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Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center transforms former temple with EXTECH’s translucent LIGHTWALL system

Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center transforms former temple with EXTECH’s translucent LIGHTWALL system

Posted by | Sep 13, 2021 | 0 |

Completed in May 2021, the new Glorya Kaufman Performing Arts Center (GKPAC) at the Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services campus in Los Angeles presents a warm, inviting welcome to students of all abilities. Designed by AUX Architecture, this adaptive reuse project repurposed a 1965 temple renovating the original building and its congregational space into a 300-seat theater. Achieving the transformative, architectural vision, EXTECH/Exterior Technologies, Inc. custom designed, engineered and fabricated its LIGHTWALL 3440® interlocking polycarbonate translucent wall system to meet the Center’s multiple aesthetic and performance requirements.

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ACI Concrete Convention transitions to fully virtual

Posted by | Sep 10, 2021 | 0 |

Engineers, contractors, educators, manufacturers, and material representatives will convene virtually from October 17-21, 2021, at the ACI Concrete Convention, the world’s gathering place for advancing concrete.  Originally scheduled as a hybrid event in Atlanta, GA, and online, the event will now be fully virtual. 

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Sept. 7 webinar to provide insulating glass units guidance

Posted by | Sep 3, 2021 | 0 |

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) will host a webinar entitled “Quality, Compatibility and Performance Requirements for Insulating Glass Units” on Tues., Sept. 7 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern. This webinar will provide guidance to IG fabricators and window manufacturers using existing technology for edge seal design along with selection of sealants, desiccants, spacers, gases, glass and other components used for the manufacture of insulating glass.

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New York’s Crotona Park’s historic clock tower lanterns revitalized with EXTECH’s custom glass block assembly

New York’s Crotona Park’s historic clock tower lanterns revitalized with EXTECH’s custom glass block assembly

Posted by | Aug 30, 2021 | 0 |

New York City’s Crotona Park’s arched entry to the pool building and play center in the Bronx features a newly reconstructed pair of 80-foot-tall clock towers capped with four-sided glass block “lanterns.” Completed in March 2021, the new lanterns were designed, engineered and fabricated by EXTECH/Exterior Technologies, Inc., and installed by Sandhu Contracting, Inc.

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FGIA offering hands-on demonstration of installation practices during 2021 Hybrid Fall Conference

FGIA offering hands-on demonstration of installation practices during 2021 Hybrid Fall Conference

Posted by | Aug 30, 2021 | 0 |

During the FGIA 2021 Hybrid Fall Conference, participants will have the opportunity to be part of a hands-on demonstration of installation practices driven by consensus-based standards. Those attending the conference in Phoenix, Oct. 18-21, can observe industry experts as they demonstrate installation methods taught as part of the FGIA InstallationMasters® training and certification program.

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Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Douglas Unified School District #27 break ground on Douglas High School expansion and renovation

Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Douglas Unified School District #27 break ground on Douglas High School expansion and renovation

Posted by | Aug 24, 2021 | 0 |

Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Douglas Unified School District #27 (DUSD) broke ground on an expansion and renovation project for Douglas High School in Douglas, Arizona. The $27 million expansion project includes four new pre-engineered metal buildings encompassing 87,502-SF, additional classrooms, and new athletics equipment and facilities.

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Total construction starts move lower in July

Total construction starts move lower in July

Posted by | Aug 19, 2021 | 0 |

Total construction starts fell 3% in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $854.8 billion, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. There were few bright spots during the month, with all three sectors (residential, nonresidential building and nonbuildings) moving lower in July.

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SOLARBAN® 67 glass adds sustainability, views to new Portland civic center devoted to social equity

SOLARBAN® 67 glass adds sustainability, views to new Portland civic center devoted to social equity

Posted by | Aug 19, 2021 | 0 |

As Oregon’s first project to pursue LEED® certification at the Platinum level, the Meyer Memorial Trust in the heart of Portland’s urban community combines investments in social equity and sustainability through building elements that include a saw-toothed photovoltaic (PV) roof, textured metal cladding and large, inviting windows fabricated with Solarban® 67 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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