Inner Warmth – Hydronic radiant floors
Part 1: Hydronic radiant floors deliver low-cost, low-energy comfort
In North America, most interior spaces constructed in the past 50 years—from an agricultural barn to...
Standing Out on the Vegas Strip
As the old adage goes: If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. So, when Las Vegas’ New York-New York Hotel...
LiFi: Ready for its Moment in the Spotlight
The promise of LiFi (light fidelity), which utilizes the very LED lights that illuminate a work space to transmit more secure, high-speed, wireless data...
School Finds Success with a Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation
When the Prescott School District in Wisconsin started planning for a new high school, its main concern involved solving space constraints in existing buildings...
Burn Bright
Eurethane Flooring System Perfect for Brewery Floor
Exile Brewery is a tribute to the Tursi Family’s patriarch and all other immigrants that continue to embrace...
EPS Insulation
Photo courtesy of Insulfoam
Since the 1930s, the commercial building industry has utilized expanded polystyrene (EPS) rigid foam insulation to achieve high-performance alongside cost-effectiveness. A...
Concrete Complexity
By Jason D. Wimberly, PE, MCE
As architects design new high-rise buildings taller and with more complexity, producers are challenged to deliver ready-mix concrete that...
Reinventing Commercial Fire Detection
Protecting life, property, and reputation is now much easier for commercial facilities ranging from hospitals, universities, and indoor football practice fields to museums and...
Making Floor Strippers Pitch Perfect
An experiment commissioned to mark the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) Beer Festival found that the secret to pouring the perfect pint is in...
Building Materials
Building materials have come a long way since the invention of mud bricks and timber frames thousands of years ago. Today, thanks to the...









