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Helix Steel selected as primary concrete reinforcement for new Findlay Commerce Center

Posted by | Jan 16, 2017 | 0 |

Although originally designed with welded wire mesh and fiber mesh reinforcement, Helix Steel provided a design that 3 dimensionally reinforced the slab of the facility with Twisted Steel Micro Reinforcement (TSMR), removed all welded wire mesh and fiber mesh and promises to deliver an increase in shear strength, ductility, modulus of rupture and toughness, reduced carbon footprint and shortened the total project timeline.

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Tubelite adds Jim Leadbetter as director of operations

Posted by | Jan 13, 2017 | 0 |

Tubelite, Inc. welcomes Jim Leadbetter as director of operations in Reed City, Michigan. He reports directly to Steve Jaskolski, vice president of operations. He will lead and support the company’s business growth strategies through safety, quality and productivity improvements.

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Axalta coats London Skyline with Alesta Anodic Collection

Axalta coats London Skyline with Alesta Anodic Collection

Posted by | Jan 13, 2017 | 0 |

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), one of the largest and most influential architecture, interior design, engineering, and urban planning firms in the world, has specified Axalta Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, for its Manhattan Loft Gardens project. The unique structure coated in Axalta Alesta® products will be a prominent addition to the famous London skyline, offering a new take on London garden squares by creating an environment suited to neighborhood life and the development of urban biodiversity.

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REI sets new standard for sustainable operations with U.S. LEED Platinum and Net Zero Energy distribution center

REI sets new standard for sustainable operations with U.S. LEED Platinum and Net Zero Energy distribution center

Posted by | Jan 12, 2017 | 0 |

REI announced a major milestone in its continued work to lead on sustainable operations in a press release December 21, 2016. Its newest distribution center, located in Goodyear, Arizona, has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification — the highest level in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) green building rating system — making it the first distribution center in the U.S. to achieve both LEED Platinum certification and Net Zero Energy.

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Le 1500 building earns LEED® certification

Le 1500 building earns LEED® certification

Posted by | Jan 12, 2017 | 0 |

Ivanhoé Cambridge is proud to announce that Le 1500, an office building on Robert-Bourassa Boulevard in Montreal, is now LEED® certified in the category “Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance” (EB:O&M) by the Canada Green Building Council.

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Margulies Perruzzi Architects unveils new workplace strategy

Margulies Perruzzi Architects unveils new workplace strategy

Posted by | Jan 12, 2017 | 0 |

Margulies Perruzzi Architects (MPA), one of Boston’s most innovative architectural and interior design firms, Monday unveiled new workplace strategy research to help businesses envision and leverage their workplace to inspire tomorrow’s talent. MPA’s research promotes a design discussion around the workplace as an environment where a company’s greatest assets – its people – come together to invent, produce, create, and improve lives.

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Residents give Friendship Play Park a facelift

Residents give Friendship Play Park a facelift

Posted by | Jan 12, 2017 | 0 |

Folks from the Bloomfield/Friendship part of the Pittsburgh region appreciate their green space. An older established area with some houses dating back to the turn of the century, residents feel a well-deserved sense of pride in the history of their neighborhood and preserving its neighborhood feel, such as the facelift of the Friendship Play Park. After three years of bake sales, car washes and other forms of fundraising, residents saved enough to give Friendship Play Park a new play surface.

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Gypsum Association launches web-based application dedicated to specialized performance panels

Posted by | Jan 11, 2017 | 0 |

The Gypsum Association (GA) is pleased to announce the release of two web-based applications devoted to the proper specification, installation, storage, and use of specialized performance gypsum panel products. Research conducted by the Gypsum Association indicated that awareness and understanding of specialized performance panels among architects, specifiers and other A/E/C professionals is less than optimal. Covering both commercial and multi-family structures, these new additions to the GA website are aimed at addressing that information gap by providing essential—yet impartial—information in one place.

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KPMG to build state-of-the-art learning, development, and innovation facility in Orlando, Florida

KPMG to build state-of-the-art learning, development, and innovation facility in Orlando, Florida

Posted by | Jan 11, 2017 | 0 |

KPMG LLP January 9, 2016 unveiled plans to build a state-of-the art learning, development, and innovation facility to further enhance the world-class training capabilities it offers to its partners and professionals. The 55-acre campus will be built in the 14-square-mile community of Lake Nona in the City of Orlando, Florida, with construction scheduled to begin in spring 2017.

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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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