Vitro S.A.B. de C.V., through its Vitro Architectural Glass business headquartered in Cheswick, Penn., announced that it has entered into an agreement with America’s largest fully vertically integrated solar manufacturer, First Solar, to manufacture glass for the company’s advanced thin film photovoltaic solar panels.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has released the FGIA 2022/2023 U.S. Industry Statistical Review and Forecast. This report delivers timely information on window, door and skylight market trends and product relationships. 

Zweig Group’s client, RTM Engineering Consultants, has recently merged with J&M Engineering. RTM is a national multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm and J&M Engineering is a structural engineering firm based in Springfield, Mo.

The International Code Council kicks off the 43rd annual Building Safety Month. The campaign raises awareness about the importance of building codes and the role that building safety professionals play in keeping our communities safe.

As part of its commitment to providing equitable access for aspiring architects, the American Institute of Architects announced both monetary and in-kind donations to the ACE Mentor Program.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has updated a document establishing requirements for the material properties, including dimensional stability, weatherability and extrusion quality of rigid reinforced thermoplastic exterior profile extrusions used for assembled fenestration products.

The world-class global practice of engineers, designers and advisors, Buro Happold has announced the selection of principal and Washington, D.C. office leader Roger Chang as a member of the U.S. General Services Administration Green Building Advisory Committee.

The Architectural Glass and Metal Certification Council has appointed Turner Construction Company Project Executive Tina Donnelly to its board, effective 1 April 2023. Donnelly will serve a two-year term.

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards begins accepting applications for the mutual recognition agreement with the U.K.’s Architects Registration Board on April 25, 2023.

This year’s AIA CEU presentation line-up includes speakers like David Altenhofen, Amy Baker and Brian Stroik, Jennifer Keegan and Corey Zussman, on a variety of topics ranging from prefabricated exterior wall assemblies to combatting thermal bridging within the building envelope.