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The ASTM F2912 - 11 Standard Specification for Glazing and Glazing Systems Subject to Airblast Loadings, was published August 11.
Wrightstyle Limited, one of Europe’s leading suppliers of advanced glass and steel glazing systems, has appointed Jimmy Chiu as Business Development Manager, north of England and Scotland.
Bent and Curved Glass was recently appointed to provide curved acoustic glass performance glazing for the dynamic new GPT Group head office fitout designed by Woods Bagot.
Wrightstyle, based in the UK, supplies specialist glass and glazing systems worldwide.
One of the UK’s leading steel glazing companies has warned the government not to make further cuts to infrastructure projects amid signs that the construction sector remains firmly in the grip of a workload gap that the private sector cannot fill.
Light transmittance (Tv) 62 %, solar factor 29 % – a selectivity that is higher than factor 2. These excellent technical values have now become reality with the new solar control glass ipasol ultraselect 62/29 by Interpane (Laufenfoerde, Germany).
GlasWeld in Bend, Ore., announced the appointment of GlasWeld Australia Pty. Ltd. as its exclusive distributor for all GlasWeld products in Australia.
With the work on draping its Churchgate building almost over, WR realises employees inside will swelter in absence of ACs.
A visual highlight of the Champalimaud Foundation´s recently-completed biomedical research facility in Lisbon, Portugal is the lightweight steel and glass bridge that connects its two buildings.
The Australia-based waste management firm JR Richards & Son has opened a new glass reprocessing plant at its Tuncurry Material Recovery Facility in New South Wales (NSW).
Universal Aluminium’s new MU4200 curtain walling system has combined with SFS intec’s VDS canopy attachment system to meet the brief of creating a complementary but architecturally distinctive new access tower for an important Grade II Listed…
Adams County officials dedicated the expansion of their Adams County Justice Center at 1100 Judicial Center Drive in Brighton, Colo., in October 2009.
A glass importing and supply company has been fined $190,000 after a man was crushed to death when large glass sheets weighing more than a tonne fell on him in southwestern Sydney.
Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme broadcast from 6:00am to 8:30am for the British commercial ITV network anchored by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley.
A leading international supplier of steel glazing systems has called on the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipal Affairs (DMA) to ensure that only glass fire protective systems that have been tested as one compatible unit should be accredited within…
An iconic new building in Cambridgeshire is underlining how world-class architecture and modern glazing systems can create buildings to breathe new life into areas of dereliction.
EnduroShield provides a glass scratch removal service to remove glass scratches, mineral deposits or soap scum build up from glass surfaces.
Drawing from nearly 30 years of experience with Wausau Window and Wall Systems, Corey Roland now serves as the company’s architectural sales representative for Florida and Georgia.
A raft of orders from the Middle East and Asia has propelled London based security glazing business, Advanced Glass Technology (AGT) into the global arena for the first time.
Tubelite Inc.’s website, http://www.tubeliteinc.com, showcases a new design helping visitors connect more easily with a broader selection of online resources.
Glass and glazing trends vary from country to country. In Europe, for example, double-glazed facades are quite common, while in Australia, glass railings and balustrades can be seen on many homes, condos and hotel projects.
A project with investment of total 2 billion yuan was officially inked in Fengyang on August.12. The project involves building production lines of glass used in photovoltaic(PV) industry and energy saving glass.
Façades with a high share of glass are a particularly hotly discussed topic from the point of view of energy efficiency.
PVB films for solar modules – Façade-integrated photovoltaics or “Building-integrated photovoltaics” (BIPV) making use of thin-film technology facilitate the efficient use of the building envelope, enabling it to generate electricity.