As a result of ongoing growth, Hourigan, a fully integrated construction/development firm based in Richmond, Va., recently expanded its corporate headquarters by moving into an additional floor in the building it occupies. The new floor houses corporate suites as well as a myriad of office spaces.
When designing and constructing multi-family dwellings, great care must be taken to ensure noise and vibration isolation is achieved between units. Using industry standards, most condominium structures can easily attain the minimum isolation requirements set by International Building Code.
The Opaline metal panel has long been a popular wall cladding option. Now, this flexible panel, in four profiles, can be used as a linear metal ceiling.
To expand its training facilities and eliminate the sound of gunfire from a classroom building, Western Technical College moved its shooting range from a classroom building to an existing well-built storage building on the school’s campus and from there the shooting range was made safe and sound-proof.
In order to meet the needs of curriculum renewal and new teaching pedagogy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis desired renovations to its Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (FLTC) that would support medical education by improving flexibility and providing updated technology.
ClarkDietrich has expanded its family of head-of-wall products with the addition of UltraBEAD, a smoke, fire and sound-rated bead that gives architects and specifiers an efficient, high-performance solution for fire-stopping and acoustical control applications.
In years past, acoustic treatments were all about form and function. But new materials are changing the way the wall and ceiling industry can use acoustic treatments as part of the aesthetics of a space, and the sky is the limit.
The folks at Artisan Ceiling Systems & Acoustical Specialties, of Waterloo, Iowa, know the value of what a premium ceiling system constitutes. And what that means is when you have a strong work ethic, delivering a quality product, the value is that it leads to a greater path of success vs. someone installing shoddy work.