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Armstrong Ceilings Adopts 2030 Challenge

Armstrong World Industries has become an official Adopter of the 2030 Challenge for Products.




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Arizpe Joins Bayer’s ECB Network

Bayer’s EcoCommercial Building Network, dedicated to bringing together varied disciplines in the pursuit of high-performance buildings, has expanded its expertise in the public sector for governmental and institutional projects.




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ClarkDietrich Building Systems Awarded From CFSEI

ClarkDietrich Building Systems was recently recognized with the Design Excellence and Construction Innovation Award from the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute.




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Cal Poly Architectural Engineering Seismic Design Team Wins Second Place

A team of Cal Poly architectural engineering (ARCE) students placed second in the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) Seismic Design Competition (SDC) in early March in San Diego.




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S-5! Corporate Headquarters

Located on over 4.5 acres in the heart of Black Forest, Colorado, the two-story office building sports exterior and interior metal finishes and comfortable yet provocative space for S-5! The adjacent support building houses the company’s video training center, a prototype shop and test facilities.




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The Cosmopolitan Club Library in New York

EverGreene recently restored the Cosmopolitan Club Library on the Upper East Side in Manhattan, New York. Through the 1920s, women’s clubs allowed American women to network, socialize and shape the world beyond their homes.




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How Architectural Ceilings Transformed the UCLA Health Center Lobby Space

In the bustling world of health care, every detail matters, especially when it comes to creating spaces that promote healing and comfort. UCLA Health Center, renowned for its commitment to excellence in patient care, recently underwent a remarkable transformation.




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At KC Design Week, an Arts District Story

A major Midwestern design festival, now in its 14th year, kicks into high gear next week with talks and events on the creative process, sustainability, branding, urbanism and design, the allied arts and much more.




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New Board and Batten Panel System Expands Exterior Design Options

The new PAC-CLAD Board and Batten wall panel system from Petersen expands the creative options for designers and specifiers of exterior cladding systems. The Board and Batten system uses concealed fasteners to maintain clean lines and a rhythmic pattern of alternating wide, vertical boards and narrower, elevated battens.




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Wege Prize’s Legacy of Advancing a Circular Economy Accentuates Earth Day’s Ideals

As Earth Day 2024 spotlights ways to eliminate plastics, the Wege Prize is shining a spotlight on its innovative student teams that have created real-world solutions recently.




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New Metal-Clad Apartment Complex Brings Public Access to Riverfront

From eyesore to public amenity – that’s the journey an unusual site has taken alongside St. Paul, Minnesota’s Mississippi riverfront as just one element in the city’s efforts to turn a former industrial area into a new center for housing and outdoor recreation.




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Bridging the Gap at the Colorado Mesa University Department of Kinesiology

Founded in 1952, Colorado Mesa University sits on over 141 acres in the heart of Grand Junction, Colorado, offering quality academic programs at various degree levels to more than 10,000 students.




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Innovative Architecture Captures Dramatic Views for Brooklyn Mixed-Income Housing

For five decades, developers of multifamily residential properties in the New York Metro area regularly turn to RKTB Architects for expertise and innovation in design and architecture, as well as for consultation on strategy when navigating the city’s labyrinthine zoning regulations and housing policies.




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LEED Gold-Certified Honeywell Global Corporate Headquarters Showcases Ceilings

Honeywell Global Corporate Headquarters at Legacy Union in Charlotte, North Carolina, is recognized as one of the most sustainable and technologically advanced office buildings.




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The Renovated Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library Features Sustainable Design

Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle designed The New York Public Library’s completely renovated Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. The design team selected Rockfon Alaska acoustic stone wool ceiling panels to create a cohesive, timeless appearance while providing best-level sound absorption and sustainability benefits.




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Elevating Retail Ambiance: Revamped Dardano’s Shoe Store in Broomfield, Colorado

Are you ready to step into a retail space where style meets acoustic excellence? Welcome to the remarkable transformation of Dardano’s shoe store in Broomfield, Colorado, where Altispace laminate beams, illuminated beams and wooden ceiling clouds have mitigated sound reverberation issues and revolutionized the shopping experience.




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New York’s “City of Yes” Spurs Urban Decarbonization and Growth by Zoning Reform

Following the 2023 debut of its “City of Yes” strategy to permit more housing faster in New York City, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration unveiled a raft of zoning changes last winter intended to make the proposed growth carbon-neutral, according to Adam Friedberg, a Buro Happold expert behind similar initiatives in the region and worldwide.




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Sesco Group’s Boardroom Features Ontario’s First Mono Acoustic Ceiling Systems

Longtime Rockfon partner Sesco Group designed and renovated its boardroom to feature Rockfon’s Mono Acoustic ceiling system – the first installation of the product in Ontario, Canada.




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Rainscreen Selected for “Meaningful” Aesthetic at State-of-the-Art Innovation Hub

Innovation drives progress. And in Amarillo, Texas, there is a new hub for innovation on the campus of Amarillo College. It is called Innovation Outpost, and the building’s renovation nods to the past with an eye on the future.




