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September 19, 2008Preliminary designs for the $25 million renovation of the east and west concourses at Tulsa International Airport were approved unanimously Thursday by the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust, according to a Sept. 19 Tulsa World report. Trustees approved a design that features 5-foot-wide peaked skylights running the 500-foot length of the concourses.
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September 19, 2008What will set one kitchen or bath apart from another? Giving it a custom, one-of-a-kind look -- glass, according to a Sept. 19 Naperville Sun report.Glass tile, an ancient material, is the new material of choice for residential and commercial surfaces because it is durable and practical. Color, texture, pattern, size and the shape of the glass tile can easily be changed making it an ideal design...
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September 18, 2008Officials are on the scene of another incident of glass falling from the Bank of America Tower in Times Square, according to a Sept. 17 NY1.com report.It happened about 3 p.m. at West 42nd and Sixth Avenue.The Buildings Department says a debris container fell, hit a glass facade, causing several pieces to fall from the 50th floor.Sixth avenue between 42nd and 44th streets were closed as...
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September 18, 2008Apogee Enterprises Inc., Minneapolis, announced fiscal 2009 second quarter earnings. Apogee provides distinctive value-added glass solutions for the architectural and picture framing industries, according to a Sept. 17 Market Watch report.
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September 17, 2008Cooperation negotiations have now ended for Glaston Corp.'s locally operating glass processing unit Tamglass Glass Processing as a part of its recovery program. The negotiations began July 30 July, according to a Sept. 10 company release. The glass processing unit will close its working machine and special automotive glass business and enhance its building glass business. At the...
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September 17, 2008Diamon-Fusion International Inc., San Clemente, Calif., got the exclusive contract to apply Diamon-Fusion nano-coating to the Nike world headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., near Portland, according to a Sept. 17 company release.The first phase took place this month on the John McEnroe Building facade along its exterior glass walls and windows. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Central Coast Diamon-Fusion...
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September 17, 2008As of Sept. 16, 1,262 exhibitors from 48 countries have registered to participate in glasstec 2008 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany, Oct. 21–25. Exhibitors have reserved 68,493 square meters of net exhibit space in nine halls, according to a Messe Düsseldorf North America release.To date, 857 exhibitors are from countries other than Germany...
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September 17, 2008A 43-year-old man died Sunday, three days after crashing through a skylight while working on the roof of a Southwest Side building, according to a Sept. 17 Southtown Star report.The man fell from a skylight while working on a roof at 4601 S. Tripp Ave. [Chicago] at 2:17 p.m. on Sept. 11, according to police News Affairs Officer David Banks.
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September 17, 2008Hours after Hurricane Ike's eye passed over Houston, debris continues to fall from the Chase Tower, the tallest building in Texas, according to a Sept. 13 chron.com report.Witnesses described seeing glass flying horizontally down the streets of Houston as the windows starting blowing out in the building at around 3 a.m.
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September 17, 2008Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s iconic glass box house in Plano, Ill., has flooded–again, according to a Sept. 16 Wall Street Journal article.For the sixth time in 60 years, the Farnsworth House, one of the most famous examples of Modernist architecture, has been overtaken by a swollen Fox River. Record rainfall caused flood waters on Sunday to rise nearly two feet above the...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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