BEC Presentations Offer a Close Look at Three Top Industry Topics
Building Information Modeling (BIM), energy and school security—all are important topics in today’s building market and in all of them, glass has a significant role it can play. Yesterday during the...
View ArticleBEC Attendees Learn About Evolving Codes and Legislative Efforts
Topics ranging from building codes to legal issues were on the program during the second day of the Glass Association of North America’s Building Envelope Contractors (BEC) conference, which is taking...
View ArticleBEC Panelists Provide Insight on Various Glazing Systems
Contract glaziers taking part in this year’s Building Envelope Contractors (BEC) Conference, organized by the Glass Association of North America, had the opportunity to increase their level of...
View ArticleConsultant and Fabricator Panelists Take on Tough Questions from BEC Attendees
When Jon Kimberlain of Dow Corning Corp., welcomed attendees during Monday’s opening address, the chair of the BEC Conference told the crowd that this year’s event was designed to be interactive. And...
View ArticleInnovative Glass Corp. Offes LC Privacy Glass
Innovative Glass Corp. is promoting its liquid crystal switchable privacy glass, also known as LC Privacy Glass, or eGlass®, which can be used in a variety of applications including doors for intensive...
View ArticleNFPA Proposals Could Impact Fire-Rated Glazing
NFPA 80 is currently undergoing public comment. The standard regulates the installation and maintenance of assemblies and devices used to protect openings in walls, floors, and ceilings against the...
View ArticleKeraglass Files Proceeding with Creditors
Keraglass, the Italian machinery manufacturer, “entered into a proceeding [arrangement with its creditors].” The company told vendors that it is re-organizing, and will not be paying their bills...
View ArticleStamp of Approval
The William H. Gross Stamp Gallery is a new $66 million addition to the National Postal Museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the world’s largest museum gallery dedicated to...
View ArticleNew Legislation Offers Opportunity to Increase Usage of Energy-Efficient Glazing
Recently introduced legislation could be a positive step forward for the commercial glazing industry. Yesterday Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) introduced the Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives Act (S. 2189),...
View ArticleJeff De Lonay Promoted to Kolbe President; Joins Board
Wausau, Wis.-based Kolbe and Kolbe Millwork Co. Inc. named Jeff De Lonay as company president and appointed him to the board of directors, reporting to Judy Gorski, CEO. Michael Salsieder retired from...
View ArticleSedak Adds Digital Printing Capabilities
What the company calls “the world’s largest flatbed printer” was installed recently at sedak GmbH & Co. KG’s Gersthofen, Germany location. With the addition, the company now offers digital...
View ArticleGlass TEXpo™ Welcomes General Impact Glass and Window Corporation as an...
General Impact Glass and Window Corp. set to exhibit at the Glass TEXpo™ 2014 show. The two-day architectural glass event will be held April 10-11, 2014 at the Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk Hotel in...
View ArticleStephen Selkowitz Honored for Green Building Research
Stephen Selkowitz of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received the 49th Award of Excellence, Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) highest honor. Selkowitz received the award in front of more than 800...
View ArticleWebsite of the Week – Triview Glass
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View ArticleWDMA Members Take to Capitol Hill
The EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule (LRRP) continues to take center stage, when it comes to industry lobbying efforts. Specifically, the industry wants to make sure that the rule, which...
View ArticleNIST Calls for Performance-Based Standards for Tornado-Resistant Building Design
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final report on its technical investigation into the impacts of the May 22, 2011, tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. The final report...
View ArticleMore from China Glass: Deron Patterson Gives First-Hand Report
Deron Patterson, international sales manager, flat glass international, for PPG Industries, traveled to China recently to take part in the China Glass Expo, which took place in Shanghai. “The Shanghai...
View ArticleCourt Denies Dlubak’s Motion to Convert; Grants Committee Authority to Pursue...
Following hearings held on April 4, 2014, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania entered an Order denying Frank Dlubak’s Motion to Convert from a Chapter 11 to Chapter 7...
View ArticleLinetec Adds Stretch Forming Option
Stretch Forming by Linetec is designed to allow architectural product manufacturers to have their metal building components curved and finished in one location. Stretch forming is the newest service...
View ArticleO’Malley Launches Clover Architectural Products
Tom O’Malley, formerly of Doralco, along with business-minded partners, started a new company, Clover Architectural Products. Clover will focus on selling aluminum sunshades and lightshelves, grilles,...
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