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Performance. Aesthetics. Economy. Architects and designers gain new advantages in all three with a collaboration announced by two industry leaders in glazing materials and systems technology. Duo-Gard Industries Inc. will provide complete turnkey systems and solutions for canopies, shelters, building facades and other exterior applications. A new line, marketed by Duo-Gard, is named Fusion and…
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Need a shelter in a hurry? Satisfied with a standard style? With Duo-Gard’s new Ready Ship Shelters, we can get it out the door to you in 24 hours! That’s right: 24 hours. “These shelters are crated and ready to go in some of our most popular styles and sizes,” said Michael Arvidson, executive vice…
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Named in honor of America’s armed forces, Freedom Center in Huntsville, Alabama, contributes to the current revitalization of its area. Integrating renovation and new construction, the Center features a new state-of-the-art conference facility designed by the Huntsville firm of Matheny Goldmon Architecture + Interiors. The new conference facility connects two existing buildings which date back…
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The VA Medical Facility in Hines, Illinois, recently installed a new smoking shelter from Duo-Gard, the company that pioneered this industry 25 years ago and was awarded the first GSA contract for smoking shelters. “The shelter is for our veterans who smoke and their visitors,” says Bob Squires, lead carpenter for Engineering Services at the…
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Duo-Gard Industries Inc. – Project – Henderson-Hopkins School was published in Archello | the platform for architecture and design. Click here to learn more.
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Bicyclists traveling the Pinellas Trail on Florida’s west coast are enjoying a new addition to the scenery: six bike repair stations from Duo-Gard. Running 47 miles from St. Petersburg to Tarpon Springs, the trail attracts more than 70,000 visitors each month. Many of these are bikers, rolling through the county’s picturesque parks, along waterways, coastal…
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By David Miller, President Megawarehouses. Gigafactories. Big challenges and big opportunities for designers. If bigger is better, today’s trend toward megabuildings – mainly warehouse and manufacturing facilities – has a solid foundation. It appears to be accelerating. The growth in e-commerce requires huge warehouse inventory space. The country’s current administration is placing emphasis on retaining jobs…
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Whether your outlook for 2017 is positive, negative or neutral, there are undisputed bright spots in commercial construction. One of the brightest is retrofit for existing buildings. According to David Corson, publisher/editor of Commercial Construction & Renovation magazine, “We see many projects in the pipeline involving renovation as well as new construction.” Corson says the…
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San Diego Gas & Electric needed to renovate one of its remote pumping stations, a 1950s facility for distributing natural gas. About 85 percent of the renovation involved replacement of some 1,685 square feet of existing windows that were missing, cracked or leaking. SDG&E needed a way to minimize solar heat buildup inside and prevent…
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For 2013-2017, the League of American Bicyclists awarded the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire its Bronze ranking as a bicycle-friendly educational environment. This added recognition and encouragement to the large biking community on campus. In September 2016, Duo-Gard helped enhance this support by installing a semi-enclosed bike shelter with parking racks. Funded by the…
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