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The future is now
a bona fide science fiction nerd, of course
had to run out right away and see Blade Runner 2049 when it came out this fall.
I was taking my teenage daughter, who had never seen the original, so we had to watch the old 1982 Blade Runner first. The title at the start informs us that the movie is taking place in 2019. Well, here we are at the end of 2017. Things better get moving next year if director Ridley Scott is going to be accurate. We haven’t had much luck getting those flying cars off the ground. And Siri is a long way away from humanoid robots so convincing you need a test to tell them from the real thing. As for settling other planets...forget it.
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The interesting thing to see is how no one in 1982 could have predicted the actual advancements that technology would make. No one in the movie uses a handheld computer device. When Harrison Ford wants to make a video call he has to go to a booth and pay a fee. If there’s an internet, we don’t see it. The movie Los Angeles of 2019 is choked by a perpetual smog so dense it’s dark all the time and it rains constantly. We’ve actually alleviated smog to a great extent with controls on nitrous oxide emissions and reductions in coal power, though Scott may still end up being partly right about the effects of climate change. He got one thing bang on, though. In one of my favourite scenes in the movie, Ford asks for the room to be darkened so he can do his android test, and with a touch of a button the huge window slowly darkens from top to bottom. Dynamic glass, right on cue. It sounds like 2017 has been a good year for the industry, in general. Just about everyone I talk to is almost busier than they want to be. The numbers back this up. After a slow first two quarters, national investment in non-residential construction recovered in the third quarter to beat 2016’s third quarter. Most of that was driven by Quebec and Ontario, which were stronger every quarter than the year before. That was enough to offset weaker years in Atlantic Canada and the Prairies, though Manitoba had a great year with every quarter beating 2016. B.C. flattened out from a peak in firstquarter 2016 and never managed to beat its 2016 performance in any quarter, though the third-quarter numbers were almost the same.
Scanning the headlines, it was a fairly quiet year for news in the glass industry, with nothing earthshaking like Vitro’s 2016 purchase of PPG coming down the wire. The biggest acquisition was on the adhesives and sealants side with H.B. Fuller’s purchase of Royal Adhesives for over $1.5 billion. The Glass Association of North America and the National Glass Association merged to widespread approval. GlassBuild was almost blown away by Hurricane Irma, but managed to go ahead and be just fine. On this side of the border, test lab UL purchased CLEB and Fenestration B.C. came back to the fold as a member of the Canadian Glass Association.
Here's to a prosperous and healthy 2018!•
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NEWS
Garibaldi, Flynn, Glastech recognized
The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) recognized the finest in B.C.’s construction industry at its 29th Annual Awards of Excellence, held Oct. 25 at the Vancouver Convention Centre. Garibaldi Glass took home the Gold Award for Manufacturer and Supplier for its work on the Pacific Centre Redevelopment Project and Flynn Canada picked up the Gold Director’s Trade Award in the over $7 million category for its work on The Hub at King George Station. Glastech Glazing Contractors won the Silver Trade Contractors President’s Trade prize in the $1 to 3 million range for the Langara Science and Technology Building. This year’s competition
attracted more than 95 entrants and shone the spotlight on 50 projects representing approximately $1.1 billion in construction value. A total of 25 awards were presented including 15 Gold Awards, nine Outstanding Achievement Awards, and a Heritage Award.
“VRCA’s Awards of Excellence showcase the best of the best,“ said Fiona Famulak, president of the VRCA. “B.C.’s construction industry is the most progressive in the country and the awards allow us to recognize the collaboration, innovation and professionalism that our members bring to their projects - the complex, state-of-the-art infrastructure that we use every day,” she continued.
OGMA fall seminar edu-tains
You wouldn’t have thought there is any way to make a discussion of the Access for Ontarians with Disabilities Act engaging and funny, but Jennifer Threndyle of Workplace Safety and Prevention Services managed it at the Ontario Glass and Metal Association’s fall seminar held Nov. 16 at the Richmond
Hill Country Club. There were lots of chuckles amid the groans over the incredible complexity of Ontario’s rules for accommodating both disabled workers and customers in a business. The laughter and learning continued with Michael Mesure’s presentation on bird friendly glass. Mesure was extremely
knowledgable and informative; the laughs came from Sergei Mihhailenko who reflected on the fact that eggs are a lot cheaper than glass and perhaps a better solution to the problem is to simply breed more birds.
The OGMA is planning another education seminar for the spring, details to be determined.
COMING EVENTS
2018
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2
IGMA Winter Conference Tucson, Ariz. igmaonline.org
Feb. 19 - 22
AAMA National Annual Conference Orlando, Fla. aamanet.org
Feb. 28
Fenestration West Surrey, B.C. fen-bc.org
March 1
FenCon18
Winnipeg, Man. fencon17.com
March 4 - 6
Building Envelope Conference Las Vegas, Nev. glasswebsite.com
March 21 - 24
Fensterbau Frontale Nuremburg, Germany frontale.de
April 17
Top Glass Mississauga, Ont. topglasscanada.com
April 23 - 28
GANA Annual Conference Napa, Calif. glasswebsite.com
June 11 - 14
AAMA National Summer Conference Olympic Valley, Calif. aamanet.org
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CGA Newsletter
Canadian Glass Association
It’sbeen a quiet period at the national level as we plot our way forward with a new structure for the association. The Canadian Glass Association has parted ways with the management team at the Glass Association of North America following its merger with the National Glass Association and will delegate administrative activities to our volunteer board for the time being. A series of discussions are planned to map out a strategy and mission for the association going forward. We need your input! CGA members are encouraged to email David Langton, president, at dlangton@compglass.com with your thoughts on what your national industry association can do for you. Changes to regulations, building codes, technology, training, product certification and more are moving across the country.What can we do to help your business?
Fenestration Association of B.C.
FenBC’s October 26 conference was a huge success.We had the largest attendance on record. A well-rounded program offering relevant and interesting topics and speakers provided the attendees with a lot of information to think about and process. Our full program description is available on our website at fen-bc.org.
FenBC has been quite busy.We are updating our Glazing Systems Specification Manual to reflect the 2015 National Building Code. FenBC in partnership with RDH Building Science has completed
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and published “Reference Procedure for Simulating Spandrel U-Factors.” This public resource includes a reference procedure, a user guide and a calculation tool. [See page 24.] This resource can be found on the FenBC website at fen-bc.org/content/view/ resources-spandrel.
A few “save the date” notices for 2018: we will hold our first annual Poker Tournament on Jan. 31 at the Northview Golf Course in Surrey, B.C.The Fenestration West Technical Conference and AGM will be held on Feb. 28, also at Northview Golf Course in Surrey.
FenBC would like to congratulate the following FenBC members for winning 2017 Awards of Excellence from the Vancouver Residential Construction Association: Glastech Glazing Contractors (Trade Contractors - $1 to 3 million President’s Trade) for the Langara Science and Technology Building; Flynn Canada (Trade Contractors - over $7 million Director’s Trade) for The Hub located at King George Station Phase A; and Garibaldi Glass (Manufacturer and Supplier) for the Pacific Centre Redevelopment Project.
Provincial Glaziers Association of Alberta
Ourlast meeting was held Sept. 20. Minutes and reports from that meeting are on the PGAA’s website at pgaa.ca.
The Master Glazier Program and its funding was discussed at length. It came to light that the PGAA had given the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology an initial deposit back in 2012 that had not been taken into consideration previously.This helps to make SAIT’s numbers
more realistic.We are underway on the development of both the Structural Glazing and Specialty Glass courses, with a mandate to maintain efficiencies and to have both courses finished by year’s end.This will leave us five courses to develop in 2018 and beyond.
A seminar was held on Sept. 22 to get both the Glass Trades Association and Glass and Architectural Metals Association up and using the PGAA umbrella website.This went very well and we are now in the process of getting the website fully up to date. A goal here is to get links between our membership list and individual members’ websites to help drive traffic and business to members.
Following issues with the last turnover of our board, a handoff kit is being developed so that such issues as taxation, articles, and banking do not get missed out on in the future.
The PGAA Golf Tournament post-mortem was held and it was resolved that we will lean more on the Event-Brite online registration service for 2018.Trying to minimize costs and waiting to get a GST number had a detrimental effect on golfers this year. Sponsorship was up nicely, but participation was down.