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Adeela Warley: Giving people a voice can effect change

Good communications can help people to drive solutions themselves




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Craig Dearden-Phillips: We can learn much from Extinction Rebellion

The climate change protests are about the unleashing of voice and provide opportunities for charities to claim a role




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Craig Dearden-Phillips: The charity sector needs a period of glasnost

Openness is the key to rebuilding trust or we will continue to see a decline in the proportion of people donating




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Adeela Warley: Our choices of medium, message and storyteller are influential

Communication drives culture and behaviour, so it pays to be alert to the narratives around us




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Adeela Warley: Learn to navigate the communications ecosystem

New technology can sometimes appear to make the world more complex, but collaboration and coordination across specialist teams can ease the burden




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Communications Team of the Year - YoungMinds

Awarded to the communications team that has worked effectively together to raise awareness of a particular campaign or the charity's overall work




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Brand development - Scope with The Team

For the best new, changed or evolved brand




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Best Use of Impact Reporting - Clic Sargent

Awarded to the charity or social enterprise that has placed outcomes, rather than outputs, at the heart of its work and used impact reporting to bring about significant improvements to its beneficiaries




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Communications Agency Campaign of the Year - Spink and Orchid for Face up to Prostate Cancer

Awarded to an agency that has helped to create a highly successful communications campaign for its client, or provided an exceptional level of support and advice




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Best Charity Film - Hospice in the Weald for Precious Moments

Awarded to a charity and/or agency that has produced the most inspiring awareness-raising or fundraising film of the year




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Third Sector Awards 2019: Communications Campaign of the Year - Encephalitis Society for World Encephalitis Day 2019

Awarded to a charity for a highly successful, innovative or inspiring communications campaign




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Clic Sargent's impact report: the difficult second album

The youth cancer charity's report drew praise from around the sector last year, but it left it with a challenge: how to make it even better




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How rapid digital upscaling is enabling health charities to meet Covid-19 challenges

In the face of spiralling demand, Kirsty Marrins reports on a sector that has taken the leap online to communicate across a pandemic




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Fully-adhered Weather-Resistive Barriers

Vycor enV is a rolled or spray-applied, one component, acrylic membrane that forms a continuous water and air barrier with seamless protection.




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Toolbox - January 2016

Toolbox selections from Firestone Building Products, MFM, and more.




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Toolbox - February 2016

The Toolbox feature products from Parex USA, Owens Corning, and more.




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Toolbox - March 2016

This Toolbox features products from CertainTeed Gypsum, Baresque, Trim-Tex, and more!




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February 2019 Toolbox

The February 2019 Toolbox features handy selections for contractors from Dan-O-Tools, TYPAR, and more.




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StudRite Framing System from MarinoWARE

StudRite has one of the best strength-to-mass ratios of any stud in the industry. It can be used to frame interior bearing and non-bearing walls, as well as exterior walls without limitations, including low rise bearing, high rise non-bearing and pre-fabricated wall panels.




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Profit Margin Confidence and ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator Both Fall in August

Associated Builders and Contractors reported Sept. 10 that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell to 8.2 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted from Aug. 20 to Sept. 5. The reading is down one month from August 2023.




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Collaboration Key Element in Transformation of Corporate Boardroom

This project only took five months from design to completion.




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With Major New Awards, RKTB Spreads Message of “Attainable Housing for All”

RKTB Architects, an East Coast firm with a national message about addressing the 6-million-unit housing shortfall, has recently been honored with a Leadership in Housing Award from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects.




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VIDEO: W&C’s Leadership Award Winner Nancy Brinkerhoff

In this video, W&C congratulates Nancy Brinkerhoff of Ironwood Commercial Builders of Northern California on her being named this year’s Leadership Award Winner.




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Buro Happold’s Luke Lombardi Earns Structural Engineers’ Emerging Leader Award

Luke Lombardi was recently honored with the Structural Engineers Association of Southern California Emerging Leader Award, recognizing his leadership on sustainability and innovation in California.




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Construction Robots Boost Quality, Earning Workers’ Approval

Advanced collaborative robotics and AI boost productivity, ensure consistent quality and enhance ergonomics in the drywall finishing process.




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VIDEO: Do You Know Your Company’s Policy on Marijuana Use?

In this video, W&C contributor Trent Cotney discusses ways to reach potential and existing customers.  




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Ware Malcomb Names Nick Watkins Director of Workplace Strategy

Ware Malcomb announced Oct. 1 that Nick Watkins has joined the firm as director of workplace strategy. In this role, Watkins will lead Ware Malcomb’s strategy and change management services for clients in multiple practice areas across the firm.




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The Lester Group Welcomes Thomas Hartman as General Manager

The Lester Group announced the appointment of Thomas Hartman as the new general manager of Custom Builder Supply. With an impressive 17-year track record in the building materials industry, Hartman joins Custom Builder Supply from The AZEK Company, where he excelled as a divisional sales manager.




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PODCAST: Beware of Spray Foam in a Can—The Imposters

Walls & Ceilings’ monthly chat with Tom Harris on spray foam and the industry vents that support the industry.




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Armstrong’s Axiom Indirect Field Light Coves and Indirect Light Ledges are Now Keyless

By adding new keyless design options to its line of Axiom Indirect Field Light Coves and Indirect Light Ledges, Armstrong World Industries now offers its customers the flexibility to use the pre-engineered lighting solutions with most LED light cove fixtures.




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VIDEO: The Great Heights of the Building Arts

In this video, W&C contributor Trent Cotney discusses the American College of Building Arts, where the Slate Association held a meeting.