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U.S. economic growth will be slow through 2010, leading to two or three tough years for the construction industry, Jim Haughey, chief economist, Reed Construction Data, Norcross, Ga., said Oct. 15 during Reed Construction Data’s 2009 forecast webinar. “There will be a depressing on the economy for several years. But … the crisis aspect of the [economy] goes away quickly and we ...

All major manufacturers of aluminum storefront systems, and all insulating glass fabricators and manufacturers provide written instructions for the proper installation of their products. Experience has shown me that many glass shops don’t know about those instructions or choose to disregard them.

Record high oil prices,global warming, and increasing concern about energy independence and energy security have driven the growth of solar energy in the United States during the last decade.

During the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, Nov. 19-21, in Boston, Guardian Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich., and Viracon, Owatonna, Minn., announced expansions to their high performance glass offerings. Guardian announced its SunGuard CrystalGray, a combination of the company’s CrystalGray float glass with the latest SunGuard coatings. Architects and designers now have five new ...

It was clear from the moment you approached the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center that the 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo was different from other architectural and construction shows. Thousands of people braved the chilly air Nov. 19-21 to experience a show that dwarfed the 2007 Expo.

Pedestrians had a lucky escape after glass fell from a window onto a busy street.Strong winds blew the glass from a third-floor window into Church Road, Hove, [Brighton, U.K.] at 9 a.m. today, according to an Oct. 3 report in The Argus.

Besten Inc., Cleveland, manufacturer of equipment used for assembling and glazing insulating glass components, introduced the TAPE, Totally Automated Production Equipment, MT1500 automated IG production line. It allows IG fabricators to produce between 1,400 and 1,600 units per shift on a single line, according to a company release. The equipment layout pairs two applicators in a single line. ...

Following a negative trend in the automotive industry, AGC Automotive Americas, formerly known as AP Technoglass, announced a 20 percent staff reduction at its Elizabethtown, Ky., glass factory.AGC currently employs more than 600 people, but human resource manager Steve Robbins said the company is forced to cut more than 100 of those positions between Thanksgiving and Christmas, because of the ...

In a word, noLate last year, I began to get the sense that green building fatigue was setting in. On my end, I sighed when a press release announcing a new LEED building landed in my inbox; that fact, alone, no longer seemed like news. But all over the country, the housing bubble was beginning to burst. I wondered: Would green building survive?

According to early reports, more than 26,000 attendees hit the first day of the 2008 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston, and some exhibitors estimate that total attendance reached more than 28,000. Total attendance reached 22,835 in 2007.