Latest News in Commercial Glass

  • Health Insurance, dental insurance, life insurance
    February 5, 2008
    Many companies provide these important insurance coverages to their employees, but don’t always consider how their employees would meet financial obligations when they are unable to work while recovering from an illness or injury...

  • IGMA annual conference opens
    January 29, 2008

    The first non-North American lab has been authorized in Beijing to test for the Insulating Glass Certification Council and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance, said John Kent, administrative manager, IGCC, Sackets Harbor, N.Y. He spoke on the opening day of IGMA’s 8th Annual Conference in Sanibel Island, Fla., Jan. 28-Feb. 1 ...

  • Glaziers beware; thieves target aluminum and other metals on jobsites
    January 29, 2008
    Skyrocketing scrap prices for metals, particularly copper and aluminum, have made construction jobsites prime targets for thieves. Contract glaziers say they increasingly have to protect against thefts of everything from copper wire to aluminum frames ...

  • Saint-Gobain reports upswing in 2007
    January 29, 2008

    Sales for French glassmaker Saint-Gobain increased 4.4 percent in 2007, with operating income rising 10.6 percent to $6 billion, according to a Jan. 24 company release ...

  • Safety for visitors
    January 22, 2008
    Take a “guest tour” of your facility, inspecting it from a visitor’s perspective

    Start with the grounds and parking lot, check the sidewalks and entrance ...

  • Nickel sulfide in library façade causes legal issues
    January 22, 2008

    Nickel sulfide inclusions in the all-glass façade of Des Moines’ Central Library are being blamed for more than 30 broken lites. The Des Moines Public Library Board of Trustees filed a lawsuit Jan. 16 against the local architect and the glass installer over the breakages on the 21-month-old building ...

  • Investigators look into broken windows at New York Times building
    January 15, 2008
    High winds, not faulty glass, blamed for breaks
    Seven cracked windows on the recently opened New York Times Building in Manhattan have caught the attention of the New York City Department of Buildings ...

  • Defenestrating in Prague leads to war
    January 8, 2008
    Armed with nothing but a travel guide, wi-fi and her wits, blogger Katy Devlin learns more about fenestration - and defenestration ...

  • Apogee extends architectural product offerings
    January 8, 2008
    In another example of convergence in the industry, Apogee Enterprises Inc., Minneapolis, purchased Tubelite Inc., Walker, Mich., at the end of December, to grow its presence in architectural markets ...

  • Staying strong in 2008
    January 8, 2008
    Despite the United States’ residential slump and the subprime mortgage crash, the nonresidential construction market should experience growth in 2008. However, growth will not be as strong as in 2007, according to a Dec. 13 forecast from the Associated General Contractors, Arlington, Va...
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