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Historic Plaster Conservation Services USA (HPCS) announced that John Canning Co. will employ the HPCS methods and packaged products in all its future plaster conservation and repair work.

As part of a $100 million capital campaign, The Muny opened its 101st season in June with a $33 million facelift highlighted by a new rotating stage, lights, LED screen, orchestra pit and other amenities to enhance the visitor experience.

Water is a mystery. It bends all of the rules, it baffles and confounds, it flows where it wants to flow, and although often used as a symbol of renewal, it is also associated with destruction.

The insulated concrete forms industry has built its reputation on key benefits: energy efficiency, ease of construction, comfort, and disaster resilience.

Western Specialty Contractors proudly announces that it has received a California Preservation Foundation 2019 Preservation Design Award for Technology and Craftsmanship for its role in conserving the Streamline Moderne facades of the Saban Building in Los Angeles. 

The holiday shopping season is just around the corner, and local homeowners are searching for easy ways to keep costs low and cash in their pockets. 

Loading docks generally aren’t known for their stylishness, but a new such structure at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is breaking with that tradition. The addition of glass curtainwall and a protective overhang clad in copper-toned metal tiles create a real visual pop in the middle of the airport’s runway area.

More than 150 national constitutions around the world guarantee an individual’s right to privacy. Yet all it takes is one “Peeping Tom” incident to crush a person’s feeling of solitude and security.

Since 1987, Capital City Stucco has been an important advocate to exterior plastering and insulating systems from its home base in Canton, Ga., and beyond.

By maintaining a space between a building’s cladding and exterior wall, rainscreen systems help protect the enclosure against the ravages of rain and moisture infiltration.