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  • Coalition takes whole building approach to codes
    November 6, 2007
    Q&A with Thom Zarema
    The newly formed Advanced Building Coalition had its inaugural meeting Oct. 24 in Chicago, bringing manufacturers and other industry players together to discuss building codes for energy savings that best serve all parties while providing the most beneficial whole-building savings ...

  • Pleas for simplicity top discussion at NFRC
    November 6, 2007
    Software tool completed for non-residential rating program
    The fall meeting for the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md., got underway Nov. 5 in Tempe, Ariz., with an appeal for more simplicity and cost-effectiveness in the nonresidential fenestration rating program, the Component Modeling Approach ...

  • Nonresidential growth offsets weak residential September
    November 6, 2007
    Nonresidential construction experienced continued robust growth in September, climbing 1.8 percent compared to August and 16.7 percent year-over-year, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Census Bureau.
    The strong nonresidential sector offset a continued decline in residential construction ...

  • Building code legislation protects against natural disasters
    October 30, 2007
    Glass companies to benefit from uniformity of code bill
    As wildfires raged throughout California last week, one of the state’s representatives presented legislation to Congress that would lead to tougher and more uniform building codes across the country if passed and adopted ...

  • Glass companies respond to California fires
    October 30, 2007
    Malibu Glass destroyed in blaze

    Many southern California glass companies are working overtime on emergency replacements as the region begins to recover from the 23 wildfires that engulfed 500,000 acres from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. The blazes forced many shops to close for several days last week ...

  • Nonresidential construction forecasted to slip
    October 30, 2007
    Green building, institutional to grow
    The U.S. construction market is expected to drop 2 percent in 2008, following a projected 8 percent decrease in 2007, according to the 2008 Construction Outlook from McGraw-Hill Construction ...

  • Conference highlights market conditions, safety, customer service
    October 23, 2007
    Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors in Warroad, Minn., advised company executives on ways to ensure survival and even growth of a company in difficult market times ...

  • Education, training critical to industry survival
    October 23, 2007
    Glass companies today face labor shortages, toughened codes and standards, and ever-increasing demands from architects and building owners. The only way for companies to survive, let alone prosper, is through training and education, speakers said during the Midwest Glass Conference Oct. 19 in Shakopee, Minn...

  • AAMA storms Orlando
    October 23, 2007
    Photo of hurricane simulator in actionAs part of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s national fall conference this week in Orlando, members got a close look at the University of Florida’s hurricane simulation equipment...

  • Bleak predictions for construction and the U.S. economy
    October 23, 2007
    Officials from construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, Ill., forecasted Oct. 19 that the U.S. economy was near to, or even in, a recession, as reported in a same-day article from the Financial Times ...
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