Translucent Glazing Panels

Translucent UniQuad panels by CPI Daylighting provide an ideal envelope for high performance buildings, offering the best available ratio of insulation to visual transmittance. This Removable Skin Technology (RST) helps maintain the building’s integrity and longevity while also providing superior protection against water and air filtration, with a unitized mechanical connection system and Grip-Lock Double Tooth edge to strengthen panel connections.

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Green Schools Conference to Address Funding, Drought

PASADENA, Calif. — The two-day Green California Schools Conference kicks off in Pasadena Nov. 5, bringing together teachers, administrators, architects, engineers, facility managers and others to share knowledge about a variety of sustainability issues facing the state’s schools and universities. The summit is the largest annual event focused on green programs in the nation’s largest K-12 and higher education systems.

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Michael Craig Smith

Michael Craig Smith, AIA, will serve as director of Hastings+Chivetta Architects’ new California office in Irvine, bringing with him 25 years of design and construction experience at California universities. Smith comes to Hastings+Chivetta from California State University at Fullerton where he completed more than 20 major capital projects worth a combined $500 million as the director of Design and Construction.

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Multipurpose Modular Structures

Varco Pruden Building has added Utility Built, a new micro-building product, to its line of steel building solutions. Varco Pruden partnered with Parkline Inc. to produce the Utility Built line of small, multipurpose, specialized enclosures developed to be cost-competitive and modular in construction, allowing for simple installation.

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