Ontario Glass and Metal Association
Douglas Harold Hotham: It is with regret that we inform members of the passing of Doug Hotham on Oct. 18 at the age of 90. Doug was a well-known and respected member of our glass community in Ontario for decades and was the proud recipient of the OGMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. He will certainly be missed.
CLA update: The Ontario
legislature is scheduled to vote on the new Bill 142 – Construction Lien Amendment Act, 2017, throughout the fall.The Standing Committee will be holding public hearings during November.The OGMA will be submitting its concerns on issues it finds objectionable in the draft legislation, as have been noted in past issues of Glass Canada and Fulton’s You Bet Your Glass column.
Fall seminar: We held a very informative session on Nov. 16 with two timely topics being discussed. Michael Mesure, founder of the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada, and Steve Morren of Walker Glass presented a captivating overview on bird-friendly glazing. Jennifer Threndyle from Workplace Safety and Prevention Services brought us up to speed on the impending next hurdles coming on board at the end of 2017 for compliance to the Access for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
AODA’s next hurdle: In case you missed it, companies had until the end of 2016 to put accessibility policies and procedures in place for the communication of all of your information and your employment practices. By the end of this month, your company has new hurdles for compliance, depending on the size of your company.To find out your legal obligations, go to ontario.ca/page/accessibility-laws, then contact WSPS to help you put it in place.
OGMA/WSPS safety plan: For the past four years, the OGMA has worked with WSPS to create a health and safety plan designed specifically for glass shops and glazing contractors.WSPS is offering its plan to OGMA members for about half what it usually charges for similar plans, and the companies who have signed on so far have had nothing but great reviews.
Doug Hotham, 1927 - 2017
Glass industry legend Doug Hotham passed away on Oct. 18 at the age of 90. Hotham’s remarkable 50-year career included roles with several of Canada’s most noted glass fabricators and contractors. He was given the Ontario Glass and Metal Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014. Hotham started in the trade in 1941 at the age of 14, floral-cutting mirrors, vases and other glassware by hand at London Glass and Mirror in London, Ont. From there he went to Canadian Pittsburgh Industries where he was trained at CPI’s glass school for glass industry salespeople. His next stop was Upper Canada Glass, which took Hotham to his final home
in Aurora, Ont. There, Hotham and his wife of 63 years, Norma, raised their sons Greg (an NHL hockey player with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins) and Brent, who is sales manager at Explore1 Glass and Door Services. Hotham eventually left Upper Canada Glass and worked at RMP, Commercial Aluminum and Galaxy Glass before landing at Indal’s Tempglass where he helped develop its heavy glass division. In this role, Hotham was trained in Europe by Saint Gobain and began bringing heavy glass shower doors, entrances and squash court enclosures to Canada. Walker Atlantic Glass finally lured Hotham away from Tempglass with an offer to help them set up their tempering furnace in Scarborough, Ont., where he worked on such projects as the barrel vault roof in Toronto’s Eaton Centre and the interior glazing at the Rogers Centre. Hotham ended his long career in 1994 as heavy glass manager for Guardian.
Glazier certification tests under development
The Physical Test Steering Committee of the Architectural Glass and Metal Technician (AGMT) Certification Program began development of conceptual test apparatuses at a meeting held on Sept. 20, in Hanover, Md. The apparatuses will be used by future AGMT certification applicants to demonstrate their proficiency in fundamental physical glazing skills and abilities – the physical test element of the certification exam. The committee also designed the draft physical tasks that would be assessed as part of the certification requirements. These included various glazing-related assembly and installation procedures utilizing components of curtainwall, storefront and aluminum entrance systems, and proper use of sealants, gaskets and other water-management methods.
“Because of the large cross-section of glazing industry professionals involved, the steering committee made amazing progress in establishing the physical test requirements,” said Mike Laughlin of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, DC-21. Construction of three unique prototype test apparatuses is expected to be complete by press time. Further fine-tuning will occur leading up to the next Physical Test Steering Committee meeting, tentatively scheduled for February.
The physical test steering committee is comprised of a balanced representation of industry experts from three major stakeholder segments: glaziers, glazing contractors and the user community consisting of manufacturers, suppliers, architects, consultants and spec writers. “The number
of people who have volunteered as industry experts to be part of this effort really speaks to the need for this program,” said Jeff Dalaba, project manager. “With 29 members on our steering committees and others looking to join the effort, we see there’s a groundswell of support.”
In addition to the physical glazing exam, which will have a large bearing on an applicant’s total score, the certification assessment process will also include a prerequisite written exam that will gauge the applicant’s knowledge of proper glazing theory and procedures, tools of the trade, construction documents and layout, and quality control and failure prevention measures. The third-party personnel certification initiative is being developed by Administrative Management Systems
(AMS) and will be open to all glazing technicians. In furtherance of the development of the certification exams (written and physical), AMS has designed a validation survey to determine the importance of 30 key glazing-related knowledge and skill categories in minimizing glazing-related defects and failures and the frequency with which the elements of the categories are typically performed. The ultimate goal is to establish how prominently each will be featured in the certification process. The intention is that items that rank higher in importance/frequency will receive more attention on the exams than less important/frequent items.
Glass Canada hosted an informative webinar discussing the AGMT program last year. The recording is available at glasscanadmag.com > webinars.
Wolk passes away
Richard Wolk, president of Rochester Insulated Glass, passed away suddenly at the age of 62 on Oct. 14. Wolk was the son of RIG founder Stanley Wolk, and the company has done significant business in Ontario over Wolk’s 45-year career. According to an announcement by Wolk’s son, Tyler, Wolk started work at the family enterprise when he was 16. His vision as president of the company was to go beyond standard architectural glass offerings, especially into larger sizes. Tyler will take over as president of RIG.
New front line staff for Saand in Ottawa and London
Saandhas welcomed Alain Decoste as sales representative in the Ottawa territory.
Decoste studied at Algonquin College and has extensive experience as a sales representative in the Ottawa/Gatineau region. He will be responsible for creating and generating profitable and sustainable sales opportunities. He will support the corporate sales plan by developing and increasing the customer base while maintaining excellent relationships with current customers.
Saand has also introduced Lezlie Donlan as customer service manager at its London facility. Donlan has worked with one of North America’s Fortune 500 companies for
Alain Decoste
many years and brings with her an extensive background in customer service. She will be responsible for leading the customer service, order entry and invoicing teams.
Henkel partners with coatings innovator Vitro publishes design guide
Being a leading materials and solutions provider in the global coatings market, Henkel Adhesive Technologies has strengthened its expertise in this highly innovative field with an investment into U.S.based advanced materials start-up, NBD Nanotechnologies (NBD Nano).
“As part of our innovation strategy at Adhesive Technologies we have established a strong scouting process for new technologies and applications,” said Michael Todd, global head of innovation and new business development at Henkel. “The investment in NBD Nano demonstrates our commitment to collaborate with promising startups that provide access to cutting-edge future technologies.”
NBD Nano, headquartered in Boston, is an advanced materials start-up with expertise in adjusting surface properties such as repellency or adhesion. Through its proprietary platform technology, the company is creating additives for plastics and coatings that provide customized surface solutions that are both durable and adaptive. NBD Nano’s technology can be used in manifold applications from electronics and consumer goods to automotive. Its product offerings include RepelShell coating additives that provide excellent water repellency to car glass and DirtBlock coatings that significantly reduce the dirt pick-up on solar modules or architectural glass on buildings.
“Functional coatings are one of our key search fields for future innovations in our adhesive technologies business,” said Paolo Bavaj, head of corporate venturing at Henkel. “Based on its robust technology platform, NBD Nano has demonstrated the ability to provide cost-effective surface solutions with unique and durable performances for a large variety of applications and on many different substrates.”
For NBD Nano, the funding provides the basis for accelerated commercialization and customer adoption of its products. “We are ready for the next phase of commercialization. With Henkel as one of our investors we are looking forward to integrating our innovative solutions in the commercial marketplace,” said Deckard Sorensen, president of NBD Nano.
Vitro Architectural Glass (formerly PPG Glass) announced it has published Glass Design Guidelines , a pocketsize resource that architects can review with colleagues, engineers, glazing contractors, glass fabricators and other building profession als when drafting or reviewing glass specifications for building projects.
