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The World’s Best Roofing Blog is authored by Duro-Last® Roofing to be an information source for commercial roofing industry professionals: contractors, architects, specifiers, consultants, building owners, and facility managers who are involved in the roof decision-making process. We include articles on roof technology and materials, safety, sustainability, and more. We also report on happenings at Duro-Last, such as featured roofing projects and company activities. Many posts are authored by subject matter experts at Duro-Last; others are re-posted from industry media or provided by other industry sources.
Drew Ballensky | Jun 17, 2013

New North Tower opens at Greensboro, N.C.’s Moses Cone Hospital expansion/renovation

A $200 million expansion and renovation at Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, N.C. reached a big milestone this month with the opening of the new North Tower.  

Drew Ballensky | Jun 13, 2013

L.A.'s natural history museum completes reimagining of buildings and grounds

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles completed a full-scale transformation this month with the opening of its new Nature Gardens and Nature Lab and the Otis Booth Pavilion with an iconic Fin Whale specimen. 

Drew Ballensky | May 31, 2013

$3 million renovation leads to rebirth of Boston hotel with new upscale identity

After a $3 million renovation, the Bulfinch Hotel in Boston has been reborn as the Boxer, a more upscale property.

Drew Ballensky | May 28, 2013

Renovated casino part of redevelopment project at Los Angeles-area racetrack

Hollywood Park racetrack in Inglewood, Calif., will soon become Hollywood Park Tomorrow, a 238-acre development project.

Drew Ballensky | May 20, 2013

Competitors vie to redevelop home of N.Y. Islanders on Long Island

Four groups are competing to redevelop the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, home of the New York…
Drew Ballensky | May 13, 2013

Maryland proposal would fund commercial green-energy retrofits

A proposed bill in the Montgomery County, Md., Council would provide an innovative way to encourage…
Drew Ballensky | May 6, 2013

Philadelphia Navy Yard building converted to energy research ‘living lab’

A 70-year-old vacant recreation building at the Navy Yard in Philadelphia will open next week as…
Drew Ballensky | Apr 29, 2013

Dilapidated 22-story Cambridge, Mass. courthouse headed for mixed-use rebirth

Plans have been unveiled to convert the old Middlesex Courthouse in East Cambridge, Mass. into a…
Drew Ballensky | Apr 22, 2013

Controversy over whether Montreal’s Olympic Stadium should be preserved

The deteriorating membrane roof atop the Olympic Stadium in Montreal needs to be replaced, but some…
Drew Ballensky | Apr 15, 2013

Lowell, Mass. mill transformation to mixed use features whimsical elements

The renovation of a former textile mill in Lowell, Mass., into a mixed-use facility features…
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