AAMA 520-12 is based on a rapidly pulsed pressure differential method, recognizing that conditions encountered during tropical storms, hurricanes or severe thunderstorms are not static.

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The 60, 000-square-foot building features massive steel trusses spanning its width and other architectural elements typical of 1800’s industrial style. The $60 million project’s design team of BJAC and Quinn Evans Architects sought to reflect the history of the town and industrial character of the waterfront site, while pioneering new ideas in sustainable building design.

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5 by 5 Design donated custom-created bicycle wheel artwork for a fundraising event benefiting Full Cycle, a nonprofit organization that employs homeless youth in Minneapolis and teaches them bike repair and business skills.

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KIN Curious Collection® has added four new colors and now offers seven HP Indigo®-certified digital items in the collection. Curious Cosmic® and Curious Touch have gained Green Power as a standard feature and environmental benefit.

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University of South Carolina currently has more than 600,000 square feet of green buildings on campus and by the end of 2013, is scheduled to surpass 1 million square feet. The University estimates that these green initiatives will save the school more than $1.5 million every year in energy and maintenance costs.

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In September 2012, Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy welcomed its first freshman class and anticipates LEED Gold certification.

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Jim Moran estimates it will require at least $250,000 and an army of volunteers to physically move the millions of pieces of type, plates, presses, tools and raw materials.

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The building was designed and constructed to meet LEED® Silver criteria or higher. The building already has received the Overall Sustainable Design Award by the Higher Education Energy Partnership Program of California.

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PMI’s Spring Conference is scheduled for April 7-11, 2013 at the Barton Creek Resort in Austin, Texas.

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Lamartiniere and Tubelite are exhibiting at the Design-Build Conference & Expo in New Orleans, Nov. 7-9.

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