Huntsman Building Solutions introduced a new edition to its Icynene Series, the all-new Icynene Xpress 55, an open cell spray polyurethane foam insulation designed specifically for use in unventilated attics and crawl spaces.

Westlake Royal Building Products announced today that Unified Steel^® Stone Coated Roofing has received the Very Severe Hail (VSH) rating in accordance with ANSI FM4473 American National Standard for Impact Resistance Testing of Rigid Roofing Materials by Impacting with Freezer Ice Balls. 

John Wiemer has retired after more than a decade representing Tubelite and 40 years in the glass, glazing and aluminum framing industry. He has transferred much of his knowledge to Mark Cisco, who has been named as the client development manager serving Arkansas.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance and the National Glass Association announced the joint publication of an updated technical resource, NGA/FGIA TB-1601, Guidelines for Use of Capillary Tubes.

Brutalist buildings have been called ‘imposing monsters’ and yet they feature prominently in the architectural landscape of the nation’s capital. The National Building Museum uses this perspective as a launching point for its new exhibition, Capital Brutalism, which opens on Saturday, June 1, 2024. 

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has announced the release of its updated Transportation and Aviation Design-Build Best Practices Primer, which follows last year’s refresh of the Universal Best Practices and the updated Federal Sector Best Practices introduced earlier this year.

Design vs. Build released “Parking Lots to Parks,” the first of a series of documentaries on adaptive reuse, which depicts how Austin Community College transformed and reinvigorated the vacant Highland Mall and surrounding 80 acres of parking into an innovative learning center and vibrant mixed-use development.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) will welcome more than 10,000 to Washington, D.C. for the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2024 (AIA24) taking place at the Walter. E Washington Convention Center June 5-8, 2024.

Award winners were announced by ATAS for their 2023 Project of the Year competition. There were seven award categories: commercial roofs, commercial walls, residential roofs, residential walls, accents, sustainable, and interiors.

Registration is now open for the 2024 Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance Western Region Virtual Summit, taking place July 16. Industry professionals in the Western Region are encouraged to register now to participate in this one-day online event packed with important industry topics.