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October 2023

Construction Services | October 2023
Where Quality, Service, and Technology Meet
Window City Canada

In just 30 years, Window City Canada has become one of the country’s top window and door experts, and the facts behind the company’s success speak for themselves.

Construction Services | October 2023
High-End Materials, Superior Services
Silvi Materials

by Nate Hendley

Silvi Materials supplies high-end concrete, sand, stone, cement, and slag for building and offers a breadth of ancillary services. Based in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, this rapidly growing, family-run firm is particularly proud of its ready-mix concrete, which boasts superior strength, durability, and versatility.

Equipment & Products | October 2023
Hybrid Happiness – North American Heat Pumps Make Comfortable Homes
Viessmann Manufacturing

by Pauline Müller

Excitement is running high at Viessmann North America as the company celebrates recent successes and prepares to present cutting-edge heat pumps early next year. While it is committed to continuing fabricating and improving upon its sought-after, premium boilers, growing its electrified heat pump market segment is part of the company’s vision for the future.

Equipment & Products | October 2023
Water Warriors: Caring for the World’s Greatest Resource
ACO, Inc.

by Allison Dempsey

Recognizing the value of protecting natural resources and preserving the environment, ACO, Inc. is dedicated to building and maintaining infrastructure and promoting safety in business, transportation, and industry, via numerous products created with the intention of having a beneficial impact on how one of the planet’s most precious resources—water—is used.

Equipment & Products | October 2023
Gleaming Custom Metal Façades
John W. McDougall Co.

by Pauline Müller

An old Afrikaans saying about staying positive advises us to keep the surface side of things gleaming (Hou die blink kant bo.) While not everyone may find that general notion useful, modern design generally does. And so does the sterling team at John W. McDougall Co. (McDougall), best known these days for its beautiful custom metal façades.

October 2023
From Beautiful Bridges to Breathtaking Buildings
The Enduring Strength of Steel

by Robert Hoshowsky

Of all building materials, one of the most popular—and most vital—is steel. Strong, versatile and long-lasting, steel is an alloy made from iron and small amounts of carbon—often 0.04 percent to 2.25 percent—and small amount of other elements including silicon, phosphorus, sulphur and oxygen. So much more than simply ‘steel,’ there are five main classifications of the material: carbon steels, alloy steels, high-strength low-alloy steels, stainless steels, and tool steels.

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Alberta Firm Focuses on Quality, Safety, and the Environment
Central Construction Group

Central Construction Group doesn’t “aim to be the biggest contractor” but “strives to be the best,” to paraphrase the company’s website. Headquartered in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Central also has shops in Grand Prairie, Fox Creek, and Drayton Valley. With a strong focus on quality, safety, and the environment, the company offers an array of services for the commercial, industrial, residential, and municipal sectors.

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Perfection Group

Delivering state-of-the-art facilities management technology for more than 70 years throughout the Southeast and Midwest, Perfection Group provides solutions that reduce operating costs of facilities and buildings.

Sustainable Buildings and Lasting Relationships
EI Associates

In architecture, engineering, and design, it’s not unusual to hear words like ‘green’ and ‘sustainability.’ For C. Bruce Christman, Jr., these terms encompass more than materials and construction methods, and include careful consideration of operating costs and making structures as efficient as possible.

Decarbonizing the Modern Building
CMTA Inc.

Since 1968, CMTA Inc. has been doing its part to bring energy-efficient engineering to American construction, now growing to a nationwide leader in decarbonized, healthy buildings. After our previous conversation in 2022, the company has taken a large step toward furthering its mission. Also in 2022, CMTA became part of a larger company called Legence, a Blackstone portfolio company as well as an energy-efficient construction business and sustainability solutions provider.

Better Building with Bamboo
Bamboo Living

Many of us are concerned about the environment and reducing our carbon footprint, but David Sands has made the future of the planet his life’s work. A meeting between carpenter Jeffree Trudeau and architect Sands on the Island of Maui in 1994 led the two to realize there had to be a better, more sustainable, and earth-friendly way to build—and it was with bamboo.

Rubber Reimagined – Turning Old Tires Into Fine Flooring
Dinoflex

Driving—it’s something that most of us do, and let’s face it, where would we be without it? But we also know that it comes with downsides for our environment. The emissions are the obvious part, but there is another significant part of our vehicles that can also contribute to pollution: the tires that our cars run on.