Articles Tagged with ''resiliency''

As natural disasters continue to impact communities all around the world, it’s crucial that buildings are able to withstand unpredictable environments. Inspections will only become more relevant and constant over the next several years as communities respond to the dire consequences of lax building safety protocols.

Ark, international architecture and design firm HLW’s multidisciplinary consultancy division focused on cultivating innovation and resilient thinking in the workplace, announced the launch of its repositioned service offering.

With increasing evidence of a shifting climate, many building project teams are confronting the compounded threat of increasingly severe heat waves and the vulnerability of our country's electrical grid.

Rainwater mitigation and insulating goals can both be achieved in low-slope or flat roofs with optimized, project-specific tapered polyisocyanurate insulation panel designs and systems.

Fiber-reinforced polymer or plastic roofing sheets have many benefits in commercial construction thanks to their top-tier durability, easy installation, affordability and versatility.

When Very Severe Hail requirements were introduced to the roofing industry, it was as if all hail was about to break loose!

There's no other event that brings together this unique set of individuals -–government agencies, contractors, the private sector, architects, scientists and more -– to improve the built environment.

A study published today by the American Institute of Architects, in partnership with Owens Corning, is shedding light on resiliency and sustainability in the built environment.

The incorporation of metallic coatings provides added benefit on multiple fronts—greater durability, and enhanced aesthetics for prefabricated systems, prepared vertical walls, and interior drywall surfaces.