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Southeast Region white paper on storm-driven rain updated

Southeast Region white paper on storm-driven rain updated

Posted by | Jun 8, 2018 | 0 |

A white paper about water penetration in hurricane conditions recently was updated by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Southeast Region. The paper provides information to homeowners, distributors, builders and insurance adjusters regarding water penetration during severe wind-driven rain storms. The white paper originally was released in 2005, and this update is being released at the beginning of this year’s hurricane season

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YKK AP America Recognizes Top Performers at Annual Sales Meeting

YKK AP America Recognizes Top Performers at Annual Sales Meeting

Posted by | Jun 7, 2018 | 0 |

“The annual meeting is an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the hard work and contributions of everyone on our sales team,” said Mike Turner, senior vice president of sales and marketing at YKK AP America Inc. “It was an honor to bestow these awards on the many dedicated members of our team who are incredibly deserving of this recognition.”

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Guardian Glass to Debut Bird-Friendly Solutions to Architects and Designers at AIA

Guardian Glass to Debut Bird-Friendly Solutions to Architects and Designers at AIA

Posted by | Jun 7, 2018 | 0 |

Guardian SunGuard® SNX-L 62/34 HT coated glass combines triple-silver low-E technology with frit patterns to mitigate bird collisions. Guardian Bird1st™ UV coatings will soon be available, and can be combined with Guardian SunGuard coated glass. The Bird1st glass coatings work with laminated glass to break up the reflectivity allowing the glass to be more visible to birds, but very subtle to the human eye.

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Nominations Now Open for 2019 Wood Design Awards

Posted by | Jun 7, 2018 | 0 |

“Wood buildings have been impressing people for centuries and they keep getting better,” said Jennifer Cover, PE, WoodWorks’ President and CEO. “If I had to choose one word to describe the current state of wood building design, it would be ‘innovative.’ Products like cross-laminated timber and nail-laminated timber are expanding the opportunities for wood—and there are a lot of pioneering designers out there leveraging this newfound creative potential. However, there are also a lot of designers using traditional wood products in innovative ways—to create buildings that are extraordinary for their elegance or how they meet specific performance objectives. I can’t wait to see the ways people have expressed wood’s attributes in this year’s nominations.”

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Small-Lot Homes Expand to Larger Uses with KTGY’s Space-Efficient Design

Small-Lot Homes Expand to Larger Uses with KTGY’s Space-Efficient Design

Posted by | Jun 7, 2018 | 0 |

As the small-lot concept grows in popularity, Scales envisions more commercial sites taking this form: “Most small-lots are developed on one to three residential parcels so we’re going larger here. And this scale helps attract the larger builders accustomed to building large-scale neighborhoods.  As these developments grow in size they begin to create new neighborhoods, as opposed to just being part of an existing neighborhood.”

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Kolbe offers new AIA/CES courses on “Designing Better Spaces”

Kolbe offers new AIA/CES courses on “Designing Better Spaces”

Posted by | Jun 7, 2018 | 0 |

Kolbe has developed a “Designing Better Spaces Series” that includes two different course selections: Unique Door & Window Applications and Customized, Personalized Windows & Doors. Those who complete both courses will be able to identify best practices that can be applied to their work environments and will receive 2.0 LUs.

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KWK Architects Designs Multi-Phase Community Replacement

KWK Architects Designs Multi-Phase Community Replacement

Posted by | Jun 6, 2018 | 0 |

The University of Missouri (Mizzou) in Columbia, MO is bustling with two new residence halls; a state-of-the-art, multi-restaurant dining facility; and a Starbucks coffeehouse – all designed by KWK Architects as part of a multi-phase community redevelopment project. The three-phased, master plan would include a total of five new residence halls and a distinctive dining facility to replace an outdated dining hall and three residential towers, all of which were demolished to make room for the new buildings.

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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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