Select Page

Author: PRISM

Drywall ceilings installations dramatically easier and faster with new CertainTeed® QuickSpan™ Locking Drywall Grid System

Drywall ceilings installations dramatically easier and faster with new CertainTeed® QuickSpan™ Locking Drywall Grid System

Posted by | Oct 7, 2016 | 0 |

Part of CertainTeed’s complete drywall grid system, QuickSpan is a locking system that features solid cross tees that audibly click into place for a positive lock, comprised of a heavy-duty metal material for maximum rigidity and screw grip. This greater strength and stability is achieved with a meticulously constructed double-stitched web. Its locking channel includes pre-engineered locking tabs spaced every eight inches on center, allowing tees to quickly twist and click into place, providing installers with peace of mind that the layout is accurate and the channel is set. The locking tab also prevents lateral and upward movement or deflection.

Read More
American Securities completes acquisition of Henry Company

American Securities completes acquisition of Henry Company

Posted by | Oct 6, 2016 | 0 |

American Securities LLC, a leading U.S. private equity firm, today announced the closing of its acquisition of Henry Company, LLC (“Henry” or the “Company”) in partnership with the Company’s management team.  Henry is a leading North American manufacturer of energy efficient building envelope solutions.  Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Read More
Mixed results in design projects meeting carbon reduction targets

Mixed results in design projects meeting carbon reduction targets

Posted by | Oct 6, 2016 | 0 |

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has produced a report assessing the work of firms that are part of the AIA 2030 Commitment, a voluntary initiative to commit their practice to advancing the AIA’s goal of carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030 that began reporting performance data in 2010.

Read More
Energy efficient intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to the Building2Grid concept

Energy efficient intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to the Building2Grid concept

Posted by | Oct 5, 2016 | 0 |

The proliferation of sensing, automation, and control devices, as well as software and services, underscores the transition in commercial building management toward more strategic decision-making around cost containment, energy efficiency, sustainability, and occupant satisfaction. These technologies are also driving the importance of Building2Grid, a concept offering the potential to unlock two-way power flows and bundle non-energy related services in commercial buildings. According to a new report from Navigant Research, energy efficient and intelligent building technologies and services are foundational to setting the stage for the Building2Grid concept.

Read More
International WELL Building Institute™ announces WELL Certification program achievements

International WELL Building Institute™ announces WELL Certification program achievements

Posted by | Oct 5, 2016 | 0 |

Two years after the public release of v1 of the WELL Building Standard™ (WELL), the International WELL Building Institute™ (IWBI™) announces milestone achievements in the development, growth and expansion of the WELL Certification program. The world’s first building standard focused exclusively on the effects of the built environment on human health and well-being, WELL has brought health and well-being to the forefront of the sustainable building conversation and triggered new innovations in building practices, design and development.

Read More
Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, builds Broadway Tower for BPM Real Estate Group in downtown Portland

Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, builds Broadway Tower for BPM Real Estate Group in downtown Portland

Posted by | Oct 5, 2016 | 0 |

BPM Real Estate Group has selected Howard S. Wright, a Balfour Beatty company, to build its Broadway Tower project in downtown Portland. With construction underway, the 19-story, 430,000-square-foot office and hotel development will be home to a 180-room Radisson RED hotel, and offer 175,000 square feet of office space and over 2,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

Read More
JCJ Architecture and Leong Leong unveil design for Asian Americans for Equality’s new Center for Community and Entrepreneurship

JCJ Architecture and Leong Leong unveil design for Asian Americans for Equality’s new Center for Community and Entrepreneurship

Posted by | Oct 4, 2016 | 0 |

JCJ Architecture and Leong Leong today unveiled the design of the Center for Community and Entrepreneurship, a new mixed-use community building for the non-profit organization Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE). Expected to be complete in 2018, the 90,000-square-foot, 7-story building will be located at the corner of College Point Boulevard and 39th Avenue in Flushing, Queens.

Read More
ODL launches custom blinds-between-glass IG panel for windows

ODL launches custom blinds-between-glass IG panel for windows

Posted by | Oct 4, 2016 | 0 |

ODL, Inc. has launched Blink™ Blinds + Glass, a blinds-between-glass, insulated glass (IG) panel that delivers as a custom product in eight days or less. Blink also offers no minimum order quantity and comes in a variety of custom choices, including multiple size options up to 80”, tempered and annealed glass, and six blind colors – white, tan, sand, espresso, slate gray and silver moon.

Read More

PPG completes Vitro Sale

Posted by | Oct 4, 2016 | 0 |

PPG today announced that it has completed the sale of its flat glass manufacturing and glass coatings operations to Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., a leading producer of flat glass and specialty products.

Read More

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.

SiteLock