The booklet features a convenient fold-out section that details the eight factors specifiers and design professionals must consider during the glass design/specification process, including safety, wind and snow loads, thermal stress and surface orientation. The guide also contains details about the full suite of Vitro Glass specification tools available online at vitroglazings.com or the Vitro Glass Education Center. They include a search tool for Vitro Glass’s extensive selection of advanced architectural glass products; a project gallery that shows selected products on finished buildings throughout North America; and an advanced construct tool that architects can use to configure and compare custom insulating glass units then generate finished industrystandard three-part specifications for the products they select.
Robert Struble, manager of brand and communications at Vitro Architectural Glass, said the guide is a versatile resource for anyone interested in learning more about designing and building with architectural glass. “This booklet covers a lot of ground in a condensed, easy-to-use format that can be accessed quickly,” he explained. “Architects, specifiers, glazing contractors and other building professionals now will have one more valuable resource that can help them manage building projects.”
by MARGARET WEBB
Guidance you can trust
The beat of ever-improving energy efficiency in our fabricated glass products goes on, driven by concerns about climate change and initiatives like the Paris Climate Accords. In a world where Canadian builders soon may not be allowed to install fenestration with anything less than an R8 insulating factor, adhering to the highest standards of quality and technology has become critical for everyone in our industry. To help, the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance publishes guidelines that provide a foundation for high-quality IGU manufacture, drawing on the expertise of dozens of North America's top fabricators that has been accumulated over a century of insulating glass manufacturing.
Today we take a look at "Glazing Guidelines for Sealed Insulating Glass Units for Commercial and Residential Use." These are advisory guidelines to assist in achieving long-term performance of sealed insulating glass units. They are intended for use by those who design, specify, manufacture and install insulating glass units and were written as a result of open discussions and review by the IGMA Glazing Guidelines Working Group, which reports to the IGMA Technical Services Committee. These guidelines have been developed in accordance with IGMA quality control and due process procedures to help assure their reasonableness. They reflect existing technology and are subject to periodic review and change.
IGMA understands that what is applicable in residential glazing does not necessarily apply to commercial glazing and vice versa. Section 5.0, Setting Blocks, is one section that underwent significant modifications over the two pre-existing documents, now covering both
These guidelines reflect the collective experiences of insulating glass experts from across the industry.
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residential and commercial applications. To ensure compatibility and consistency between fenestration industry standards and specifications, this section was developed in consultation with members of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association and the Window and Door Manufacturers Association, who were developing the harmonized "AAMA/WDMA/ CSA 101/I.S.2/A440 – Standard/Specification for Windows, Doors, and Unit Skylights." The most significant addition is the positioning of setting blocks for triple-glazed IGUs.
Section 3.0, Framing, and Section 4.0, Glazing Clearances, are other examples that are more comprehensive and include both commercial and residential applications. The original guidelines did not differentiate between residential and commercial units, though in some circumstances one may overlap the other and users of the guidelines should recognize the differences. References to commercial applications include the AAMA’s "Aluminum Curtain Wall Design Guide Manual." The latest version of the guidelines includes diagrams and charts and that now provide the user with information on both commercial and residential applications. For instance, separate charts lay out the different recommendations for edge clearances on larger IGUs for residential use versus commercial use.
These guidelines are provided as a service to the industry by the IGMA and reflect the collective experiences of insulating glass manufacturers, glass and glazing material suppliers, design engineers, industry consultants and persons and firms experienced in successful glazing techniques. Although not a specification, these guidelines should assist in the successful glazing and performance of sealed insulating glass units. They are not intended to exclude other possible glazing practices. These guidelines reflect those that have been associated over the years with successful field performance of sealed insulating glass units. Users are encouraged to seek professional advice for specific glazing applications that differ from those detailed in these guidelines. Compliance with all local governing building codes is also required.
Copies of this and other IGMA publications can be ordered by visiting the IGMA website (igmaonline.org/publications) or by contacting the office at 613-233-1510. •
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SPOTLIGHT ON SOLAR
by TREENA HEIN
As with other technologies in their relative infancy, it seems that progress in getting the efficiencies of photovoltaics higher – and the costs lower – is painstakingly slow. The mechanics of a PV cell are simple enough (photons of light strike two layers of a semi-conducting material, causing electrons to jump between them, which are then caught by electrodes), but innovation and out-of-the-panel thinking may be accelerating both the cost decreases and efficiency boosts.
One new area of solar technology is known as “building integrated photovoltaics,” which, as the name suggests, relate to building facades and even interiors. Companies are using thin films (ultra-small solar cells) as well as traditional PV cell technology to turn windows, glass block, plastic rolls and other building elements into power-generating devices.
Photovoltaic glass is creeping closer to feasibility.
Most thin-film PV modules have both front and backside glass, explains Greg Wilson, director at the Materials Applications and Performance Center and co-director at the National Center for Photovoltaics, both located at the U.S. government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado. The thin-film technology that is currently the
most commercially successful employs cadmium telluride (CdTe) as the semi-conductor, but Wilson notes it only has a market share of about five per cent compared to traditional silicone solar panels, which hold over 90 per cent of the solar PV market. While efficiency for silicon is as high as 22 per cent at present, CdTe efficiency is catching up and is now approaching 18 per cent.
ABOVE: Paving a road with energy-producing glass tiles is still a cost-prohibitive concept, but the technology is there. Glass surfaces are now strong enough to support cars and can include solar energy collectors and LED lights for lane marking (or dance floors). Dirt on the surface would still impede energy collection, but LEDs would presumably shine through even better than painted markings.
More famous for electric cars and Mars rockets, Tesla has a glass roof tile available that generates solar power. The price is said to be "from $1,330" and the roof includes a lifetime warranty.
There is a small portion of the silicone PV module market that also uses glass on both sides of the module and includes either organic cells (tiny solar cells within or on the glass) and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC, where the semiconductor material is placed directly on the glass). “The latest thin-film PV technology in the laboratory involves a variation on DSC technology that now goes by the term ‘perovskites,’” Wilson explains. “These cells have created a great deal of excitement in research labs, but because they do not last long in real outdoor applications most believe it will be many years before they penetrate the outdoor PV panel market.” Wilson believes organic cells and DSC technology could get traction in indoor light-scavenging applications and for windows that scavenge indirect light through the use of low-efficiency PV layers.
Looking at the economics, Wilson notes that PV panel costs have dropped dramatically over the last few years because of both global oversupply and technology advances. The lowest-cost panels per watt of power produced are generally silicone panels that have a multi-crystalline structure and CdTe panels, Wilson explains, with both being currently sold in the U.S. through high-volume contracts at or below 35 cents [all figures in U.S. currency] per watt. However, he explains that “what really matters is the cost of the electricity that is produced from the entire system, and here too costs have come down dramatically. In the sunniest parts of the world, large PV ground-mount systems built by the most competent installers now produce PV electricity for less than three cents per kilowatt hour without subsidy. In the U.S.A., the costs vary by region but even in New England or northern Minnesota, PV generation costs for ground-mount systems are now around six to seven cents per kilowatt hour without subsidy.” He reports that the U.S. Department of Energy believes that ground-mount PV costs in these areas will come
down to three to four cents per watt over the next ten years. Wilson also reports that storage costs (the addition of large lithium-ion batteries to a solar system) could fall as low as one cent per kilowatt hour in the next five to 10 years. “Today the lowest-cost storage is from what is called pumped hydroelectric plants and the additional cost of storage is already around two cents per kilowatt hour,” he notes, “so even in the southern parts of Canada, PV has the potential to become a mainstream source of electricity over the next decade.”
If Wilson is right, PV panel production may soon be coming out of the doldrums it entered in recent years, as government subsidies for solar power are no longer necessary to make the technology a viable power source. Glass fabricators, take note.
New commercial tech
Solar Window Technologies of Columbia, Md., uses ultra-thin layers of transparent liquid coating (made of mostly hydrogen and carbon) on glass and flexible plastics, which converts sun and artificial light to useable electricity while retaining about 20 to 60 per cent visible light transmission. Spain-based Onyx Solar also offers electricity-producing coatings on a number of glass products, including windows, spandrels and curtainwall. Physee of the Netherlands is yet another thin-film solar energy company, offering its double-paned PowerWindows. They have a film made of industry-standard crystal and threeper cent transparent luminescent solar concentrators (TLSCs) that have been installed in pilot projects on several large buildings this year.
