Envisivent is a mud-in flush mounted air return vent that blends seamlessly into walls and ceilings for a contemporary aesthetic. Designed to be installed during the drywall stage with a few easy steps – Mud, Tape, Sand, and Paint – and the air return vent now becomes part of your wall or ceiling.
To expand its training facilities and eliminate the sound of gunfire from a classroom building, Western Technical College moved its shooting range from a classroom building to an existing well-built storage building on the school’s campus and from there the shooting range was made safe and sound-proof.
In order to meet the needs of curriculum renewal and new teaching pedagogy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis desired renovations to its Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (FLTC) that would support medical education by improving flexibility and providing updated technology.
WACA is proud to celebrate this year’s extraordinary contractors, suppliers, and manufacturers for their outstanding achievement and support in construction and safety.
You know how the saying goes, “They can’t see the forest for the trees.” It is an interesting and confusing idiom. It generally means that someone is so focused on a detail or singular issue, they are missing the bigger picture.
ClarkDietrich has expanded its family of head-of-wall products with the addition of UltraBEAD, a smoke, fire and sound-rated bead that gives architects and specifiers an efficient, high-performance solution for fire-stopping and acoustical control applications.
CISCA has planned a low-key, high-interest event in which you will be able to present your products or services to interested attendees and get the word out about your company, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona September 27-30.
Summer is a great time for construction work, but a brutal time for construction workers. Excessive heat and sun exposure pose significant dangers, such as sunburn, dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Every year, construction workers become ill on the job and some even lose their lives due to heat exposure.
In years past, acoustic treatments were all about form and function. But new materials are changing the way the wall and ceiling industry can use acoustic treatments as part of the aesthetics of a space, and the sky is the limit.