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Category: January 2017

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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AAMA releases updated report on structural performance of composite thermal barrier systems

AAMA releases updated report on structural performance of composite thermal barrier systems

Posted by | Jan 10, 2017 | 0 |

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) recently released an updated technical information report addressing the most commonly used composite thermal barrier systems. The 72-page AAMA TIR-A8-16, “Structural Performance of Composite Thermal Barrier Framing Systems,” was last updated in 2008 and now includes several new figures and instructions specific to testing dual cavities. Updated software and a user guide are forthcoming to aid users in understanding information contained in this report.

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Drexel University to receive Founders Award from 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania

Posted by | Jan 10, 2017 | 0 |

The Commonwealth’s leading voice for smart growth, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, has tapped Drexel University to be the inaugural recipient of the Joanne Denworth Founders Award, the highest award given by the statewide nonprofit. Drexel President John A. Fry will accept the honor and deliver keynote remarks at the Commonwealth Awards celebration on the evening of January 24, 2017 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Dodge Momentum Index jumps in December

Dodge Momentum Index jumps in December

Posted by | Jan 10, 2017 | 0 |

The Dodge Momentum Index increased 2.9% in December to 136.7 (2000=100) from its revised November reading of 132.8. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first (or initial) report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.

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AIA announces new partnership with James Hardie Building Products

Posted by | Jan 9, 2017 | 0 |

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced that James Hardie Building Products has agreed to become an Innovation Partner of the AIA. The new relationship provides support to AIA local chapters and knowledge communities, and creates opportunities for architects to engage with James Hardie on key needs and challenges in the residential construction design market.

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CertainTeed excites the crowd with innovative systems solutions at 2017 IBS

Posted by | Jan 9, 2017 | 0 |

Building on the excitement of the new year, CertainTeed is ready to inspire, educate and entertain 2017 International Builders’ Show attendees with a spectacular new interactive exhibit and packed schedule of events that includes informative expert interview sessions, a celebrity contractor appearance and more. CertainTeed encourages show attendees to visit them at booth #W3629, Jan. 10-12 at the Orlando Convention Center to learn about new products and ways to boost their bottom lines.

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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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