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Windows in K-12 classrooms provide opportunities, not distractions

On a knee-jerk level, a window seems like a built-in distraction, guaranteed to promote wandering minds in any classroom or workspace. Yet, a steady stream of studies has found the opposite to be true.

K-12 Schools

New guidelines for securing schools and community spaces released by the Door Security and Safety Foundation

The Door Security and Safety Foundation (DSSF), in collaboration with Door and Hardware Institute (DHI), recently released of “Are Your Door Openings Secure?.” The document provides guidelines to equip school administrators, building management personnel, and community leaders with a clear roadmap to create a secure and safe environment.

Jul 16, 2012

Kawneer partners with Premier Glass Products

PGP representatives will work closely with the Kawneer sales force to enhance customer and architectural coverage for the combined Kawneer/Traco product portfolio of high performing architectural aluminum products and systems.

The architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provid

Jul 16, 2012

Business school goes for maximum vision, transparency, and safety with fire rated glass

Architects were able to create a 2-hour exit enclosure/stairwell that provided vision and maximum fire safety using fire rated glazing that seamlessly matched the look of other non-rated glazing systems.

Jul 13, 2012

July 2012: Products at Work

Panel wall system, folding windows, rubber flooring, wire mesh railings.

Jul 3, 2012

DORMA Acquires Florida Door Controls in Support of Growth in Southern Markets

DORMA gains one of the nation's largest independent automatic door distributors.

The newly installed windows offered an unexpected benefit for those who work in

Jun 11, 2012

Historic church gains energy efficiency, retains aesthetics with architecturally rated windows

New windows would need to not only stand the test of time, but also accommodate the aesthetics of an architecturally historic church.

Tim Gregorski | Jun 11, 2012

Blast-mitigating curtainwall also supports LEED goals

U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA's) Federal Office Building 8 (FOB 8) will soon complete…

Jun 7, 2012

WDMA and FMA to affiliate and integrate operations

Over the coming months both organizations will begin the process of formalizing the details of the agreement for final approval by both organizations, with the formal change expected to take effect in January 2015.