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

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...
fire safety

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...
Floor Stripping

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...