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| Walker, Mich. – Helping protect low- and mid-rise buildings in need of storm hazard mitigation, Tubelite’s Force Front Storm monumental entry door systems have received Florida Product Approval (#14563).
| Schaumburg, Ill. -- The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has revised two specifications related to secondary storm products -- AAMA 1002-11, "Voluntary Specification for Secondary Storm Products for Windows and Sliding…
| Kolbe's Ultra Series TerraSpan® Lift and Slide doors' 10-foot-tall units have been certified to meet the impact testing criteria for large missile impact Level D, design pressure (DP) 45 rating, and Wind Zone 4 testing standards (IPD4).
Hurricane-zoned Houston Galleria's skylights successfully replaced by Super Sky, finished by Linetec
| Renovation of The Galleria II Mall project in Houston was underway when Hurricane Ike struck the shopping center in 2008.
| MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican glass manufacturer Vitro SAB (VITRO.MX) said Tuesday it has temporarily suspended operations at its flat glass plant in Monterrey due to flooding and damage from the passage last week of Hurricane Alex.
| For daylighting designs in hurricane regions, Technical Glass Products (TGP) introduces Pilkington Proflit™ Hurricane, the only tested and approved hurricane impact channel glass system in North America.
| Major Industries recently announced that their Guardian 275® translucent curtainwall has been approved by the Florida Building Commission for use in the Florida construction industry.
| A new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm, Advanced Flat Glass, projects demand for advanced flat glass to increase 5 percent annually to $7.2 billion in 2012.
| With the Atlantic hurricane season starting June 1, builders are increasingly relying on silicone glazed impact-resistant glass and silicone waterproofing sealants to protect property from sustained winds and pounding rains.
| ST. LOUIS—April 25, 2008—Shwinco Industries, a coastal manufacturer of custom vinyl windows and doors for residential and heavy commercial use buildings, has teamed up with Solutia Inc. (NYSE:SOI) to offer code-approved hurricane protection products…