Greenbuild is launching five all-new summits in 2024 – Sustainable Finance and the Built Environment, Regenerative Ecosystems, Resilient Places, Phius Passive Building and Building Materials.
The Las Vegas police arrested a Pennsylvania contractor who is accused of defrauding New Jersey homeowners out of $140,000, reported Chris Spiker of Daily Voice Burlington County NJ.
The eighth annual Lehigh Valley Let’s Build Construction Camp for Girls was held this summer in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. ATAS has been a supporter of this camp from the beginning, with monetary and material donations, along with several employees who helped in the planning and execution of the camp.
History was made May 18 when Rossana Hu, founding partner of Neri&Hu and chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design, awarded Lin Huiyin (1904-1955) the long-overdue, posthumous Bachelor of Architecture degree.
On Monday, May 6, ATAS International held a ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of its second Allentown, Pennsylvania, manufacturing facility on Grant Way. The existing 65,000-square-foot building was constructed in 2005, and the addition will add another 53,000 square feet.
The luxury retail architect and design firm AZA has been tapped to conceive a new, freestanding specialty center for the world’s best watches and timepieces in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania.
The Fahy Commons building at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, recently won three major sustainability awards. ATAS International manufactured the 24-gauge steel 2-inch Field-Lok standing seam metal roof panels, 15 1/4 inches wide, for the building.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced the approval of a Special Financial Assistance application submitted by the Plasterers and Cement Masons Local No. 94 Pension Fund, based in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, that covers 108 participants in the construction industry.
Dick Bus, president of ATAS International, headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was recognized in the 2023 Lehigh Valley Business’ Power 100 list. The list includes 100 leaders within the Lehigh Valley who shape the communities and influence the quality of life in the region.
There’s no shortage of research about the role proper lighting, acoustics and air quality play in creating a learning-conducive educational environment. Moreover, COVID-19 has inserted indoor air quality—minimizing exposure to airborne contaminants, viruses and bacteria—at the top of the list.
