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New technical document from Vitro Architectural Glass addresses safety, cleaning and decontamination of glass surfaces

Posted by | Jun 3, 2020 | 0 |

Vitro Architectural Glass has published a new glass technical document titled “Decontaminating Glass Surfaces” (TD-154). Developed in response to customer questions related to glass handling and safety during the COVID-19 crisis, the five-page primer addresses a range of topics of interest to glass fabricators and window manufacturers as well architects, specifiers and designers.

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Sarasota Museum of Art

Sarasota Museum of Art

Posted by | May 5, 2020 | 0 |

Partnering with the Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota community members had the goal of enhancing the area’s rich cultural landscape by transforming the historic high school building into the region’s first museum dedicated to contemporary art – the Sarasota Museum of Art. The existing windows had all exceeded their life span, and many of them had broken lites, air and water leaks, and they were extremely weak in terms of impact resistance. Lawson Group Architects, Inc. developed a plan to replace these windows, improve the structural integrity of the areas around the windows, and make them weather-proof – all while maintaining the historic design of the building’s facade.

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The Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University

The Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University

Posted by | Mar 24, 2020 | 0 |

The Chapel of the Resurrection at Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, underwent an impressive and extensive preservation project that included the replacement of its 24 soaring windows surrounding the chapel’s nave. The original 58-foot tall windows, covering a combined surface of 16,700 square feet, were removed and replaced with fixed and operable Hope’s® solid hot-rolled steel windows. 

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The women in the windows

The women in the windows

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 | 0 |

When Pittsburgh-born condiment magnate H. J. Heinz died in 1919, he left money in his will specifically for the University of Pittsburgh to erect a building on its grounds to honor his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz.
As a result, Heinz Memorial Chapel was built during the 1930s, an elegant neo-Gothic structure with 23 stained-glass windows. Thirty-six men and 36 women are featured in the transept windows.

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UL/CLEB shares Canadian codes and standards requirements for fenestration product installation at FGIA Annual Conference

UL/CLEB shares Canadian codes and standards requirements for fenestration product installation at FGIA Annual Conference

Posted by | Feb 28, 2020 | 0 |

A sponsored seminar at the 2020 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Annual Conference covered codes and standards requirements pertaining to installing fenestration products in Canada. Robert Jutras, principal engineer for UL/CLEB, led a presentation on these requirements with a focus on CSA A440.4, a National Standard of Canada covering window, door and skylight installation.

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FGIA announces new Board of Directors, strategic plan at inaugural conference

Posted by | Feb 24, 2020 | 0 |

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) Annual Conference held last week in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida featured an introduction to the 2020 Board of Directors. Since FGIA is the result of having combined the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) as of the first of this year, the FGIA Board of Directors includes representatives who actively served in leadership roles within either of the separate associations.

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New sustainably designed Academic Hub at Kettering University

New sustainably designed Academic Hub at Kettering University

Posted by | Feb 19, 2020 | 0 |

Design to meet LEED certification, the Stantec-designed new 105,000-SF Learning Commons’ interiors are meant to adapt to multiple activities and evoke energy and optimism for the future. With a solid stone base and cement panel enclosure, and emphasizing transparency through the glass curtainwall, the facility offers timeless elegance for generations to come.

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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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