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Dedicated Interior Designers The high-end furniture business is no longer limited to the showroom floor now that some of the world's most notable commercial interior professionals are making the leap from furniture suppliers to interior design project managers. Taking on this new custom interior services task means providing value engineering, product, and material development, and even architectural design input. Described by one professional as the "glue" that holds a commercial fit-up together, interior PMs are making their mark on such high profile projects as the new Bulgari Hotel in Milan and the renovated Café Royale in London.   Vacuum Lifting Solutions for Construction Wood's Powr-Grip Co., Inc. Plastics Make It Perfect Redwood Plastics More versatile than magnets and faster than clamps or slings, Powr-Grip® vacuum lifters are an efficient and economical means of moving materials. Reduce load damage and operator fatigue, strain, or injury with a vacuum lifter from Wood's Powr-Grip. Contact us today to see how we can help you! Plastics are becoming increasingly popular in architectural designs. Plastics push the limits of traditional designs and bring new creative structures for both indoor and outdoor projects.Redwood Plastics offers materials that endure the most severe environments, are UV protective, anti-glare, and impact resistant. Learn about Redco Building and Design Materials. Bobcat® Roller Suspension: Strength in Simplicity Bobcat Company HabiFrame Storm Shelter by Protective Structures Protective Structures, Ltd. For strong, smooth performance in demanding environments, choose the Roller Suspension™ system on select Bobcat® compact track loaders. The all-steel design with steel imbed tracks make it tough. The steel leaf springs reduce ground feedback to make it smooth. Enjoy easier turning, less vibration, and a quieter workday. Learn more. Protective Structures proudly introduces theHabiFrame® Tornado Shelter, an in-home shelter solution tested to meet the acceptedFEMA320/FEMA361 and ICC-500 standards for tornado resistance. Utilizing an innovative design of LSL reinforced with structural support rods, the HabiFrame® system offers a cost-effective, customizable storm shelter that doubles as a fully functional interior room.

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Building Projects . . . Learn More Mongolia's "MAD" Museum Inspired by both the Mongolian desert and Manhattan's "MAD" domed museum design by Buckminster Fuller, the newOrdos Museum in Kang Ba Shi City, Inner Mongolia, China, is the result of six years of planning. Its space-age domed shell is meant to encapsulate the region's rich cultural history while providing a refuge for visitors from the encroaching city outside its doors. It's also meant to provide a core gathering place for the public. Resurfacing Chicago's Roadways Chicago is not only known for its wind, it's also known for its congested highways and byways. When a recent major resurfacing project required that these same roadways remain open during construction, not only to accommodate vehicular traffic, but also a popular road race, contractors had to enlist some reliable project management skills and some nifty equipment such as manhole safety ramps. Tools & Equipment . . . Learn More Shock Resistant Leveling and Layout Measuring and leveling a commercial construction project requires accuracy. That accuracy is only as good as your level. Now a new generation of box beam levels promises to deliver both accuracy and toughness in the field. Armed with a magnified center vial and continuous marking surface it also comes equipped with heavy-duty plastic end caps for shock resistance. A Better Back-hoe Sometimes refining your backhoe design in order to meet new EPA standards isn't enough. Sometimes it pays to reinvent the entire machine. With that in mind, a new generation of C4.4, diesel-powered commercial-grade back-hoe has not only been re-engineered with improved fuel performance, but also an improved hydraulic system, loader linkage, power management, and more.   DGLC Series: Outdoor Lighting Controller with Sensor Input NSI Industries LLC Nantong Stadium Retractable Roof ENERPAC TORK's DGLC Series offers combination light level and time-of-day for one circuit and photocontrol operation for a second circuit. One special schedule can be executed for any number of days. This great outdoor lighting controller is enclosed in Noryl® Indoor/Outdoor NEMA 3R standard, but a Metal Indoor model is also available. The new Nantong stadium in the Chinese Jiangsu province is China's first large stadium with a roof that can be opened and closed. It is exceptional that for the first time in history, thepropulsion and stabilisation of the movable roof parts takes place hydraulically. Materials & Hardware . . . Learn More Window of Opportunity for New Hardware Commercial window hardware has gotten an evolutionary boost with a newly engineered system of openers that can be modularized to allow a single opener to operate wide windows by means of a link bar. These contemporary, multi-finish openers are also equipped with a unique "shoe" that eliminates the need for packers. The hardware is available for flush and recessed windows and is said to be both durable and easy to install. Foam Forms Strong Walls One of the most sought-after materials for shoring up bearing and retaining walls might come as a surprise to you. It is foam. Composed of a cellular plastic product that is far lighter and lower in density than other, more traditional cement-like filler materials, the super strong new foam filleris a time-saving material that can be installed on site in any weather. It's available either as a liquid or in solid blocks. Environment & Energy . . . Learn More Latin America's Solar LEED The first-ever Latin American building to earn a coveted LEED-NC Platinum certification did so not with the use of recycled or organic building materials, but with the use of glass. The 5,000 sq ft, Monterrey, Mexico commercial office building is outfitted with special low-e and ultra clear glass. The glass panels control the amount of sunlight that can enter into the building in order to reduce interior energy costs. Building "Reuse" Reconsidered According to a new report published byGreen LAB, an historic preservation think-tank, building reuse is almost always a more environmentally-friendly approach than demolition and building new. In fact, it can take upwards of 80 years for a new, energy-efficient building to overcome, through efficient operations, the climate change impacts created by its construction. One exception is when a lot of new materials are required to reconstruct or renovate; any economic or environmental advantages assumed to be associated with the project may be negated.   Power Meter with Data Logging Veris Industries, Inc. Ni-base Powder Blisk Technology Synertech P/M Inc. The E50H5 BACnet MS/TP Power and Energy Meter with Data Logging combines exceptional performance and easy installation to deliver a cost-effective solution for power monitoring applications. Learn more about Veris Industries, Inc. Synertech P/M manufactures NI-base Powder Blisk technology for use in the fabrication of metal parts and tools. This powder metal technology can be implemented with nothing more than a conceptual tooling design.