In 2014, professor Richard Lunt and colleagues at Michigan State University invented a transparent TLSC of organic salts and have been working to boost its low efficiency. The salts absorb specific wavelengths of ultraviolet and infrared
light, then luminesce in another infrared wavelength which is detected at the edge of the unit and converted into electricity by thin strips of conventional PV cell.
Oxford Photovoltaics is yet another solar coating company, a spinoff founded in 2010 by scientists from the University of Oxford in the U.K. The technology employs perovskite in a multi-junction/tandem architecture, and the firm claims “perovskite materials have astounded the solar cell community with a steep rise in efficiency from about four per cent in 2010 to a certified efficiency of 20.1 per cent in 2014.”
Similar is the invention of researchers at the University of Alberta. A team headed by Jillian Buriak, a University of Alberta chemistry professor and senior research officer of the National Institute of Nanotechnology, have developed a spray-on coating from zinc and phosphorus that can be applied to various plastic surfaces, from tents to clothing to buildings. The technology could also be manufactured in roll form and simply
unrolled in a sunny spot for instant power generation in disaster or camping situations.
An organic cell product produced in flexible polyester rolls is HeliaFilm, produced by Heliatek, a spinoff company founded by scientists of the Technical University of Dresden and the University of Ulm in Germany. HeliaFilm can be installed over glass, concrete, steel and many other materials. To produce one square metre of HeliaFilm, only one gram of organic material is needed and the process temperature required is only 120 C. In 2016, the company reached an independently confirmed efficiency of 13.2 per cent, thanks, it says, to the excellent properties of its organic semiconductor and its three patented light absorbers, each dedicated to efficiently converting green, red or near-infrared light into electricity.
Other solar glass developments
In October 2017, Solar Roadways installed its first pilot project in a pedestrian area in the firm’s hometown of Sandpoint, Idaho. The firm’s solar panels are
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topped with a special tempered glass, which it claims can support the weight of transport trucks and has a traction similar to asphalt. The company has completed three research contracts with the U.S. Department of Transportation, the third being a two-year $750,000 contract that came to an end in November 2017 that involves panel exposure to freeze-thaw cycling, moisture, shear testing and heavy truck use. At the pilot pedestrian site, the 30 hexagonal panels sport both LED lights and snow-melting heating elements. However, other recent Solar Roadway demo projects have reportedly suffered breakage and even a fire. These failures have spurred critics to claim the technology is unreliable in addition to being too costly, with an efficiency and light absorption that is very low because the panels are flat and do not track the sun. Critics also believe light absorption will diminish over time due to dirt accumulation.
Build Solar, a company formed by scientists from the University of Exeter in the U.K., will begin selling their Solar Squared glass blocks in 2018. These blocks contain traditional silicone PV cells. While the firm will not provide efficiency information, it states that their blocks are meant to replace conventional glass block used in building walls and not to replace solar panels. Solar Squared blocks provide daylighting, electricity production and have better thermal insulation than traditional glass block.
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Another firm that will not provide efficiency information is Tesla Solar Roof, which is a sister company to the Tesla electric car maker. These roof tiles feature traditional silicone PV cells with tempered glass warrantied against hail damage. The tiles feed a Powerwall battery that makes electricity available for immediate use and prevents outages when the external grid goes down.
“The different technologies are developing very fast,” notes Andreas Athienitis, a professor in the department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering at Concordia University in Montreal. “I believe several will be cost-effective in Canada in a few years when properly integrated into building design,” he says. “Standards and design techniques for their integration into building design and operation need to be developed.” •
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Bricks of glass
Glass block usage, traditionally a popular glazing option to diffuse light in industrial applications, is on the upswing. With proper detailing it can be enhanced for various applications including daylighting, security, fire separation and blast resistance, while adding more colours and textures as well.
Glass blocks (or bricks, as they are often referred to in Europe) should only be relied on to support their own weight, whether in a wall, roof or a below-grade location, and the potential for differential movement should always be considered. Rainwater run-off may also need consideration as run-off patterns at some exterior locations may require design detailing. Wind loads also need to be considered and there may be size limitation to the wall as a result.
Increasingly, as designers consider improving sustainability, glass blocks are used to maximize available sunlight and reduce energy consumption. This approach depends heavily on building orientation and location.
Glass blocks provide designers with numerous options that can be very attractive in addition to their long-standing role in accenting entrances and doorways and creating privacy. In the past, solid glass components were used for what were known as “vaulting” applications and sidewalks at grade level. Both Vancouver and Toronto have excellent examples of heritage glass pavements, a unique feature these two cities share with Paris, London and Berlin. These solid glass prisms in Vancouver slowly turned deep purple as a result of exposure to UV radiation, adding to their lustre.
Designers often take advantage of the unique diffused light and wide range of shapes and textures
The complexity of modern buildings is such that glass block installations typically need input from structural and safety professionals.
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provided by blocks to create well-lit and attractive spaces that can add special design interest. These attributes and the fact that block sizes have finally been standardized have enabled glass blocks to enlarge their share of the fenestration component market.
The technology used to manufacture glass blocks has seen tremendous advances over the past two decades. In the past, fabrication involved production by hand: fusing two solid glass block halves together at high temperature in a time-consuming process. Today, the process is automated for the most part and much like other glass fabrication techniques is highly efficient.
With new products like solar-powered in-ground glass pavement blocks and blocks with stunning metallic finishes entering the market, even more interest is being shown.The ability of blocks to add a sense of openness while maintaining an impression of stability is often used to great effect in government buildings and institutional structures where designers are creating prominent buildings with strong visual appeal.
Other specialized applications have made glass blocks a popular choice when it comes to combining modernistic style with functional energy efficiency. For example, commercial or institutional owners often want to create welcoming entrances for their businesses or perhaps waiting areas or partitions that are attractive and bright. Many adaptive re-use and remediation projects have also used blocks effectively in stairwell areas that were formally quite dark and had a very industrial look or feel. Glass blocks were used with great success in upscale conversions such as Tip Top Tailors and a number of well-known distillery condo conversions in Toronto, Vancouver and elsewhere. When design professionals use glass blocks to effectively contrast with other materials or textures, the overall visual effect or impression is greatly amplified.
Blocks can be used virtually anywhere, however the complexity of modern buildings is such that block installations typically need input from structural and safety professionals to ensure adequate long-term performance and durability. •
GOING RETROFIT
C3 Specialty Glazing Solutions tackles facade rebuilds.
The challenge is to make the new components work with the old. Here, C3 reclads the atrium at SunLife in Waterloo, Ont.
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Solutions
Founded: 1973
It’s a given that there are times the status quo just won’t do. And when it’s about the leakage and thermal problems caused by aging glass curtainwall and window systems, it’s a truism that making upgrades is the best way to cut energy loss and save money.
“When maintenance is no longer a viable option to extend their life, planning for a façade retrofit commences,” says Rob Wood, president of C3 Specialty Glazing Solutions (C3 SGS), a leading provider of glass and curtain wall retrofits based in Brampton, Ont., west of Toronto. He points out that a successful retrofit starts with a clear definition of the criteria and constraints of the solution. “For buildings with an aging, dated facade, owners often want to reposition the building and achieve a new, modern look. This may involve moving from a fully captured system to some combination of captured and structurally glazed components.”
He adds that consideration should also be given to the type of insulating glass units, spandrel units, and architectural metals to be used.
Having overseen the retrofit of multiple office towers across Canada, including the iconic Toronto City Hall’s two office towers, Wood’s world revolves around the transformation of top-notch mega-projects, tackling curtain wall and cladding retrofit projects of just about any size and scope. Over the past five years alone, C3 SGS has retrofit more than 25,000 vision units, spandrel, and skylights, including the over 80,000 square feet of stainless steel panel repairs and glazing replacement at Sudbury, Ont.’s, Willet Green Memorial Centre; 25 floors of overcladding with a custom curtain wall retrofit at 400 University Avenue, a landmark office tower in downtown Toronto; and Edmonton City Centre Place’s 23 floors of re-glazing and detailing.
