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The Phoenix 32nd Street VA Clinic, which spans roughly 275,000 square feet across 15 acres, will see half a million patient visits each year and is now one of the largest veteran care facilities in the United States. 

In the absence of standardized fire testing, unfortunate consequences can arise. In the U.S., we’ve started to see a relaxed attitude toward firestopping in general.

Last spring, LafargeHolcim Ltd.’s $3.4 billion blockbuster acquisition of Firestone Building Products regenerated the conversation about companies delivering innovating and sustainable building solutions on multiple continents. 

While the integrated component is not new to the industry, the demand for an energy-efficient and time-efficient system for the building envelope remains high.

The Spray Polyurethane Foam insulation and roofing industry is currently undergoing an important step in the evolution of its materials technology—a progressive phase-out of the use of Hydrofluorocarbons-, or HFC-based, systems and adoption of Hydrofluoroolefins-, or HFO-based, spray foams.

When choosing an adhesive partner, building envelope product manufacturers must consider how that choice impacts builders, contractors and installers—and their customers. Here’s what to look for.

Retrofitting and adaptive reuse of older buildings is often an ideal eco-friendly solution — bringing existing structures up to modern energy efficiency standards without the resource consumption of new construction.

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

An evolution in 3D printing opens the door for what is possible for building exteriors.

Tammy Clark, an OSHA-trained consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the building trades, explains what workers need to know about mask mandates as cases of COVID-19 variants trend upward.