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Architectural Testing Inc. York, Pa., opened a regional office in Houston March 1, according to a March 3 release. The new office serves as home base for a comprehensive mobile field-testing capability that brings authoritative third-party on-site testing, inspection and building envelope commissioning, as well as forensic investigation services to the Greater Houston and South ...

Kawneer Co., Norcross, Ga., entered into a strategic partnership with Forster Profile Systems, Switzerland, a manufacturer of steel and stainless steel framing systems for fire-rated and non-rated applications, according to a March 2 release. Through this exclusive partnership agreement, Kawneer will distribute Forster’s framing systems through its customer network. By ...

The Dow Chemical Co. announced on Feb. 3 that it has picked Midland, Mich., as the site for the first full-scale production facility for its Dow Powerhouse solar shingle, if the company obtains sufficient local, state, and federal funding. That became more likely on February 25, when the Michigan Economic Development Corp. awarded $61.3 million in tax credits over 15 years to Dow for a variety of ...

Pilkington North America, Toledo, entered into a collaboration with Dyesol Inc., the North American division of Dyesol Ltd., to develop opportunities in the building integrated photovoltaics marketplace utilizing Pilkington’s TEC series of transparent conductive oxide coated float glass and Dyesol’s Dye Solar Cell materials and technology, according to a March 3 ...

CommercialDiana San Diego, director of marketing, Safti First Fire Rated Glazing Solutions, San FranciscoWe’ve seen dramatic growth in sales of our SuperLite II-XL-45 because it offers both value and performance. Given an atmosphere of tightening budgets, especially on school and health care projects, architects, specifiers and contract glaziers are realizing that they need to expand their ...

Technical Glass Products, Snoqualmie, Wash., has moved into a new state-of-the-art fabrication facility in Toronto, according to a March 3 release. The facility is designed to provide Canadian customers with even faster and easier access to quality fire-rated glass and framing and other specialty architectural glazing solutions.TGP will fabricate and label at the new locale the ...

The construction unemployment rate jumped to 27.1 percent and construction employment dropped to a 14-year low as another 64,000 construction workers lost jobs in February, according to federal employment figures released today. The economy would have added jobs for the third time in four months had it not been for the declines in construction employment, the Associated General Contractors of ...

Sage Electrochromics Inc., Faribault, Minn., got an offer for a conditional commitment for a $72 million loan guarantee by the U.S. Department of Energy, the DOE announced earlier today, according to a March 5 release. Coupled with the $31 million Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit Sage was awarded earlier this year, the company has now secured more than $100 million in federal ...

If passed into law, the government will offer rebates for windows and doors under the new Homestar program, officially unveiled by President Obama today [March 2]. Also known as Cash for Caulkers, the plan designed to help create jobs by encouraging American families to invest in energy-saving home improvements. The president outlined Homestar during a visit to a training facility at ...

The basics: Peddie School, Hightstown, N.J., completed in January, features a decorative glass façade spanning two sides of the building with the word Peddie on the glass. The glass features a custom SGX interlayer and custom 1/8-inch vertical white lines.The players: Architect, RMJM Architects, Princeton, N.J.; general contractor, Skanska USA Building Inc., Parsippany, N.J.; glass ...