“While there are many quality curtainwall contractors for new construction, we differentiate based on the fact that our focus is almost entirely on retrofit work,” explains Wood. “The means and methods used for retrofit vary significantly from new construc-
Owner: Rob Wood
Employees: 25-30
Facility: 35,000 square feet(Kitchener plant); 7,000 square feet at Brampton office Serves: Mainly Ontario, with projects across Canada Focus: Commercial and institutional projects.
tion practices; our core specialty is that our projects are completed on occupied buildings without displacing tenants.”
C3 SGS designs and implements solutions to meet performance, technical and architectural requirements, while striving to minimize costly disruption to tenants, and thereby helping boost the client’s return on the project’s investment.
Wood’s company has also built its reputation in overcladding, preventative maintenance and structural repairs. “If it isn’t possible to adequately meet the thermal and performance goals by refurbishing the existing system, an overclad may be the next best choice,” nods Wood. A new facade is installed over
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the original system. The old vision glass is then removed and the old system is trimmed to the new on the interior. This approach offers heightened performance and esthetic options. “It also minimizes disruption as the majority of the work is completed from the exterior,” he notes. And as buildings age, components of their facade may become more susceptible to breaking and potentially falling from the building. “It’s important to understand how your facade is performing so that it can be effectively managed. C3 helps by reviewing the building’s systems and identifying performance issues, including air and water penetration, as well as structural concerns. We work with the client to develop an appropriate repair and monitoring strategy and a retrofit that works to minimize the risk of failure.”
C3 SGS is a member of the C3 Group of Companies, a privately held group headquartered in a modern 35,000-square-foot facility in Waterloo, Ont. The company was originally founded in 1973 by Wood’s dad. Then calledCanadian Construction Controls Limited (CCCL / C3) they provided bridge and concrete repair services. “This was the original C3 Group company,”
recalls Wood, 40, a 2001 graduate of the System Design Engineering program at the University of Waterloo. He joined the C3 Group after earning his Bachelor of Applied Science in System Design Engineering. Other companies were founded or joined the C3 Group throughout the years. The group today is a network of operating companies supported by a central management company. As a collective, the group’s expertise extends into restoration contracting, foundation systems, environmental remediation and engineering, building science and structural engineering and industrial maintenance. In 2017, the glazing division, formerly known as C3 Polymeric, was rebranded as C3 Specialty Glazing Solutions.
“Through the C3 Group, C3 SGS has access to a wide range of about 200 skilled staff, including over 60 professional engineers, as well as accounting, HR and health-and-safety professionals, something most smaller firms can’t match,” acclaims Wood. C3 SGS comprises about two dozen employees in a 7,000-square-foot building housing its team of engineers, project managers and support personnel. “We do some glass fabrication at this site, but we do set-up
Ray Jesso and Bill Darby install a metal panel on the mezzanine level of 400 University in Toronto.
shops in the cities where our projects are carried out.”
One of Wood’s proudest achievements, and a prime example of how C3 SGS develops a successful retrofit action plan, is the 400 University office tower project.
Constructed in 1969, the 25-storey office tower was housing over 380,000 square feet of total office area. The building owner understood the limitations of its original facade: single glazing throughout the tower, including the ground floor. Poor detailing in the spandrel areas and the second floor soffits resulted in significant air and water penetration. While attempts had been made to repair the building, their success was limited by the inherent design flaws in the facade. Recognizing the challenges of retrofitting an occupied commercial tower, the building owner partnered with C3 SGS for the project’s glass design, fabrication and installation. Quadrangle Architects and BVDA Facade Engineering (leading the feasibility study) were engaged to implement the complex retrofit. Among the retrofit options available
(full replacement, refurbishment of the existing system or overcladding the existing system), it was the latter that was ultimately selected for 400 University.
As Wood details, the overcladding option involved leaving the existing frames in place and anchoring a new system to the original frames, as well as leaving the old spandrel panels in place. A new insulated backpan and spandrel panel were included in the new system. The original vision glass would be removed to the interior, and the interior of the original frames was overclad. “Given that overcladding relies on the existing structure, a close review of the existing window extrusions and curtainwall anchors was completed and retrofit of the anchors was included in the final scope,” he says. The team developed a solution that met all of the identified criteria, with the end result being a fully custom curtainwall. Sixteen aluminum and rubber extrusions were incorporated into the system and were designed to work specifically within the constraints of the building. The original system was used for the structural connection only
and did not form part of the air seal. The new curtainwall was installed from the exterior, prior to removal of the old vision glass. Frames, insulation, vision and spandrel glass and pressure plates and caps were fully installed prior to removal of the old vision glass. As all of the new air seals were completed prior to any removals, the interior was never exposed to the exterior elements during construction. The interior work was limited to removal of the old glass and cladding of the frames and was completed outside of regular business hours. This method resulted in significantly less tenant disruption than either the replacement or refurbishment options. “Because the system was fully custom, the team at Quadrangle had significant flexibility to achieve their architectural vision,” Wood affirms. “C3 Specialty Glazing Solutions assembled the team necessary to work alongside their hands-on, knowledgeable staff to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with minimal disruption to tenants during replacement.”
The new system has resulted in annual energy savings of over 35 per cent. Building operators report that they are much better equipped to regulate the interior temperatures throughout the building, significantly improving occupant comfort. “Finally, the esthetic upgrades have been successfully leveraged to attract and retain tenants. This is what we strive to accomplish in all of our projects – it’s what we do best,” exults Wood.
C3 is widely recognized in Canadian engineering circles, but Wood is working to get the message out to a wider range of potential project teammates, focusing especially on the difficult task of marketing his company’s services to the architectural community. “We want to get out in front with partners, showing them that what we do is different than most others,” he stresses. “A retrofit is not like putting up a new building. There are myriad things that could go wrong. But we love to tell our interesting story, how we work to find solutions to challenges without compromising on the technical aspects, and through long experience we know what works and doesn’t work. We’ve figured it out.”
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SPANDREL HELP
by PATRICK FLANNERY
The Fenestration Association of B.C., with the support of B.C. Housing, has taken a proactive step to advance the state of the industry by creating a new public resource, a voluntary “Reference Procedure for Simulating Spandrel U-factors.” The procedure, developed with the assistance of RDH Building Science, supplements the methodology in NFRC 100 to help fenestration manufacturers determine more realistic spandrel panel
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U-factors for use with whole-building energy standards such as ASHRAE 90.1 and the Canadian National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB). The reference procedure, user guide and calculation tool are available as a free download from the FenBC website at fen-bc.org.
The need for a standardized procedure arose from FenBC member companies,” explains Al Jaugelis, RDH project manager. “We were getting calls asking for advice in dealing with spandrel conditions that differed substantially from the one in NFRC 100.”
“Having procedures like this is going to be more important as energy codes move towards energy modeling and performance-based metrics for energy code compliance across the country,” says Daniel Haaland, a building science engineer-intraining at RDH and a co-author of the procedure. “Building designers require accurate thermal performance data at the earliest stages of design. However, obtaining this information can be challenging. The objective for developing this procedure is to address gaps in the existing methodologies and
provide project teams with more accurate effective spandrel U-factors. Use of a reference procedure allows performance claims to be compared more effectively than is the case today.”
The two main differences between the existing NFRC 100 methodology and the new reference procedure are:
1. The reference procedure increases the edge-of-panel distance from the 2.5 inches used for transparent glass to 6 inches, a dimension found to more accurately capture the two-dimensional heat flow through spandrels.
2. The reference procedure offers three spandrel product configurations, one of which is identical to the curtain wall configuration in NFRC 100. [See diagram.]
NFRC has recognized the need to update the spandrel modeling approach, and while detailed guidance is not presently available, they have initiated a Spandrel Validation Task Group. •
ABOVE: Different spandrel configurations can have widely varying energy performance. According to RDH research, uninterrupted spandrel provides about an R8 insulating factor, partially interrupted spandrel comes in around R4 and fully interrupted spandrel is closer to R2.
ADHESIVESSEALANTS
Excellent adhesion
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Fenzi Poliver sealant is a two-part polyurethane specially formulated for sealing insulating glass. Poliver is produced in different viscosities in order to suit the individual requirements of the operator and of the equipment in use, whether in a manual application dispensing equipment or an automatic robot sealing station. Poliver can be used either for the production of single-seal or dual-seal insulated glass units. Mixed at a ratio by volume of 100:8 (or simply 12.5 to 1), Fenzi polyurethane shows excellent adhesion to all substrates including glass, aluminum, stainless steel and galvanized steel components. Peel strength at 180 degrees to glass with cohesive failure is 110 per 25 millimeters. Poliver base material is shipped in steel drums containing 51 U.S. gallons with the corresponding catalyst being four U.S. gallons in pails, sold as a kit together. Poliver-made units typically are intended for use in both residential and commercial applications.
