Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Code watch: Bath-enclosure specifications draft to be ready in spring
    Two groups, two approaches
    December 1, 2005
    Officials at the Standards Subcommittee of the Bath Enclosure Manufacturers Association of Topeka, Kan., are working to finish the first draft of the Voluntary Specifications for Shower Enclosures by early spring. The specifications will eventually determine how shower enclosures are constructed and installed, says Chris Birch, BEMA executive director. “The need for meaningful consensus...

  • Guide to glass codes: Battling hurricanes
    Code officials in coastal states respond to legislative mandates to improve quality of construction
    October 1, 2005
    Code officials in coastal states respond to legislative mandates to improve quality of construction.

  • Guide to glass codes: How glass becomes spaghetti
    For consumers, the path to buying fenestration products that meet hurricane-impact codes looks like a route through a plateful of pasta
    October 1, 2005
    For consumers, the path to buying fenestration products that meet hurricane-impact codes looks like a route through a plateful of pasta.

  • Sunroom stumbling blocks: Code officials sometimes stand in the way of construction
    By Ann Lallande
    August 1, 2005
    In some municipalities around the country, it can be a challenge for sunroom and patio-enclosure manufacturers to obtain building permits for their products.

  • Massachusetts to the test
    As glaziers, fabricators and designers confront the state’s demanding energy code
    June 1, 2005
    Several aspects of the Massachusetts code affect design and installation of window and curtain wall systems.

  • Be patient: The case for emergency venting windows in hospital rooms
    June 1, 2005
    Emergency venting windows, no longer a hospital code requirement except in veterans’ hospitals, will soon receive encouragement from the American Architectural Manufacturers Association.
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