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The Smart-Builder team are thrilled to announce they are finalists for the G15 Component Supplier of the Year, based on the astounding success of their Smart-Web configurators.
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Oversized glass technology expands contemporary design capabilities, providing architectural solutions and still maintaining a slim and modern profile with units in sizes of up to 6000mm x 300mm.
New from Schueco UK is the FWS 60 CV concealed vent façade, a state-of-the-art aluminium system for floor-to-ceiling ribbon windows where it is not possible to distinguish from the outside which vents open and which vents are fixed.
Fencing and balustrades are an essential component of most building structures. A fence or a balustrade affords safety, security and privacy. Several types of material may be used to build a fence which includes wood, steel, wrought iron, glass and…
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Located in the central part of Katowice (Poland), the International Congress Centre (MCK) is another large and prestigious facility with panes produced at our factories. The investment was carried out in 2011-2015.
At W&W Glass, we often view glass as a work of art as much as we do an integral cladding element to a project.
The rapid progress of coating technology allows architects and their air-conditioning engineers today to fine-tune the properties of functional glass with regard to light and radiation-related characteristic values.
On the day before the opening of the annual AGGA conference the Melbourne Pullman Hotel will host the 1st LiSEC Day of Australia. More information can be obtained from our team in Sydney: angela.demaina@lisec.com
The finest features for the extension of the Holy Mosque in Mecca are created on SHW machine tools When the remodelling and extension of the Holy Mosque in Mecca are completed in 2018 then one German company will have made a significant…
An insulated glass façade with computer-controlled integrated louvre-blinds has been installed for the first time in the UK at the new £6m Bennett Building at the Babraham Research Campus in Cambridge.
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Counterbalance floor cranes are relatively simple easy-to-use devices for low level lifting tasks – including glass lifting.
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