Short cure time
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Proglaze II is a multi-component, highmodulus silicone sealant consisting of a white base and a black curing agent that, when mixed through a pump, cures to a tough, flexible rubber. Proglaze II is developed specifically for in-plant, twoand four-sided structural glazing and curtainwall applications where shortened cure time reduces glazing/sealing production time. High modulus delivers a tough flexible rubber cure when mixed through a pump, producing a tenacious, watertight seal. The short cure time reduces glazing/ sealing production time with snap time as low as 30 to 60 minutes. Greenguard Gold certification ensures safety for use in the most sensitive indoor environments, including hospitals and schools.
Fast and consistent
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Dow Corning 983 structural glazing sealant is designed for specialized use where dual structural and weatherseal applications are desired for factory glazing and curtainwall production. Once cured, this
structural sealant forms a durable, flexible, watertight bond that can be warranted for 20 years and used in plus/minus 25 per cent movement weatherseal applications. It has excellent unprimed adhesion to glass, Alodine, and anodized aluminum, although Dow Corning Primer C is recommended for fast and consistent adhesion, especially to Kynar and other high-performance substrates approved for architectural structural glazing applications.
Cold not a problem
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Sikasil WS-305 CN is a professional grade, neutral cure, medium modulus silicone sealant for weathersealing and curtainwall. Uses include conventional glazing; perimeter sealing of windows, doors and skylights; unitized curtainwall assembly and field installation; precast expansion joints; and weathersealing of most common building materials. It features outstanding ultraviolet and weathering resistance and may be applied in below-freezing temperatures if the substrates are completely dry, frost-free and clean. Excellent gunability is retained in all temperatures. WS-305 adheres to porous and non-porous materials, including glass, aluminium, metal, tile, fibreglass, plastic, ceramic, masonry, concrete, brick, powder coated aluminium, fluoropolymer painted surfaces, vinyl, PVC, granite, limestone, marble and wood. It’s capable of accommodating plus/minus 50 per cent joint movement and is unaffected by most atmospheric conditions. Manufactured to meet industry specifications ASTM C920 Class 50, TT-S00230C, and TT-S001543A, WS-305 comes in aluminum, anodised grey, black, bronze, colonial white, grey, limestone, medium bronze and white colours. Custom colours are available on request.
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Complete silicone system
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SilShield is transitioning to Elemax – a new name for the same product. GE SilShield SEC2600 AWB is transitioning to GE Elemax 2600 AWB. A 100-percent-silicone air-andwater-resistive barrier system is an enduring option for an energy efficient and watertight barrier around the building envelope. A complete silicone system eliminates any adhesion issues encountered at transitions between silicone and dissimilar materials. Without proper adhesion and compatibility, leakage, higher HVAC costs, water damage and energy inefficiency could ensue. Silicone has inherent properties that make it an excellent long-term energy-efficient solution for air barriers, including permanent flexibility for a durable and airtight system; ultraviolet and weather resistance for over 20 years; and cold-weather application down to 0 F. Elemax 2600 AWB is a suitable candidate for open-joint rain screen systems and has excellent flammability characteristics for consideration in NPFA 285-compliant wall systems.
Made for curtainwall
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Pecora 985 is a fast-curing two-part, highmodulus, neutral-cure silicone sealant specially formulated and compounded for use in shop fabrication of structurally glazed curtainwall systems. The sealant is virtually unaffected by ultraviolet rays, ozone, temperature extremes or atmospheric contamination and is compatible with a variety of plain and coated metals, high-performance glass, decorative
paints, gaskets, setting blocks and spacers. Features include high tensile strength; excellent working properties; an adjustable cure rate of 20 to 60 minutes allowing for fast fabrication and early movement of completed units; no lot matching of base and activator required; unprimed adhesion to glass, reflective glass coatings, anodized aluminum and other metals and most fluorcarbon paints; negligible sag or slump; and no corrosive byproducts or objectionable odor.
Not tied to one material
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The Ecostar Evo range of machines from Wagner Reinhardt-Technik are highquality metering and mixing systems, specifically developed for processing and applying viscous two-component edge sealants in the glazing industry. Polyurethanes, polysulfide and silicones can all be successfully applied with this versatile range of machines. Making use of a simple variable-ratio mechanical lever system, the metering ratio can be easily adjusted between 8:1 and 15:1 by volume, meaning that you are not tied to just one material manufacturer as you might be with a fixed-ratio machine. Smooth-running, powerful, hydraulically driven versions are available as well as pneumatically driven machines. The hardener component can be supplied as either a paste or a liquid. Units may be customized to your production requirements. Other Ecostar Evo features include a compact, lightweight and portable design; a static mixing system; continuous material output for high production rates; and no solvent flushing. Applications include window glazing, curtainwall manufacture, and insulating glass processes (primary and secondary sealing,
corner key sealing, corner joint bonding). Roll coat applications such as profile wrapping are also supported.
Excellent spacer
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Saint-Gobain/Norton V2100 Thermalbond tape is a semi-rigid foam tape with an aggressive pressure-sensitive adhesive. This high density tape has a specially formulated cellular substrate and is used as a spacer for joint dimension control in structural silicone glazing systems. It is the most widely used spacer tape for structural silicone systems. It is suitable as a structural glazing spacer for field and shop glazing and an excellent spacer for two- and four-sided structural silicone glazing systems. Thermalbond is chemically compatible with all common silicones.
Suitable for all mirrors
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Palmer Mirro-Mastic meets industry standards for a high-quality adhesive mastic. Mirro-Mastic is formulated for adhering plate glass mirror and acrylic mirror to various substrates. Mirro-Mastic has been field and laboratory tested for compatibility with all major brands of mirror and backing paints. It is formulated for use on plate glass and acrylic mirrors and will not damage mirror silvering. Mirro-Mastic stays live and won’t crack or dry. It absorbs normal vibration and allows movement due to normal thermal changes. Mirro-Mastic can be used on reinforced safety backings and is available in one- and five-gallon cans or 11- and 29-ounce cartridges.
BUYERS GUIDE 2018
AA.C. SALES
Bing Cr
Waterloo, ON N2K 2A6
Tel: 519-573-4474
Email: a.c.sales@sympatico.ca
ACCURATE GLASS PRODUCTS
21 Patterson Rd Unit #27
Barrie, ON L4N 7W6
Tel: 705-722-6767
Email: mikew@accurateglassproducts.com www.accurateglassproducts.com
ADELIO LATTUADA SRL
Via Abbondanza 11/13
Carbonate, 22070
Tel: +39 0331832713
Fax: +39 0331833886
Email: info@adeliolattuada.com www.adeliolattuada.com
AGNORA
200 Mountain Rd.
Collingwood, ON L9Y 4V5
Tel: 705-444-6654
Fax: 705-444-6657
Email: sales@agnora.com www.agnora.com
ALL-WELD COMPANY LIMITED
49 Passmore Ave
Toronto, ON M1V 4T1
Tel: 416-299-3311
Email: allweld.ca@gmail.com www.allweld.ca
AMERACAN EQUIPMENT CORP.
15400 W. 64th Ave. Unit 9E-132
Arvada, CO 80007
Tel: 303-669-9108
Fax: 1-888-210-9645
Toll-Free: 855-669-9108
Email: info@ameracanequipment.com www.ameracanequipment.com
Seller of new and used equipment for the glass and window industries.including sealed unit systems from the basic to automatic Lines,edging and beveling machines and much more.
AMERICAN RENOLIT
301 Berkeley Dr., Suite B
Swedesboro, NJ 08085
Tel: 616-581-2156
Email: exterioramerica@renolit.com www.renolit.com/EXTERIOR/us
ARIBELL PRODUCTS LIMITED
71 Whitmore Rd., Units 1 & 2
Woodbridge, ON L4L 8G5
Tel: 905-669-5001
Fax: 905-669-5030
Email: brian@aribell.ca www.aribell.ca
ARKEMA INC.
900 First Ave.
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Tel: 610-205-7000
Fax: 610-205-7913
Toll-Free: 1-800-225-7788
Email: arkema.usph-general@arkema.com www.arkema-americas.com
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ALUMICOR LTD.
