CertainTeed Introduces GlasRoc Tile Backer

With the introduction of GlasRoc Tile Backer by CertainTeed Gypsum, building professionals can protect walls, ceilings and countertops in high-moisture areas with the highest level of mold-resistance for residential and commercial applications. GlasRoc Tile Backer features Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum (EGRGTM) technology which combines reinforcing glass mats, fully-embedded into a water-resistant gypsum core and a gray textured acrylic coating... 

Rohm and Haas Introduces New Environmentally Advanced Protective Barrier Binder for Masonry and Cementitious Sealers and Stains

Rohm and Haas has launched a new innovative binder, Rhoplex™ CS-100 Emulsion, to the North American architectural coatings market. This new thermoplastic, water-resistant binder provides excellent resistance to water blushing, is truly VOC-compliant, and exhibits an excellent balance of early block resistance and low coalescent demand in masonry and cementitious sealers and stains. Formulators can easily meet new VOC standards of 100 g/L while maintaining... 

Wildeck Unveils Breakthrough MezzCrane™ System

Wildeck, Inc. selected the ProMat 2009 International Exposition (Booth 1244) to unveil an innovative and new material handling and storage solution known as the MezzCrane™. Working in collaboration with crane manufacturer, Gorbel in Fishers, NY, Wildeck engineers developed an innovative configuration that can be customized to meet individual customer needs. Heralded as an industry first, Wildeck’s new MezzCrane™ system has been designed... 

X-Large Column Sentry Introduced for Extra Large Column Protection

X-Large Column Sentry®, the world’s first impact-absorbing molded collision protector for extra large columns more than 12″ x 24″ (320 x 620 mm) in size, is now available to North American industrial plant managers, safety managers, warehouse managers, facilities managers and others seeking ways to protect larger structures in facilities from the impacts of forklift collisions. X-Large Column Sentry is made from the same patented... 

Curtis W. Fentress, Modernizing Los Angeles International

Fentress Architects has been announced as Design Architect for the new world-class facilities at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Curtis Fentress, founder of Fentress Architects, earned international recognition for designing some of the world’s best airport terminals to travel through. These include Incheon International Airport in South Korea (the first airport ever to earn “Best Airport in the World” three consecutive years, 2005–2007,... 

Next Century Associates Announces $2 Billion Vision for Century City

Next Century Associates, LLC, a partnership between Los Angeles based real estate investor Michael Rosenfeld and an entity in the D.E. Shaw Group, today unveiled plans for a $2 billion mixed-use project on the 5.75 acre Century Plaza hotel site. The project will feature two soaring towers rising from a grand plaza with a 240 room Five Star hotel and 163 hotel residences, 130 luxury residential condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office, 106,000 square... 

Michigan School Pledges to Become First Carbon Neutral School in the World

Okemos High School launched its Alternative Energy and Sustainability Program and pledged to become the first high school in the world to go carbon neutral. The program aspires to attain this through energy efficiency, green energy and carbon offsets through mass volunteerism and global outreach programs. Given the enormous challenge of global warming and climate change Dr. John Lanzetta, Ph.D, Principal; Okemos High School said “This program... 

Alcoa Announces Winner of “Count the Can” Contest Held at GreenBuild

When Michael Schwartz, an Eco-Solutionist for Waste Management, Inc.’s Green Squad unit, attended the Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Boston a couple of weeks ago, his goal was to see if aluminum could help the movie industry go greener. He didn’t expect to also win an Apple iMac encased in recyclable aluminum. But he did. Schwartz was one of hundreds of visitors who stopped at the Alcoa booth to discuss aluminum as a green building material.... 

Proximity Named the highest rated “Green” hotel and restaurant in America

Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels announce that Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro have been awarded LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. Opened in late 2007, Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro are the first in the hospitality industry to obtain the USGBC’s top level of certification. Dennis... 

Discover Concrete Homes and Their Many Benefits

Popping up throughout North America, builders and homeowners alike are taking notice of concrete homes and their ability to fit in as a mainstream building option. ConcreteNetwork.com has taken this emerging trend and dedicated a new section detailing everything there is to know, including the cost of building a concrete home, design options, concrete home benefits and more. Energy cost savings, the homes’ ability to provide healthier living...