Association News: AAMA Announces Availability of Field Testing Course

A new education course focusing on field testing has been produced by the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA). The course, titled Air and Water Leakage Testing of Installed Windows and Doors, has been accredited by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) for 1 LU/HSW of educational credit.

Association News: AAMA Releases Voluntary Tornado Specification

AAMA Releases Voluntary Tornado Specification: Document Outlines Testing Procedures for Buildings in At-Risk Tornado Areas

Client News: Tubelite enhances quality and efficiencies of custom entrances with 3-D modeling

Tubelite will be exhibiting at AIA 2011 in booth #2228. Please see TubeliteInc.com for an informational video.

Client News: Linetec celebrates Earth Day year-round with energy savings, recycling, other environmental commitments

Linetec has earned a long-standing reputation as a leader in environmentally-conscious practices and finishing options. Environmental responsibility is written into the company’s core values and its practices have yielded notable savings.

Client News: LEED-certified, Passavant hospital expansion’s curtainwall matches style, performance, reliability of existing facility’s glazing system

A decade after D-M Products, Inc. installed Wausau Window and Wall Systems’ curtainwall on University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Passavant Hospital in McCandless, Pa., they returned to provide the same, dependable performance and familiar aesthetic for the hospital’s new seven-story, tower.

Client News: Kolbe shares new Revit model for six-panel stacking door

Kolbe has added a new Revit® 3-D model of its six-panel Ultra Series TerraSpan® Lift and Slide door to its growing collection of 1,000+ two- and three-dimensional window and door models. These new Revit models can link with external data sources to instantly compile quantity takeoffs for residential and commercial building projects.

Client News: Grand Rapids Christian Elementary new school enhances community connections with Wausau windows

Contributing to these aspects and to the USGBC’s LEED® certification criteria, Wausau’s triple-glazed, insulated windows provide transparency, daylighting, views, as well as thermal performance for cold climates and durability for year-round use.

Client News: Wausau adds Chris Gall as a Southeastern sales representative

Window and Wall Systems has hired Chris Gall as its sales representative serving the Southeastern states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Ken Carpenter previously managed this territory during more than 25 years of employment with Wausau. Carpenter will retire at the end of February, officially transitioning to Gall.

Client News: Tubelite hires Tom Minnon as Eastern Regional Sales Manager

Tubelite Inc. has named Tom Minnon, CCPR, CDT, LEED® AP, as eastern region sales manager of the company’s architectural aluminum products, serving clients from Maine to Georgia.

Client News: Linetec finishes Dri-Design’s rainscreen system for Wisconsin’s largest hospital construction project

Columbia St. Mary’s exterior features an aluminum rainscreen system painted by Linetec. The finished system protects against the harsh, winter climate and high winds of Lake Michigan. Along with providing a superior water barrier, the system’s thermal performance assists in reducing the hospital’s energy costs. The new hospital is expected to save approximately $19 million on annual operational costs.