Construction and additions to hospitals typically face several unique challenges. Tight project schedules, no space for waste and debris, and patient and staff occupancy can make it difficult to use typical field-built construction techniques. As a result, prefabrication is becoming a smarter form of construction for building enclosures used on hospitals and medical centers across the country.
As the AEC community looks to achieve ever more energy efficient buildings, Owens Corning is introducing a solution to improve thermal performance, increase energy efficiency and minimize performance loss in the event of moisture exposure.
When you think about the Canadian landscape, a desert may not immediately come to mind. But the British Columbia interior is an area known for its desert-like climate.
Registration for the 2022 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show is opening soon! Book your hotel room today, discover education presentations, and check out the networking events and keynote speaker in preparation for registration opening on January 3, 2022.
This carbon offset program, whose theme is “Designing with more freedom by engineering less impact,” can help to decrease the environmental impact of buildings and achieve better green building certification ratings.
Remember the days of plain concrete box buildings and straight brick exteriors? When it comes to building facades, those days are most certainly in the past.
ICC and RESNET will continue their collaboration by developing a new American National Standards Institute (ANSI) candidate standard on remote virtual inspections (RVI) for the energy and water use performance of buildings.
The partnership between Huntsman and No Burn enables to provide a selection of No-Burn’s intumescent coatings for purchase by contractor customers throughout the United States.