Participants at the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance heard about the definitions, measurements, codes and testing standards for several natural disasters though an Intertek-sponsored session, “Natural Disaster Standards and Testing.”  

Simpson Strong-Tie announced that it has acquired Canada-based Calculated Structured Designs, a software development company providing solutions for the engineered wood, engineering, design, and building industries for North America, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Vectorworks, Inc., announces Vectorworks Architect 2024 has been named the Popular Choice winner in this year’s Architizer A+Product Awards for Best in Technology for Architecture Software. 

As a third-generation professional within the ACE industry, Jones strives to advance her craft while delivering meaningful architecture to clients. Putting this into context: Jones is one of only 500 licensed African-American female architects nationwide, accounting for just 0.4% of all licensed architects.

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.