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Vitro Architectural Glass to sponsor Living Product Expo 2018

Vitro Architectural Glass to sponsor Living Product Expo 2018

Posted by | Sep 5, 2018 | 0 |

Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) is a sponsor of Living Product Expo 2018, an industry gathering of more than 700 leaders in sustainable design, healthy materials, green design, and health and wellness. Hosted by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI), the event will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Sept. 11-13. The ILFI administers the Living Building Challenge, one of the most rigorous green building certification programs in the world.

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Kevin Robbins named director of Apogee’s Building Retrofit Strategy Team

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 | 0 |

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.’s Building Retrofit Strategy Team has promoted Kevin Robbins to director. Drawing from decades of experience in the fenestration industry, Robbins leads Apogee’s Retrofit team in a nationwide effort, in conjunction with Apogee’s businesses, to assist building owners and property managers in evaluating the benefits of window renovation and upgrades.

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OvS Wins International Landscape Architecture Award for Tippet Rise Art Center

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 | 0 |

OvS’ primary objectives were to make the colossal site visually legible, accessible, and sustainable without diminishing its untamed beauty. The firm interwove a complex series of design solutions to determine the location of major programmatic elements, devise a system of pedestrian and vehicular movement, collaboratively design a largely off-the-grid utility infrastructure, and develop a site-renewal process that re-establishes the native prairie and grassland. The interventions seamlessly integrate into the naturally-occurring landforms, yet are designed to capitalize on its topography, vistas, and ecology.

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Terrence Hahn Officially Joins Axalta as Chief Executive Officer

Posted by | Sep 4, 2018 | 0 |

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. today announced that Terrence Hahn has officially joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Charlie Shaver, who will continue at Axalta as Non-Executive Chairman.  Hahn will also serve on Axalta’s Board of Directors, expanding the Board’s size from eight to nine Directors. 

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DXA studio expands Interiors Division

Posted by | Aug 31, 2018 | 0 |

DXA studio, a New York based architecture and design firm, has announced that three new employees have joined their growing Interiors Division. Their new hires include: Chandler Oldham, Director of Interior Design; Shahab Heidari-Faroughi, Visualization Director, Design Architect; and Silvia Tosques, Interior Designer. The experience of these three talented new additions will be an great asset as DXA studio continues to take on larger scale projects.

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Musselman & Hall Contractors Now Employee-Owned

Posted by | Aug 24, 2018 | 0 |

“We have many dedicated employees who have been with us a very long time. Now instead of working for the company, they are the company,” said longtime CEO Doug Hall, now Board Chairman. “Whatever they produce goes into their own pockets and nowhere else. I think George Musselman would be happy to know that the little company he started back in the nineteenth century would ultimately be owned by the very people that worked so hard to make it what it is today.”

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Burns & McDonnell Hires Industry Leader to Expand Architecture Services in Texas

Posted by | Aug 23, 2018 | 0 |

Bryan Floth joins Burns & McDonnell in Texas to help grow the firm’s architecture capabilities and lead integrated design-build projects. Throughout his nearly three-decade career, Floth has partnered with clients to design and implement complex higher education, commercial, industrial, institutional and mission-critical facilities across the U.S.

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Tubelite adds Judy Bland as vice president of operations

Posted by | Aug 22, 2018 | 0 |

Tubelite Inc. welcomes Judy Bland as its vice president of operations in Walker, Michigan. She will report directly to Steve Green, general manager, and her primary focus will be on safety, customer satisfaction, fiscal goal attainment and continual progression of Tubelite’s Lean journey.

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3M Transforms Main Headquarters to Inspire Curiosity and Wonder

3M Transforms Main Headquarters to Inspire Curiosity and Wonder

Posted by | Aug 17, 2018 | 0 |

The installation is made up of nearly 500 individual pieces of film on each side of the building, which fit together like a mosaic. Two types of 3M films supported the vision for this installation – 3M™ Controltac™ Graphic Film, opaque for the windowless surfaces, and 3M™ Scotchcal™ Perforated Window Graphic, perforated to cover the windows. The perforated film allows for 60 percent of light to transfer through the window into the space inside, while still reflecting color on the outside and providing viewability from the inside out.

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Vitro Glass launches operations of jumbo MSVD coater at Wichita Falls

Vitro Glass launches operations of jumbo MSVD coater at Wichita Falls

Posted by | Aug 17, 2018 | 0 |

“The trend in buildings today is large, expansive glass—with some panels over 12 feet tall—that is also energy efficient,” explained Bill Haley, Wichita Falls plant manager. “Vitro can now meet architects’ growing demand for low-e glass in sizes as large as 130-by-204 inches. The coater further enhances our ability to cost-efficiently produce a variety of high-performance architectural glasses that comply with more stringent building codes and meet the industry’s increasingly complex design challenges.”

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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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