290 Humberline Dr. Toronto, ON M9W 5S2
Tel: 416-745-4222
Fax: 416-745-7759
Email: info@alumicor.com www.alumicor.com
Alumicor is a leading supplier of architectural aluminum building products, supporting LEED® and green building projects. Alumicor serves North America through facilities in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax.
De Keyserlei, 58 Antwerp, B2018
Tel: 0113232216276
Fax: 0113232216215
Email: joedec@ase-europe.com www.ase-europe.com
ATWOOD SALES INC.
681 Atwood Cres.
Pickering, ON L1W 3W4
Tel: 416-342-7547
Fax: 1-905-492-2230
Email: sales@atwoodsales.com www.atwoodsales.com
AZON
643 W. Crosstown Pkwy.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-1910
Tel: 269-385-5942
Toll-Free: 1-800-788-5942 www.azonintl.com
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BILLCO MANUFACTURING
100 Halstead Blvd.
Zelienople, PA 16063
Tel: 724-452-7390
Fax: 724-453-2330
Email: solutions@billco-mfg.com www.billco-mfg.com
BONNECHERE VALLEY WINDOWS
2824 Fourth Chute Rd.
Eganville, ON K0J 1T0
Tel: 613-628-3056
Fax: 613-628-9070
Toll-Free: 1-800-257-1681
Email: info@b-v-w.com www.b-v-w.com
BUILDING ENVELOPE ENGINEERING
1218 Agram Drive
Oakville, ON L6H 7N9
Tel: 416-529-2477
Email: bldgenveng@gmail.com www.beesds.com
BYSTRONIC GLASS INC.
13250 East Smith Road
Aurora, CO 80011
Tel: 720-858-7700
Fax: 720-858-7701
Email: salesusa@bystronic-glass.com www.bystronic-glass.com
CC.R. LAURENCE - U.S. ALUMINUM
65 Tigi Court
Concord, ON L4K 5E4
Fax: 1-800-262-3299
Toll-Free: 1-800-421-6144
Email: askus@crlaurence.com crlaurence.ca
CRL-U.S. Aluminum is the leading manufacturer and supplier to the glass and glazing industries. Our offering includes: entrances, storefronts, curtain wall, railing, shower hardware, office partitions, installation tools and supplies.
CALDWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY NORTH AMERICA, LLC
P.O. Box 92891
Rochester, NY 14624
Tel: 888-347-7771
Fax: 585-352-3729
Email: cservice@caldwellmfgco.com www.caldwellmfgco.com
SUPPLIERS
CAN-BEST TESTING LABORATORIES
38 Regan Rd., Unit 4
Brampton, ON L7A 1C6
Tel: 905-840-2014
Fax: 905-840-2847
Email: lab@can-best.com www.can-best.com
CASSO-SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES
506 Airport Executive Park
Nanuet, NY 10954
Tel: 845-354-2010
Fax: 845-547-0328
Email: sales@cassosolartechnologies.com www.cassosolartechnologies.com
EECO INSULATING GLASS INC.
1416 Bonhill Rd.
Mississauga, ON L5T 1L3
Tel: 905-564-8235
Fax: 905-564-1814
Toll-Free: 1-866-331-8235
Email: info@ecoglass.ca www.ecoglass.ca
EDTM, INC.
745 Capital Commons Dr. Toledo, OH 43615
Tel: 419-861-1030
Fax: 419-861-1031
Email: sales@edtm.com www.edtm.com
FF. BARKOW INC.
3830 N. Fratney Street
Milwaukee, WI 53212
Tel: 414-332-7311
Fax: 414-332-8217
Toll-Free: 1-800-558-5580
Email: admin@barkow.com www.barkow.com
F1 GLAZING SOLUTIONS INC
#804 - 783 Bathurst St Toronto, ON M5S0A8
Tel: 416-768-6873
Fax: 888-389-3605
Email: FultonF1@gmail.com www.freddfulton.com
FIREPROTECT CHESTER LTD.
CLEARVIEW INDUSTRIES LTD.
45 Fenmar Drive
Toronto, ON M9L 1M1
Tel: 416-745-6666
Fax: 416-745-3711
Toll-Free: 1-888 253-2739
Email: sales@clearview.on.ca www.clearview.on.ca
CLEB A UL COMPANY
1320 Boul. Lionel-Boulet Varennes, QC J3X 1P7
Tel: 855-353-2532 www.cleb.com
COMMDOOR ALUMINUM
471 Chrislea Road
Woodbridge, ON L4L 8N6
Tel: 416-743-3667
Fax: 416-746-0979
Toll-Free: 1-800-565-1851
Email: info@commdooraluminum.com www.commdooraluminum.com
CONSTRUCTION DISTRIBUTION & SUPPLY CO. INC. (CDS)
4630 Dufferin St.
Toronto, ON M3H 5S4
Tel: 416-665-8006
Fax: 416-665-7400
Toll-Free: 1-800-237-5565
Email: productinfo@cdsco.net www.cdsco.net
COURAGE DISTRIBUTING INC.
2380 Speers Rd.
Oakville, ON L6L 5M2
Tel: 905-469-6677
Fax: 905-469-9377
Toll-Free: 1-800-268-7243
Email: info@courage.ca www.courage.ca
DORMAKABA
1680 Courtney Pk.Dr., Units 13-14
Mississauga, ON L5T 1R4
Tel: 1-800-387-4938 www.dormakaba.ca
ELTON MANUFACTURING
8400 Lawson Road, Unit 2
Milton, ON L9T 0A4
Tel: 905-876-1290
Fax: 905-878-9211
Email: sales@eltonmanufacturing.com www.eltonmanufacturing.com
ERDMAN AUTOMATION CORP.
1603 14th Street South Princeton, MN 55371
Tel: 763-389-9745
Fax: 763-389-9757
Email: eac@erdmanautomation.com www.erdmanautomation.com
EUROVERRE INC.
1610 Rue Nationale Terrebonne, QC J6W 0E2
Tel: 450-668-0804
Fax: 450-668-3909
Toll-Free: 1-800-663-2935
Email: commande@euroverre.com www.euroverre.com
EVERLAST GROUP OF COMPANIES
299 Carlingview Dr. Toronto, ON M9W 5G3
Tel: 416-241-8527
Fax: 416-245-2629
Toll-Free: 1-800-897-5118
Email: vince@everlast.biz www.everlast.biz
CHECK OUT THE NEW ALTITUDE+ ALUMINUM ENERGY STAR RATED WINDOW FROM EVERLAST...also- storm doors, vinyl windows and custom wood entry doors to name a few- ONE STOP SHOP
Factory Road, Sandycroft, Flintshire Deeside, CH5 2QJ
Tel: +44 1244 536595
Fax: +44 1244 533592
Email: info@fireprotect.co.uk www.fireprotect.co.uk
FRANK LOWE RUBBER & GASKET CO., INC.
44 Ramsey Rd. Shirley, NY 11967
Tel: 631-777-2707
Fax: 631-777-2560
Toll-Free: 1-800-777-0202
Email: info@franklowe.com www.franklowe.com
GGGI
101 Venture Way
Secaucus, NJ 07094
Tel: 201-553-1850
Fax: 201-553-1851
Toll-Free: 1-800-431-2042
Email: sales@generalglass.com www.generalglass.com
GLASSLINE CORPORATION
28905 Glenwood Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551-0147
Tel: 419-666-5942
Fax: 419-666-1549
Email: sales@glassline.com www.glassline.com
GLASSTEC/MESSE DÜSSELDORF (CANADA)
1500-480 University Ave. Toronto, ON M5G 1V2
Tel: 416-598-1524
Fax: 416-598-1840
Email: messeduesseldorf@germanchamber.ca www.glasstec-online.com
GLASSTECH, INC.
Ampoint Industrial Park, 995 Fourth St. Perrysburg, OH 43616
Tel: 419-661-9500
Fax: 419-661-9616
Email: sales@glasstech.com www.glasstech.com
GLASSWARE CONNECTIONS
PO Box 25007
Burlington, ON L7L 0V6
Tel: 647-960-1900
Email: glasswareconnect@gmail.com
GLASTON AMERICA, INC.
