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SVA Architects receives four PCBC Gold Nugget “Awards of Merit”

SVA Architects’ 2019 Gold Nugget Merit Award-winning projects include: Jordan Downs Phase 1B (Los Angeles, CA) – Judges Special Award of Excellence; Legacy Square (Santa Ana, CA) – Best On-the-Boards Affordable Housing Community; California Baptist University Events Center (Riverside, CA) – Best Special Use Project; and Chaffey College Academic Villages at Chino and Fontana Campuses (Chino, CA & Fontana, CA) – Best Educational Project

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Spectrum Metal Finishing hires Ruggieri as National Sales Manager

Jared Ruggieri will serve as Spectrum Metal Finishing’s first national sales manager, working with senior management to develop and benchmark sales and customer service strategies. Spectrum is a custom applicator of liquid and powder coatings serving the architectural and residential construction markets. As a PPG Certified Applicator, a Valspar Approved Applicator and an AkzoNobel Approved Applicator, the company ships finished products across the U.S. and globally.

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Consolidated Glass Holdings launches new website

Consolidated Glass Holdings (CGH) launched a new website at cghinc.com. The mobile- and device-friendly website highlights the extensive glass fabrication capabilities of CGH’s family of companies across both architectural and security glass divisions. Glass fabricators in the CGH architectural division include J.E. Berkowitz, Solar Seal, and Columbia Commercial Building Products. The CGH security division includes Dlubak Specialty Glass and Global Security Glazing.

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Landscape architects LEEDⓇ by example

The ASLA Center for Landscape Architecture in Washington, D.C. was officially awarded LEED PlatinumⓇ certification. Mahesh Ramanujam, CEO of the U.S. Green Building Council presented the certification to ASLA President Shawn T. Kelly, FASLA and ASLA CEO and Executive Vice President Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, during a reception for the ASLA Board of Trustees and Chapter Presidents Council.

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ASID announces 2019 College of Fellows inductees

ASID’s 2019 College of Fellows inductees are: Brynell D’Mello (executive director: Interior Design Continuing Education Council, Inc.), Curt Sherman (Interior Design educator, Author: CSID), Janine Benyus (biologist, co-founder: Biomimicry 3.8), Jessica Feggestad, M.S.Ed., ASID, IDEC (instructor and program director: Madison Area Technical College), John Cialone, ASID (partner and vice president: Tom Stringer Design Partners), Jon Blunt, ASID (Interior Designer: Luken Interiors), Phyllis Harbinger, ASID, NCIDQ, NYSCID (owner: Design Concepts/Interiors, LLC), Susan Ray-Degges, Ph.D., CID-MN (professor and Interior Program coordinator: North Dakota State University), Robert W. Smith, ASID (owner: Robert W. Smith Interiors), Sarah Colandro, ASID, LEED AP ID+C (director of Interior Design: Fawley Bryant Architecture), Suzanne Carney, ASID, LEED AP, CAPS (owner: Suzanne Carney Interior Design).

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Amadou Sar joins Wausau as vice president of sales and marketing

Wausau Window and Wall Systems announces Amadou Sar has joined the company as vice president of sales and marketing. Sar manages Wausau’s team of market managers, regional sales managers, local architectural sales representatives and manufacturer’s representatives. In addition to directing the sales and marketing team, he will oversee industry affiliations, new markets, new product introductions and marketing including communications, promotions, advertising and trade show activities.

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Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, inaugurated

Inaugurated on 16 May 2019 by hosting the Amir Cup Final of the Qatar Stars national football league, Al Janoub Stadium was the first new stadium commissioned for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) together with Aecom began designing the stadium along with its new precinct for the city in March 2013. As one of the venues of the 2022 World Cup, the stadium will host the group and quarter-final matches of the tournament. The stadium is located in the city of Al Wakrah that is 23km south of Doha and connected to the capital via the Red Line of new Doha Metro system.

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Polyglass introduces POLYflix™ YouTube® channel

Polyglass U.S.A., Inc., a leading manufacturer of roofing and waterproofing systems, announces POLYflix™, its relaunched YouTube® channel that provides a variety of high-quality instructional and informational videos at one convenient home.

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Three new US patents for Solidia Technologies’ CO2-cured concrete advances the performance and sustainability of building materials

Solidia’s patented processes start with an energy-saving, sustainable cement. Concrete made with this cement is then cured with CO2 instead of water. Together, the sustainable cement and CO2-cured concrete reduce the carbon footprint of cement and concrete by up to 70%. Additionally, up to 100% of the water used in concrete production can be recovered and recycled.

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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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