Vulcraft Announces Winners of 2018 NuHeights Design Awards
Norfolk, Neb. – Vulcraft has announced the winners of its 2018 NuHeights Design Awards. The competition is designed to acknowledge outstanding design, architecture and the diverse applications of building with steel joist and decking. The award winners were chosen because of their unique and innovative use of Vulcraft/Verco Group products to produce state-of-the-art buildings. The 5th annual 2018 NuHeights Design Awards competition was open to fabricators, erectors, architects and general co...
New Wood-Metal Hybrid for Lightweight Construction
Wood foam and metal sponge – can they be combined? That was the question that experts at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institut WKI delved into in a project entitled "HoMe Foam" – with HoMe being a German acronym for wood-metal – together with scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM. As a result, the contrasting materials come together...
New Standard Provides Guidelines for Masonry Units Using Alternative Materials
ASTM International’s committee on masonry units (C15) has approved a new standard that provides guidelines for masonry units manufactured with materials not currently addressed by existing ASTM standards. Traditional ASTM masonry units are manufactured out of inorganic materials that can include fired clay, shale, concrete, sand-lime, or calcium silicates. Masonry units are used for a wide range of construction activities. However, increasingly manufacturers are investigating the use of al...
Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation Partners with Rabbit Hole Distillery for World-Class Design
Louisville, KY – 8/28/18 – Metal Sales Manufacturing Corporation, the premier nationwide provider of metal roof and wall systems headquartered in Louisville, KY, was proud to play a key role in the design of the recently opened, $15 million, 55,000 square foot Rabbit Hole Distillery. The extensive use of metal wall panels lended itself to the modern design both outside and inside. Located in the trendsetting NuLu neighborhood of Louisville, this new open floor plan distillery lets guests see all...
Escapod Takes Glamping to New Level
A perceived lack of quality places to stay in regional areas has inspired a new style of accommodation designed to bring guests closer to nature without skimping on the creature comforts of a five-star hotel. South Australian company Escapod launched its first building today in a McLaren Vale vineyard south of Adelaide. The pre-fabricated luxury pod is part of The Vineyard Retreat at Blewitt Springs, which already boasts four one and two-bedroom guesthouses. Unlike many pre-fab buildin...
How to Assemble a World Record
The world’s tallest wooden building is groundbreaking for more than just its height. When Mjøstårnet was to be built, Moelven employed a completely new and untested assembly technique. Outsiders may perhaps think that there is great risk involved in using a new assembly method on such a large and prestigious project. However, following many years of development, we were ready to take a new step,” says Rune Abrahamsen, director at Moelven Limtre. Lego for grown-ups Mjøstårnet will be Moelv...
U.S. Imposes Tariffs on Fabricated Structural Steel Imports from China
Last week, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released its list of approximately $16 billion worth of imports from China that will be subject to a 25% tariff as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property. The list contains 279 of the original 284 tariff lines proposed, including those AISC requested for inclusion in its two separate testimonies in front of the USTR Section 30...
Video: MIT Mass Timber Design -- Longhouse
MIT Mass Timber Design | Longhouse from Parallel Project on Vimeo. With increasing demands placed on the planet through population growth and urbanization, energy remains one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Buildings are one of the largest consumers of global resources and all energy produced, and are primary contributors to greenhouse gases and solid wastes. At moment when the built environment is faced with dramatic shifts, the need for energy-intelligent building prototypes is...
Bull Moose Tube Assists ASTM International to Create New Standards for Steel Structural Tubes
ST. LOUIS – Bull Moose Tube, a leading manufacturer of steel pipe and tube, has received permission by global standards developer ASTM International to announce the organization’s development of new standards for steel structural tubes. These new standards, covering cold-formed welded high-strength carbon steel, low-alloy steel hollow structural sections (HSS) among others, will be put in place before the end of 2018. For more than a year, Bull Moose Tube Manager of Field Applications Ma...
Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh Receives Living Building certification
(PITTSBURGH ) - The Frick Environmental Center in Pittsburgh has received Living Building Challenge (LBC) Certification, the world’s most rigorous proven performance standard by the International Living Future Institute. A project of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, in partnership with the City of Pittsburgh, it is the first Living Building in the U.S. that is municipally owned and free and open to the public, and one of only 21 buildings worldwide. The new building fully supports its...
Video: New Roundabout Under Construction at McIver and Old Florence Roads in Darlington County
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