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In case you missed it: The Gypsum Association announced updated codes and design manual in December

Posted by | Jan 7, 2019 | 0 |

In case you missed it: The Gypsum Association (GA) announced December 19, 2018, the release of “GA-600-2018 Fire Resistance and Sound Control Design Manual.” In a separate news item released December 5, the association announced that beginning in 2018 “GA-216 Application and Finishing of Gypsum Panel Products” will be revised and released to coincide with the 2021 code revision cycle and to better align with the Association’s other code-referenced documents, namely “GA-600 Fire Resistance and Sound Control Design Manual” and “GA-253 Application of Gypsum Sheathing.”

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Kingspan showcases Kooltherm and OPTIM-R at first-ever ZAK World of Façades in North America

Kingspan showcases Kooltherm and OPTIM-R at first-ever ZAK World of Façades in North America

Posted by | Nov 15, 2018 | 0 |

At the first-ever ZAK World of Façades in North America, Kingspan Insulation will focus on the value of space and functionality in façade construction with its Kooltherm K15 premium performance rainscreen insulation board and OPTIM-R next-generation insulation and will participate in a live panel discussion on façade construction for modern architecture.

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Owens Corning Introduces First Formaldehyde-Free Perimeter Fire Containment System in North America

Posted by | Oct 29, 2018 | 0 |

Owens Corning announced Thursday they have introduced the first and only formaldehyde-free perimeter fire containment system available in North America. This advanced solution made with Thermafiber® Firespan® and Safing™ mineral wool insulation delivers tested and proven fire resistance performance to help commercial architects, specifiers and contractors build safer and energy-efficient buildings.

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Unveiling the future of construction by revisiting the past

Unveiling the future of construction by revisiting the past

Posted by | Oct 10, 2018 | 0 |

Rising to 85 feet, Carbon12 is currently the tallest mass timber building in the United States. A boutique collection of 14 units, Carbon12 is a glass and timber showpiece located in Portland, Oregon. Its structure is assembled from prefabricated Structurlam GlulamPlus® beams and columns, and CrossLam® CLT panels, which represent the next big evolution in the construction industry in the United States, and which have enormous positive economic and environmental potential.

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CornellCookson Brings Innovative, Code-Driven Solutions to CONSTRUCT 2018

CornellCookson Brings Innovative, Code-Driven Solutions to CONSTRUCT 2018

Posted by | Sep 27, 2018 | 0 |

CornellCookson will display three integral products that provide unique combinations of durability, life safety and improved aesthetics – all while meetings the most stringent of building codes. These offerings challenge the reputation that in order to meet code, architects and designers must specify products that are unattractive and hard to integrate into overall design.

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Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, Greenlite Glass provide key element to Salesforce Transit Center: Daylight

Vetrotech Saint-Gobain, Greenlite Glass provide key element to Salesforce Transit Center: Daylight

Posted by | Sep 20, 2018 | 0 |

Pelli Clark Pelli Architects designed the Salesforce Transit Center with “soaring light-filled spaces” to give “San Francisco a grand entrance that befits its status as one of the world’s great cities.” Inside the airy and spacious Grand Hall, sunshine is filtered more than 100 feet below the center’s above-street-level park by the Contraflam Liteflam XT-120 walkable fire-rated glass floor and skylight. More than 4,000 sheets of glass make up almost 300 panels, providing daylight for the Grand Hall. A second installation brings natural light down below street level.

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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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