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John Wiemer has been named as Tubelite’s client development manager serving glazing contractors, specification writers and architectural clients in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
At Grand Designs Live 2013, Balcony Systems will once again be exciting visitors with its show-stopping range of stunning curved patio doors, elegant glass and aluminium balustrades and affordable Juliet balconies on stand B124 at Excel from May 4…
At AAMA’s 76th Annual Conference in Tucson, Ariz,, the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) announced the intent to update an interim procedural guide that will provide a documented, optional process to extend current, unexpired…
Wrightstyle is a leading UK steel glazing company that has supplied systems for transportation projects in Hong Kong, Dubai and the UK – and has just won a prestigious contract for the new frontage of the iconic King’s Cross station in London.
Responsible companies wanting to protect their property and staff from external threats such as explosions (whether detonated accidentally or deliberately) and armed attack, would do well to investigate the range of ‘Enhanced’ systems available from…
With a recent move into much larger premises, orders on the increase and new products to display, Fullex are hoping for good things from the FIT show at Telford International exhibition centre in April 2013.
Wrightstyle one of Europe’s leading steel glazing companies, has been awarded a major contract for the new façade of the Grade I listed King’s Cross station, the final phase of the station’s redevelopment which began in 2007.
The troubles at struggling glassmaker Pilkington deepened after a union revealed the company has a deficit in its pension fund in the region of £300million.
Glass facades are attractive, but they also have to be safe. Say if a bomb were to go off nearby, would they withstand the blast?  Researchers are using a shock tube to find out, and one of their projects is a new building complex in San Francisco.
Kolbe introduces a TerraSpan® 90-degree corner door unit, welcoming visitors at the 2013 International Builders' Show to booth #C2607.
Liverpool-based PVC-U and aluminium window and door fabricator Total Glass supplies and installs new products for sheltered accommodation scheme in one of the city's conservation areas.
Safety glass industry professionals from different companies around the globe took part a Real Technical Seminar about glass processing organized by Safety Glass Experts International Ltd in Dusseldorf on 22nd of October a day prior to Glasstec 2012…
Demonstrating its custom capabilities to visitors at the 2013 International Builders' Show in booth #C2607, Kolbe showcases a multi-slide door of significant scale and sophisticated style.
Façade elements on the basis of Phase Change Material (PCM) for innovative and sustainable architectureMainz/Munich, January 16, 2013 – At BAU 2013, the SCHOTT technology group will be presenting SCHOTT GlassX crystal, a façade solution that…
A leading UK steel glazing company has supplied fire-rated systems to several Olympic, FIFA and other major stadiums.
Illustrating its versatility, Kolbe's door products offer both traditional and contemporary styled door designs to create entrances that are as unique as the homeowners themselves."Distinctive style deserves distinctive windows and doors,…
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AAMA 903-12, "Voluntary Standard for Performance Testing of Handle Sets used with Multipoint Hardware on Side-Hinged Doors" was recently released by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA).
The CRL GRS Monolithic Tempered Glass Railing System is Now ICC-ES® CertifiedLOS ANGELES, CA — January 3, 2013 — C.R.
Pyroguard EI30 INT fire resistant glazing from CGI International has been installed at a new student residence in Leicester, to deliver fire protection far superior to current building regulation requirements.
Jane Embury, a director of steel glazing company Wrightstyle, looks at fire safety in shopping centres.
AAMA 520-12, Voluntary Specification for Rating the Severe Wind-Driven Rain Resistance of Windows, Doors and Unit Skylights has been released by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA).
The appalling fire in Bangladesh at the weekend, in which over one hundred people, mainly women, were killed, brings the total to over 500 people who have died in similar garment factory fires in the country since 2006, according to a rights group.