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“God is in the details” is a phrase often attributed to the great modernist architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and it certainly seems to apply to a recently transformed derelict printing plant that is now a Grand Rapids, Michigan-based architecture firm’s new headquarters.

Honored with a 2023 Global Future Design Awards’ gold winner for cultural architecture, La Place des Arts du Grand Sudbury also celebrated its one-year anniversary of serving as Northern Ontario’s first multidisciplinary art center focused on French-Canadian culture and community empowerment.

American Iron and Steel Institute Vice President of Construction Robert J. Wills, P.E., was recognized with the prestigious American Institute of Steel Construction Lifetime Achievement Award at NASCC: The Steel Conference on April 12 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

As part of its annual conference, AWCI held its Excellence in Construction Quality Awards, an annual presentation awarding installers, vendors and distribution partners for quality delivery in eight categories.

The Metal Construction Association has announced that Architectural Image Systems of Heath, Texas, has met the standards to become an MCA-Certified MCM Fabricator.

Sto Corp. has introduced StoSeal STPE Sealant, a high-performance adhesive sealant designed for use in new opaque wall and building restoration applications.

Estes Design and Manufacturing has a unique design and manufacturing system that produces exterior aluminum panels that are faster to manufacture as well as easier and faster to install. The company recently completed a project that required 1,003 panels - without a single remake.

As an industry leader committed to sustainability, RHEINZINK introduces RHEINZINK-prePATINA ECO ZINC architectural zinc products. Now produced using 50 percent less carbon dioxide, the company’s premium RHEINZINK-prePATINA products are now part of its RHEINZINK-ECO ZINC offering.

The American Iron and Steel Institute has published a new research report, “RP23-01: Analytical Equations for Critical Local Buckling Stress of Lipped Channels.” The report provides analytical equations for calculating the critical load-buckling stress of lipped channels with or without punchouts under compression and bending.

Simpson Strong-Tie introduced the new Yield-Link brace connection, part of a full suite of structural steel innovations and resilient building solutions, at this year’s NASCC: The Steel Conference, held April 12-14 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.