| May 20, 2008 | Vol 3, Num 20 |
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News to know
AIA convention hits Boston
 According to officials from the American Institute of Architects, more than 20,000 attendees gathered at the Boston Convention Center last week for the AIA 2008 National Convention and Design Exposition ...
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PPG announces performance glazings
price increase
Officials at PPG Industries, Pittsburgh, announced a 13 percent price increase for all clear, tinted, coated and tempered glasses from its performance glazings—formerly flat glass—business and an 8 percent increase for all Starphire ultra-clear glass products, both effective June 16. ...
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The best of Boston swag
 Blogger Katy Devlin gives the scoop on AIA Convention giveaways—from lanyards and tote bags to chocolate hardhats and the Edgetech “Predator Pen” …
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Product spotlight
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CVD system
 Arkema Inc. of Philadelphia developed the Certincoat online CVD, or chemical vapor deposition, system. ...
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Selecting a business safe
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 Most businesses use safes to protect vital documents, computer tapes and other essential items. ...
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Financials
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Chinese authorities recognize Fenzi China
 Fenzi China Paints and Sealants Co., established in June 2006, got an award from the Safety Bureau of Jiaxing for manufacturing safety. ...
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Project news
Juvenile Detention Center provides daylighting with security
“With channel glass you can glaze a large area without having mullions in between. Two channels were put together like a tube with Nanogel insulation interlayer. Channel glass lets the light through, unobstructed by mullions.”
—Robert Carter, project manager, Clifton Architectural Glass
 The basics: The 80-bed Union County Juvenile Detention Center in Linden, N.J., wraps completely around a 1-acre outdoor courtyard. The security glazing in the building envelope functions as the facility's secure perimeter, eliminating the need for steel bars, razor wire or perimeter fencing. The structure makes a square doughnut footprint that encloses a large central courtyard. Architects designed a thin building, only one room deep, that allows natural light into classrooms and housing units from the exterior and into 10-foot-wide corridors surrounding the courtyard. Completed in April 2008, the 70,000-square-foot building cost $27 million.
The players: Architect, Ricci Greene Associates, New York; general contractor, Chanree Construction Co., Ortley Beach, N.J.; glazing contractor, Clifton Architectural Glass and Metal, Clifton, N.J.; glass fabricators, Bendheim Wall Systems, Passaic, N.J. and Oldcastle Glass, Santa Monica, Calif.; glass supplier, Norment Security Group, Montgomery, Ala., subsidiary of CompuDyne Corp., Annapolis, Md.; curtain wall fabricators: Bendheim Wall Systems and Kawneer North America, Norcross, Ga.; framing supplier, Normant Security Group.
The glass and systems: The project has five glazing systems: Bendheim Wall Systems 504 rough cast Linit channel glass, certified by Safety Glazing Certification Council and 100-percent heat soak tested, in an SF60 framing system in Arcadia Silver; Kawneer 1600 4 SSG structural glazed curtain wall with vertically glazed 1-inch, low-E insulating glass from Oldcastle Glass; Kawneer 1602 curtain wall with 1-inch, low-E insulating glass from Oldcastle Glass; butt-glazed 1/2-inch tempered glass fin wall system from Oldcastle Glass; Normant Security hollow steel security frames for doors and glass partitions glazed with Normant security glazing of polycarbonate and glass, and hollow metal frames with 1-inch low-E insulating glass from Oldcastle Glass.
Photos by Mikiko Kikuyama, New York
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