-performance YKK AP window wall system

Posted by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

The 24th annual Building Envelope Contractors (BEC) Conference will be held on March 1-3 at the JW Marriott Nashville. The elliptically shaped, 33-story, 810,000-square-foot hotel is an iconic addition to the city’s skyline. The building’s bold appearance and high performance was achieved with YKK AP America’s YWW 50T Window Wall MegaTherm® aluminum framing system featuring Technoform’s polyamide thermal barriers. Technoform’s thermal barrier is a key component to YKK AP’s MegaTherm aluminum framing systems. The polyamide profile joins two separate aluminum extrusions into one thermally broken frame. This secures the inner and outer mullion pieces of the window wall together, and cost-effectively allows for different finishes on the window wall’s exterior and interior aluminum framing members.

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The Momentary, designed by Chicago-Based Wheeler Kearns Architects, opens in Bentonville, Arkansas

Posted by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

The Momentary, a new contemporary art space satellite to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, officially opened on February 22, 2020. Led by Chicago-based Wheeler Kearns Architects, the adaptive reuse project saw the 63,000-square-foot decommissioned cheese factory transform into a multidisciplinary space for visual, performing, and culinary artists.

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Living Building Pilot Project breaks ground in Chicago

Posted by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

In 2018, Fifth Avenue Apartments was one of only a dozen projects nationwide, and the only one in Illinois, to be selected to participate in the International Living Future Institute’s (ILFI) third round of the Living Building Challenge Affordable Housing Pilot Project program. The development has been designed by national integrated architecture and engineering firm, HED, and is being constructed by Chicago-based McShane Construction Company.

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Western Specialty Contractors receives Building Enclosure Award for East End Parking Facility waterproofing project at Washington University

Posted by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

Western’s crew applied a Carlisle Coatings & Waterproofing (CCW) system to approx. 120,000 square feet of vertical foundations and the roof of the new underground parking garage, which features 790 parking spaces, electric charging stations and a projected lifespan of more than 100 years. Western also applied a hot horizontal waterproofing system to tunnel and plaza roofs that connect the new parking garage to new neighboring buildings, which totaled roughly 180,000 square feet. An additional 20,000 square feet of waterproofing was applied to the under slab “blind” system.

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Wind-resistant Tectum® IIIW Roof Deck Panels from Armstrong now Miami-Dade NOA Approved

Posted by PRISM | Feb 25, 2020 | 0 |

Tectum IIIW Roof Deck panels are comprised of a 1-1/2″ or thicker Tectum substrate, 3-to-8-inch thick extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation, and 19/32″ plywood sheathing with a slip-resistant surface. Components are bonded with code-listed structural adhesives. The Tectum substrate is composed of rapidly renewable and FSC-certified aspen wood fiber and contributes to LEED® V4 criteria.

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Change, challenge and opportunity on tap for the 2020 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show

Posted by PRISM | Feb 24, 2020 | 0 |

Building enclosure professionals will gather March 26-31, 2020, for the 2020 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show at the Marriott Marquis Houston and the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. “This year’s convention brings significant change; it is the first under our new name, the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants, and fully embraces our role in providing consulting services for all six sides of the building enclosure,” stated IIBEC President Robert Card.

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American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute announce expanded partnership

Posted by PRISM | Feb 24, 2020 | 0 |

This partnership formalizes efforts and expands the American Concrete Institute’s Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code, into a joint committee cosponsored by both ACI and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. ACI-PCI Committee 319 will develop and maintain structural concrete code requirements both unique to the design of precast concrete and complementary to ACI 318, “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete.”

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FGIA announces new Board of Directors, strategic plan at inaugural conference

Posted by PRISM | Feb 24, 2020 | 0 |

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Annual Conference held last week in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida featured an introduction to the 2020 Board of Directors. Since FGIA is the result of having combined the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) as of the first of this year, the FGIA Board of Directors includes representatives who actively served in leadership roles within either of the separate associations.

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Braskem is the first in North America to use RESIN8 construction materials utilizing post-consumer plastic waste

Posted by PRISM | Feb 24, 2020 | 0 |

Braskem announces today the use of construction blocks containing the Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration’s (CRDC) RESIN8 post-consumer plastic waste technology in the expansion of Braskem’s Innovation and Technology (I&T) Center in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Center for Regenerative Design & Collaboration produced the blocks utilized by Braskem at Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products in Philadelphia, integrating a concrete aggregate replacement made from post-consumer plastic waste.

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