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The Importance of Digital Twins in Construction

Digital twins created by DroneDeploy empower construction teams with exact replicas of their sites and assets, providing a referenceable record of pre- and post-design plans.

Multi-Story Residential Design

Solve your top 5 multi-story residential design challenges: Know the latest structural steel joist and deck systems.

Warehouse & Data Center Design

Solve the top 5 warehouse and data center design challenges using today’s structural steel joist and deck systems.

Elevated Office Design

Solve your top 5 multi-story office design challenges: Meet the demands of post-pandemic workplaces to create high-performance and cost-efficient office buildings.

Smarter School Design

Solve your top 5 school design challenges: Achieve superior designs while meeting the unique performance demands of the post-pandemic schools market.

Deconstructing the Window

Over the years, the industry has relied heavily on the increasing performance of low-e coatings to drive window U-factors (thermal transmittance) lower.

Metal Roofing Performance and Wind Events

Recent hurricanes such as Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as other severe weather events, have highlighted the importance of structural integrity and performance of building materials.

Vitro Architectural Glass Catalog

The NEW Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG glass) catalog is a comprehensive resource that can help you choose the best Vitro Glass product for your next project.

Understanding the Benefits of Day One/Single Source Warranties

There is no blanket approach to weathertightness warranties. In fact, the "standard warranty" of years gone by could end up leaving the warranted individual in the lurch.

ZIP System R-Sheathing for Multi-Family

Structure, insulation and weather protection — all in one panel.

Case Study: A Polyaspartic Coating Made a Commercial Bakery Floor Look Really Sweet

The Springhouse Country Market and Restaurant has been a local icon for over 40 years.

Architectural Coatings Technology Targeted At Stricter Hospital Infection Protocols

For the hospital administrator who is concerned with meeting the newer CDC (Center for Disease Control) and TJC (The Joint Commission) protocols without sacrificing aesthetics and durability, there are new developments in architectural coating tec

Decorative yet Functional Floor Coating Technologies

The Energy Innovation Center’s approximately 80-year-old concrete floor had significant divots and was badly spalled and cracked.

Saving Time with Modular Bathroom Pods

The Modular Building Institute worked closely with bathroom pod manufacturers to create “Saving Time with Modular Bathroom Pods,” a whitepaper that provides an overview of bathroom pods.

Next Generation Exterior Sheathing System Transforms Multifamily Project

Mike Reardon was attending a lunch-and-learn program for builders and architects in 2014 when the presenter began using "innovative" and "integrated in the same sentence to describe an alternative to housewrap.

Residential High Rise Integrates High-Performance Engineered Wood Panels into 2-layer Floating Floor Systems

For over 50 years, Janos Spitzer has been renowned in the New York tri-state area for the finest custom hardwood flooring.

AIA Document B509™ - 2010

This Guide serves two purposes: it provides guidance regarding issues unique to Condominium construction, and it provides model language that may be used to amend or supplement AIA Document B109™–2010, Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and

Permanent Modular Construction: Process, Practice, Performance

Ryan E. Smith, Associate Professor and Director of the Integrated Technology & Architecture Center (ITAC) at the University of Utah and the Modular Building Institute Educational Foundations are pleased to present Permanent Modular Construction...

Pre-Painted Building Products Can Enhance Interiors Too

When we think of prepainted metal products for the construction industry, we often think of exterior uses like building panels and roofing. But prepainted metal is found from floor to ceiling on the interiors of buildings, too. Sometimes its use is...

Coated Metal Not Just a Pretty Face

Prepainted metal not only offers an impeccable finish and endless color and design options, it is often more durable than post-paint. Coil coated metal can be made weatherproof, corrosion resistant, UV resistant, anti-bacterial and even smog-eating.

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