Speakers during the FGIA 2025 Annual Conference will share technical expertise on a range of topics, including high-performance fenestration adoption, stretch energy codes in Massachusetts, impacts of Canadian code changes and the safe handling of hurricane resistant products.
The newly certified DC-PL-3704 Perform Louver offers protection for buildings located in storm and hurricane-prone regions that require compliance with some of the highest safety standards possible.
Kris Feldmann, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, the owner and design principal of CREO Architecture, joined us to discuss how architects can contribute to ensuring our communities are resistant to hurricane damage, and the different ways they can assess the safety of businesses after they're impacted by natural disasters.
Increasingly, our schools need to be well-appointed places of modern learning and also durable structures in the event of natural disasters such as Florida’s seasonal hurricanes.
S-5! standing seam clamps have earned Florida Product Approvals for High Velocity and Hurricane Zone—marking a significant achievement in the rigorous realm of construction product approvals and permitting processes in the U.S.
The metal roof solar project at Grupo Comercial Chedraui sustained severe damage. However, the solar metal roof of its Acapulco store was one of the few that survived the onslaught of wind and rain, attributed to the clamp attachment securing the solar array to the roof, which provided a stronger attachment and may have saved the roof and the entire infrastructure.
EFCO X-FORCE™ hurricane impact-resistant curtainwall, storefront, window and door products provide vital protection for buildings and their occupants including for such critical applications as educational and health care facilities.
Laminators Incorporated received notice from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations indicating that the application for Florida Product Approval has been approved for the 2023 Florida Building Code.