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Mass Timber

5 solutions to acoustic issues in mass timber buildings

For all its advantages, mass timber also has a less-heralded quality: its acoustic challenges. Exposed wood ceilings and floors have led to issues with excessive noise. Mass timber experts offer practical solutions to the top five acoustic issues in mass timber buildings.



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Healthcare Facilities | Aug 28, 2015

Shhh!!! 6 ways to keep the noise down in new and existing hospitals

Thereā€™s a ā€˜decibel warā€™ going on in the nationā€™s hospitals. Progressive Building Teams are leading the charge to give patients quieter healing environments.Ā  Ā 

Dec 28, 2014

New trends in ceiling designs and materials [AIA course]

A broad array of new and improved ceiling products offers designers everything from superior acoustics and closed-loop, recycled content to eased integration with lighting systems, HVAC diffusers, fire sprinkler heads, and other overhead problems. This course describes how Building Teams are exploring ways to go beyond the treatment of ceilings as white, monolithic planes.

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Charles Dalluge joins DLR Group as president, COO

CEO Griff Davenport announces addition of Dalluge to executive leadership team

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Top 10 green building products for 2014

Assa Abloy's power-over-ethernet access-control locks and SchĆ¼co's retrofit faƧade system are among the products to make BuildingGreen Inc.'s annual Top-10 Green Building Products list.Ā 
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ASSA ABLOY, CertainTeed team up to tackle classroom acoustics

The new alliance has uncovered easily accessible solutions to address these acoustical challenges and reduce the sound reverberation that further complicates noise issues.

Apr 16, 2013

5 projects that profited from insulated metal panels

From an orchid-shaped visitor center to Californiaā€™s largest public works project, each of these projects benefited from IMP technology.

Rob Cassidy | Oct 15, 2012

Got a 'Great Solution'? Send it in to BD+C

This request for information is no longer open. We're doing another "Great Solutions"ā€¦
Jun 1, 2012

New BD+C University Course on Insulated Metal Panels available

By completing this course, you earn 1.0 HSW/SD AIA Learning Units.

May 29, 2012

Reconstruction Awards Entry Information

Download a PDF of the Entry Information at the bottom of this page.

May 24, 2012

2012 Reconstruction Awards Entry Form

Download a PDF of the Entry Form at the bottom of this page.

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