What You Need to know about Building Materials Under LEED v4.1 The newest update to the LEED standards (version 4.1) offers insight into the future direction of the building materials industry. Whether you are actively working on a LEED project…
Have Your Channel Partnerships Sailed? As our industry grapples with labor shortages and pricing increases, now is when we start to see manufacturers torpedo long-standing partnerships with their sales representatives and distributors. It is happening on a nearly daily basis…
Choosing Building Materials Wisely – Optimize your choices to create better. Read along here. We often get asked, as curators of sustainable building materials, “What is the perfect material?” The answer is complicated. Mostly because there isn’t one. No perfect…
In this episode, we interview Meg Calkins, Department Head and Professor of Landscape Architecture at North Carolina Statue University (NCSU) to discuss the synchronization of sustainable design and materials in landscape architecture.
Join us as we talk to the CEO of Anguleris, Benjamin Glunz, about Building Information Modeling (BIM) and discuss why BIM information is critical for manufacturers.
In this episode we speak with John Topic of Willis Distribution. We discuss the changing demands of surfacing in the industry with respects to new needs for product health and design.
It’s Terrazzo’s Time Eco-Savvy Options to the Terrazzo Trend Most of us have heard of terrazzo, that chunky, colorful airport floor we (used to) dash across to make our flight, or maybe a decorative lamp or bowl that we picked…
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It is getting colder, even in our home state of North Carolina. The leaves are brilliant in their descent to clutter our lawns, weeks behind those of the Northeast, who shed their colors what probably seems like long ago. With…
Now that 2020 almost has a fork in it, building materials companies need to start planning for 2021 with the hopes that projects will be restarted and our interactions will return to some form of what they used to be. …
Choosing Healthy Building Materials Whether you're a homeowner looking to renovate your kitchen or a commercial architect revamping a retail space, it can be difficult to find materials that are not only aesthetically up to par, but also meet given…