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| The presentation will review codes and standards as well as key factors when designing hurricane glazing systems.
| Join the dialogue! Face Time 2020: Better Buildings through Better Skins
| Hurricane season officially begins June 1 each year. To help those in the industry both prepare and share relevant information with consumers, the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance has prepared a series of hurricane-related resources.
| Sand Palace stands up to Hurricane Michael, setting the standard for future homes.
| Faour Glass Becomes Florida Dealer for Swiss Manufacturer Sky-Frame.
| Al-Farooq Corporation is proud to have assisted Hope’s® Windows, Inc. in launching a new product into the market.
| Al-Farooq Corporation played a pivotal role in the conceptual design and value engineering for the frameless hurricane-resistant storefront glass system.
| After extensive testing in many lab settings, Sky-Frame announces the introduction of Sky-Frame Hurricane, its impact-resistant glass doors and windows.
| air-lux sliding windows are hurricane safe and ready for the US market. With the hurricane tests of the Canadian company UL a further proof for the world's best tightness of air-lux sliding windows was made.
| Al-Farooq Corporation worked closely with ESWindows and Ready Windows from the inception of the project to test the building’s curtainwall design & provided one-time approvals.
| GCI Consultants, LLC. is establishing an inspection team in the Panama City, Florida area to begin inspecting damaged buildings following Hurricane Michael devastating the area last October 2018.
| Al-Farooq Corporation recently traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico to assess the damage caused by Hurricane Maria.
| Products with impact-resistant glass, including Pella’s HurricaneShield® replacement windows and patio doors, are made with exceptionally resistant glass.
| A white paper about water penetration in hurricane conditions was recently updated by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Southeast Region.
| Tornadoes can be devastating, but with certified architectural glazing in place, huge amounts of damage can be mitigated leading to less costly clear ups.
| Over half of Florida’s homeowners neglect to take recommended measures to safeguard their property against the impact of hurricanes, research suggests.
| St. Louis County Emergency Center uses Winco Windows FEMA-rated windows for tornado and hazard protection.
| Field Water Infiltration Tests Used to Re-Create Catastrophic Wind and Rain Conditions of Irma.
| AluK’s SL50 façade successfully passes typical hurricane conditions.
| After Andrew, and partly also driven by the insurance industry, a new hurricane missile testing regime changed construction practices and building regulations across the United States. It remains to be seen if this year’s hurricanes will have the…