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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.
EnduroShield provides a glass scratch removal service to remove glass scratches, mineral deposits or soap scum build up from glass surfaces.
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.
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.
Higher, further, faster: increasingly complex major international construction developments under strong pressure to maintain quality and deadlines while reducing costs are steadily raising the demands on building design and construction technology.
BEng Civil & Structural Engineering undergraduate Paul has been investigating the effect of lateral torsional buckling of glass fins.
Senior executives of iGlass will feature SPD technology at Form and Function 2010 being held April 22-24 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Sydney, Australia. Form and Function 2010 is considered Australia's premier event for the…
Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, 828 meters, was inaugurated on Jan 4, 2010. The tower accomplished a world record for the highest installation of aluminium and glass façade, at a height of 512 meters.
MELBOURNE, Oct 25, 2009 -- CSR Ltd. (CSR.AU) Managing Director Jerry Maycock said Monday the company had no plans to sell its Viridian glass unit after writing down its carrying value by A$250 million in its first fiscal half.
Pilkington is the proud winner of two awards at the glittering G09 Awards. Taking place at the home of football, Wembley Stadium, Pilkington were top of the league in the Glass Project of the Year and Health and Safety Initiative of the Year…
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Glass façades specialist Solaglas Contracting has been shortlisted by Contract Journal magazine in its prestigious Construction Industry Awards for the second year running, fending off stiff competition from a host of major competitors across a…
The new bi-directional Kalzip FC Façade System is stylish, non-penetrative and extremely costeffective. Installed on vertically fixed modular click rails, each lightweight panel is simply hooked at the top and then clicked into place at the bottom…
Instant Windscreens from Australia (Trans Australia Glass Pty Ltd) and Instant Windscreens from New Zealand (Instant Windscreens Ltd) have joined The International Automotive Glass Federation.
Edgetech I.G. and Dow Corning present two lectures that focus on utilizing the latest silicone technologies for commercial facades.
Wrightstyle Limited is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist glass and integrated steel and glass systems and exports its systems worldwide.
GLASSTEC 2008, 21st – 25th October MESSE DÜSSELDORF, HALL 11 – STAND C52 Vitrealspecchi - for over 40 years Italy’s leading producer of etched float glass – has noticed in its stands at trade fairs that the public is increasingly open to innovation…
DuPont Building Innovations recently provided the building envelope material for Australia’s largest national building cladding competition, the James Hardie Scyon Man Challenge.
OWATONNA, Minn. – May 7, 2008 - Although they might not realize it, most people in Australia have experienced the Viracon difference.
New from Schüco International, Europe’s leading specialist in façade, window and door systems and solar energy products, is Schüco SFC 85, a stick construction, structurally glazed façade system that incorporates the flush integration of opening…
CSR Limited announces a new name in glass. It’s Viridian™. Representing a $1 billion plus commitment to more sustainable, market-responsive building products and technologies, Viridian is the sum of two impressive parts.