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  • How to install fire-rated interior walls
    Architects’ desire to bring daylight deep into office buildings fosters floor-to-ceiling glass walls
    October 1, 2006
    Dilbert would agree: Floor-to-ceiling glass walls can revolutionize office life, ignite the shopping impulse in the most parsimonious people and expose residents to beautiful vistas throughout vacation homes. At least two such fire-rated systems distributed in the United States—the Vision 60 System from AFG Industries Inc. in Kingsport, Tenn., and  InterEdge Technologies of Sausalito,...

  • Fire-rated glazing labels hold many benefits
    Professionals outside the industry laud the move
    October 1, 2006
    Relax. Kick back. Enjoy the International Building Code’s new marking system for fire-rated glazing. It’s going to make your life a lot easier. That’s what some people familiar with the new marking system say. Let’s begin at Undewriters Laboratories. According to Bob Berhinig, principal engineer at UL’s Northbrook, Ill., facility, UL encourages use of the system as a...

  • Prices still too high for most fire-rated glass
    September 26, 2006
    School administrators can’t come up with the funds The cost for most alternative fire- and impact-rated glass products remains prohibitive for many school districts, reported architects attending a Sept. 14 Capitol Hill symposium on wired glass in schools...

  • Post 9-11 protected buildings challenge firefighters
    September 12, 2006
    Firefighters nationwide have struggled to keep up with the protective trend, particularly when it comes to protective glazing, says Glen McGuire, captain of the San Jose Fire Department in California...

  • Protective-design elements, a top priority
    September 12, 2006
    The Sept. 11, attacks on the World Trade Center towers and the Pentagon five years ago changed the way many architects and owners thought about building design, placing protective measures high on the list of design priorities...

  • Fire-rated curtain wall
    Structures on property lines or adjacent to existing buildings may require fire-rated glazing
    September 1, 2006
    When the architects at Herman & Coliver: Architecture, San Francisco, began designing the addition of the east wing for the Jewish Home for the Aged in San Francisco, they had a clear vision, figuratively and literally. Integral to the design was a spacious glazed lobby that made a good fit with its historically significant surroundings, yet was clearly contemporary, signifying a place...

  • Hurricane and blast-resistant glazing continue to drive protective market
    August 8, 2006
    Despite FBI reports of rising robbery rates nationwide, demand for security storefront glazing has remained level for the past several years. Manufacturers instead have been inundated with rising orders for storm- and blast-resistant glazing...

  • Counter terrorism: Tougher fenestration standards strive to reduce casualties
    August 1, 2006
    Explosive terrorist attacks during the last 13 years have made counter-terrorism a national priority. Protection goes beyond the high-profile news of detection, interdiction and military action. The mission of protecting civilians from building hazards has officially expanded from fire safety and mitigation of natural disasters to include intentional attack, particularly with explosive devices....

  • Blast off: Despite minor damages, laminated glazing holds up against disasters
    April 1, 2006
    Remodeling the Charles E. Bennett Federal Building in Jacksonville, Fla., was no easy feat. In addition to needing updated heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and electrical systems, new tenant office spaces and a rehabilitated façade, 1,300 leaking windows needed replacing. Updating the structure did not end there. Today, federal buildings, possible targets for terrorist activity, come...

  • Heat transfer and fire-rated glazing
    Why you should care
    February 1, 2006
    Confusion reigns when it comes to fire-rated glass, its technical properties and performance. Though I’ve been the North American marketing and advertising manager for Vetrotech Saint-Gobain Corp. of Auburn, Wash., for more than a year now, I still get  “glazed” trying to figure them out. The criteria run on endlessly: model codes, test standards, wired glass, intumescents...
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