I just returned from the BEC Conference in Las Vegas and wanted to share a few golden nuggets from the show floor. Although there were a number of interesting presentations, it was the Keynote by Guardian President Scott Thomsen, entitled ...
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Does your glazier or glass supplier engage in best practice? Australian Standards and their absolute adherence are essential to ensure the protection and safety of people living and working in residential and commercial buildings. ...
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Standards Australia has finally released the new Australian Standard AS1288-2006 – Glass in buildings which replaces “AS1288-1994 – Glass in buildings”. As it has been twelve years between editions it seems ...
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The success of Guardian Plus continues to grow as word spreads around the industry. The innovative new business support programme from Guardian Industries UK provides benefits to companies from all areas of the glass and glazing industry, ...
During the fire-rated glazing council meeting last week at the Glass Association of North America’s (GANA) Annual Conference at the Coronado Island Marriott Resort and Spa in San Diego, Thomas Zaremba, GANA’s code consultant, ...
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This May, Glass Canada will launch a new supplement for the architectural glazing industry called Top Glass. The supplement will go to everyone who presently gets Glass Canada, and will feature innovative and striking new examples of ...
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In an exclusive interview with Glass Magazine, Elliott Kracko, chairman of Gamma, a division of the Far East Global Group Ltd., and James (Jim) Mitchell, president, Gamma Canadian Operations, discuss the contract glazier’s recent ...
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Guardian Plus is a business support programme designed for businesses buying or using Guardian products either supplied by Guardian or through Guardian customers. As a member of Guardian Plus, Guardian offer optimum business support, ...
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Quanex Building Products Corporation’s insulating glass producer, Edgetech UK, was awarded the G12 Component Supplier of the Year Award during a November 23 ceremony in London. Edgetech UK was nominated in three categories, including ...
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The Glazing Industry Code Committee's (GICC) code change proposal (FS84-12) to mandate fire-rated glazing assemblies to be marked in accordance with 716.3, 716.5, and 716.6 identifications was recently passed by the International Code ...
SAN FRANCISCO – SAGE, the leader in dynamic window glass, today announced at the U.S. Green Building Council’s Greenbuildconference it is having its strongest year ever as the company experiences record sales, nears completion ...
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The International Code Council(ICC)yesterday approved a proposal that mandates,among other things,how fire-rated glazing products are to be marked. The proposal is the result of research by ICC's Code Technology Committee(CTC)on the ...
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The surge of complaints sent to the REAL Assurance Scheme indicates that some companies are exploiting a lack of consumer awareness and using aggressive, high-pressure and sometimes illegal selling techniques to persuade consumers to sign ...
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ASTM International announced its new initiative as a program operator for Product Category Rules and Environmental Product Declarations.The goal of the program is to assist product manufacturers in developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.Also ...
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ASTM International announced its new initiative as a program operator for Product Category Rules and Environmental Product Declarations.The goal of the program is to assist product manufacturers in developing PCRs and verifying EPDs.Also ...