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The project included 24,000 square feet of 6-inch-thick CF wall panels, 42 inches wide with a 22-gauge blue exterior and a 24-gauge gray interior.

This episode of Building Enclosure Experts has some awesome enclosure experts with us today to talk about some of the most common questions we get involving the building enclosure.

In 2022, insured losses from hailstorms topped $10 billion in the United States for the 15^th year in a row. Hailstorms account for 70 percent of the average annual property losses from severe convective storms in the U.S., according to the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Lendlease, Rubicon Technologies, Mycocycle, and Rockwood Sustainable Solutions applied mycology to roofing shingles in what is believed to be a first-of-its kind sustainability study, emphasizing the importance of recycling, reuse, and carbon reduction.

Montville Township Public Schools in New Jersey is joining the net-zero revolution by installing solar modules on six schools in Morris County. Set to save almost $1 million in energy costs over the next 15 years, the systems are forecast to generate 1.84 MW of solar energy annually and will reduce carbon emissions by the equivalent of 1,500 tons of coal burned or 171 homes’ electricity use per year.

Though the structure primarily is constructed of precast concrete, its entry façade is a mix of transparent glass curtainwall and a vertical metal wall panel system in an undulating pattern meant to evoke the shadow-and-light effect of sunlight on natural materials.

Anodized aluminum can be formed to minimize crazing – different from cracking – of the protective oxide layer. Lorin anodized aluminum can be used in a variety of applications when proper precautions are taken, in consultation with Lorin or forming experts.

Situated on the site of Gadsden’s Wharf, the landing point for nearly half of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States, the International African American Museum will encompass 41,800 sq ft of program and exhibit space to preserve and protect the cultures, genealogy and accumulated knowledge of Africans in the Americas.

Rising from the ashes of the fire that destroyed the iconic Eugene Civic Stadium, the new Civic Park is designed to reinvigorate the community and initiate a next-generation era of physical education, recreation, and civic connection in Eugene and the surrounding region.