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Bison® & ATS Partner to Design Automated, Portable Window & Door Test Kit
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Automated Testing Solutions, Inc. (ATS) is an American business success story. Located in Circle Pines, a suburb of the Twin Cities in Minnesota, ATS was founded in 2002 by Mike and Jane Wakumoto after Mike’s mechanical engineering position in a testing lab was eliminated. Entrepreneurs at heart and with an opportunity to begin something new,…
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Easy Ways to Stay Cool and Cut Summer Energy Costs
The oppressive summer heat has everyone going inside to seek a reprieve from the relentlessly high temperatures outside. Extreme heat puts home systems and utility bills to the test, but Service Experts, one of the leading residential HVAC service companies in the U.S., has tips on how to weather the heat with minimum strain on…
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FGIA Summit Sessions Highlight QC Improvement Strategies
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) hosted two speakers who shared their knowledge about new research in the fields of Property Resilience Assessment (PRA) and architectural weathering. In a session sponsored by Intertek Building and Construction, presenter Alan Scott spoke about “Designing for the Future | Understanding Resilience in the Built Environment.” This was followed…
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3D-Printed Walmart Expansion Opens in Alabama
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) and Alquist 3D LLC, in partnership with FMGI, Inc., announce today the completion of the team’s second groundbreaking 3D concrete printing (3DCP) build that sets a new industry record for speed of commercial construction. The walls of the 5000-square-foot expansion at Walmart Supercenter #5197 were “printed” in just 75 hours, significantly faster than…
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8 Tips to Establish an Emergency Response Center in Small Towns
When the storm hit, the town lost everything—power, cell signal, and the only road out. People gathered at the school gym, but there was no generator, no food storage, no way to call for help. That moment changed everything. Small towns and rural counties can’t always count on outside help arriving fast. That’s why more…