The U.S. Green Building Council announced that its headquarters in Washington, D.C. has been awarded a prestigious triple Platinum certification in LEED, TRUE, and WELL.
The Architectural Glass and Metal Technician certification program has announced a new partnership with Prometric. Beginning this month, the AGMT Knowledge-Based Test is now offered via Prometric test sites across North America. The rollout makes it easier and more convenient for glaziers to test both on their own schedule and closer to home.
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute welcomed Jacques Cattan as its new Managing Director, Quality Programs. He will oversee PCI’s quality programs, including certification activities for precast concrete plants, erectors, and personnel.
Siplast announced the addition of two high-performance polyiso wall insulation products to the company’s existing WALLcontrol Air & Water-Resistive Barrier Systems, offering an exterior continuous insulation solution and supporting the company’s continued expansion into the building enclosure space.
he American Iron and Steel Institute has published a new research report, “RP23-02: Influence of Support Attachment Pattern on the Out-of-Plane Buckling Capacity of Steel Deck.” RP23-02 is available for free download in the AISI Design Resources section at www.buildusingsteel.org.
The Metal Construction Association Design Awards, previously known as The Chairman’s Awards, recognize member companies involved in the construction of outstanding building projects that use metal in significant and innovative ways.
Business conditions at architecture firms declined again in September, the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) reports. The score of 44.8 for September is the lowest score reported since December 2020 during the height of the pandemic.
Chaos has extended Enscape for Mac, directly connecting its intuitive real-time visualization tools to the Vectorworks platform on Mac OS. With full integration into Vectorworks, architects and designers can explore high-quality 3D walkthroughs at every stage of the design process, yielding faster changes and detailed visualizations for their clients.
TPG Architecture announced Alejandro Gala has joined the firm as Creative Director. Gala brings nearly 20 years of industry experience to the role, including a global portfolio spanning the retail, hotel, commercial, and building repositioning market sectors.