6000 Commerce Pkwy Suite D
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08012
Tel: 856-780-3001
Fax: 856-234-4331
Toll-Free: 1-800-392-6510
Email: elizabeth.ryan@glaston.net www.glaston.net
GLOBAL WINDOWS AND DOORS
128 Industrial Park St.
Richibucto, NB E4W 4A4
Tel: 506-523-4900
Fax: 506 523 7003
Email: global1@globalwindows.ca www.globalwindows.ca
GRANT METAL PRODUCTS LTD.
291210 Wagon Wheel Rd.
Rocky View, AB T4A 0E2
Tel: 1-800-672-6088
Fax: 403-590-7990
www.grantmetal.com
GROVE PRODUCTS INC.
PO Box 240, 17 Marguerite Ave. Leominster, MA 01453
Tel: 978-534-5188
Fax: 978-840-4130
Toll-Free: 1-800-72-GROVE
Email: sales@groveproducts.com www.groveproductsinc.com
Grove Products is the leading producer of plastic structural shims. Proudly made in the USA since 1962, our family-owned business provides prompt, personalized attention to each order.
HHARTUNG GLASS CANADA
7344 Winston St
Burnaby, BC V5A 2G9
Tel: 604-420-3600
Fax: 604-420-8896
Toll-Free: 1-800-242-8488
Email: canada@hartung-glass.com www.hartung-glass.ca
HASEDA HOLDING (AKFIX-NEDEX)
300 Bloor St. E. Toronto, ON M4W 3Y2
Tel: 416-624-5721
Fax: 416-927-9684
Email: hakanonce@haseda.ca www.nedex.ca
HEXION INC.
180 East Broad Street Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 614-225-4000
Fax: 614-986-2496
Toll-Free: 1-888-443-9466
Email: 4information@hexion.com www.hexion.com
HHH TEMPERING RESOURCES
3004 NE 112th Ave., Suite A&B Vancouver, WA 98662
Tel: 360-993-5644
Email: info@hhhtempering.com www.hhhtempering.com
HYGRADE COMPONENTS
1990 Highland Ave.
Bethlehem, PA 18020
Tel: 610-866-2441
Fax: 610-866-3761
Toll-Free: 1-800-645-9475
Email: sales@hygrademetal.com www.hygrademetal.com
IIMPROVEIT 360
130 East Chestnut St.,Suite 200 Columbus, OH 43215
Tel: 1-866-421-3360
Toll-Free: 1-866-421-3360
improveit360.com
INSULATING GLASS MANUFACTURERS ALLIANCE
1500 Bank Street, Suite 300 Ottawa, ON K1H 1B8
Tel: 613-233-1510
Fax: 613-482-9436
Email: enquiries@igmaonline.org www.igmaonline.org
INT MACHINERY INC.
3240 Lenworth Drive
Mississauga, ON L4X 2G1
Tel: 647-642-3646
Email: info@int-machinery.com www.int-machinery.com
INTEGRAL WINDOW SYSTEMS
384 Connie Cres.
Concord, ON L4K 5W6
Tel: 905-738-2311
Fax: 905-738-3767
INTERTEX TEXTILES INC.
1200 Speers Road, # 2, Oakville, ON L6L 2X4
Tel: 905-842-7627
Email: greg@intertex.ca www.intertex.ca
JJ.E. BERKOWTIZ
One Gateway Boulevard Pedricktown, NJ 08067
Tel: 856-456-7800
Fax: 856-299-4344
Toll-Free: 1-800-257-7827
Email: info@jeberkowitz.com www.jeberkowitz.com
JAMAC SALES LTD.
141 Don Park Rd.
Markham, ON L3R 1C2
Tel: 905-947-9824
Fax: 905-947-9397 (office), 905-604-9161
(order desk)
Toll-Free: 1-800-387-7195
Email: info@jamacsales.com www.jamacsales.com
KKEAR FABRICATION
27 Vanley Cres.
North York, ON M3J 2B7
Tel: 416-398-8666
Fax: 416-398-9666
Toll-Free: 1-866-760-0841
Email: sale@kearmfg.com www.kearmfg.com
KEY COMMUNICATIONS INC.
20 P G A Dr. Stafford, VA 22554
Tel: 540-720-5584
Fax: 540-720-5687
Email: info@glass.com www.key-com.com
KIRKCO CORPORATION
P.O. Box 509, 2213 Stafford Street Extension Monroe, NC 28110
Tel: 704-289-7090
Email: glassmag@kirkcocorp.com www.kirkcocorp.com/ecostar_evo.aspx
Kirkco offers custom and standard metering, mixing, dispensing systems with exceptional service. For the application of plural or single component adhesives, sealants, or resins used in the building products industry.
KITS GLASS LTD.
170 - 2800 Viking Way Richmond, BC V6V 1N5
Tel: 604-231-0878
Fax: 604-231-0807
Toll-Free: 1-888-594-5277
Email: sales@kitsglass.ca www.kitsglass.ca
KLAAS SWAVING LTD.
6761 6th Line
Belwood, ON N0B 1J0
Tel: 519-843-1299
Fax: 519-787-8085
Email: tim@swaving.ca www.swaving.ca
KOOIMAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED
589 Massey Rd. Guelph, ON N1K 1G3
Tel: 519-787-9910
Fax: 519-787-9939
Toll-Free: 1-877-751-9418
Email: jerry@kooiman.ca www.kooiman.ca
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LLAURELWOOD MILLWORK LTD.
1509 Snow Valley Rd.
Minesing, ON L9X 1K3
Tel: 705-737-5315
laurelwoodmillwork.com
LAUREN MANUFACTURING
2228 Reiser Ave. SE
New Philadelphia, OH 44663
Tel: 330-339-3373
Fax: 330-339-1515
Toll-Free: 1-800-683-0676
Email: solutions@lauren.com www.lauren.com
Lauren Manufacturing is an integrated source of rubber and plastic solutions for the window & door market. Lauren provides standard and custom profiles from organic, silicone, thermoplastic and other specialty materials.
LAURIER GLASS LTD.
153 Boulevard Laurier
Laurier-Station, QC G0S 1N0
Tel: 418-728-2023
Fax: 418-728-2961
Toll-Free: 1-877-728-2029
Email: ddemers@miroirslaurier.com lauierglass.com
LITEZONE GLASS INC.
Tel: 587-597-5483
Email: glass@litezone.ca www.litezone.ca
LOTHAR’S INDUSTRIAL SALES LTD.
2717 Rena Rd
Mississauga, ON L4T 3K1
Tel: 905-678-2397
Fax: 905-678-2395
Email: info@lothar’s.ca www.lothars.ca
METRO ALUMINUM PRODUCTS LTD.
19045-24th Ave.
Surrey, BC V3Z 3S9
Tel: 604-535-5316
Fax: 604-535-5319
MAINSTREET
330 Charles St.
Belleville, MI 48111
Tel: 734-699-0025
Fax: 734-697-8228
Toll-Free: 1-800-698-6246
Email: sales@mainstreetcomp.com
www.mainstreetcomp.com
Mainstreet helps Auto & Flat Glass businesses harness technology to become more profitable through our POS software, Mobile Apps, Website Development, Call Center, and best-in-class Tech Support (no automated queue).
MASTERTECH DOOR SYSTEMS
1404 Cormorant Rd.
Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5
Tel: 905-304-3688
Fax: 905-304-7614
Email: jon@mastertechdoors.com www.mastertechdoors.com
MCGRORY GLASS INC.
1400 Grandview Ave.
Paulsboro, NJ 08066
Tel: 856-579-3200
Fax: 856-579-3232
Toll-Free: 1-800-220-3749
Email: info@mcgrory.com www.mcgrory.com
McGrory Glass is the North American Distributor for Corning Med-X Radiation Shielding glass, offering the largest glass sizes available in the world (54” x 108”).
METRO ALUMINUM PRODUCTS LTD.
#5, 1715 - 27th Avenue NE
Calgary, AB T7E 7E1
Tel: 403-735-5014
Fax: 1-877-535-5315
Toll-Free: 1-877-535-5316
Email: sales@metroaluminum.com www.metroaluminum.com
Committed to excellence, Metro Aluminum is an Architectural Curtainwall, Storefront, Window, and Door Manufacturer. Proudly serving Canadian Glazing Contractors, we offer wide varieties of High Performance Thermally-Broken Energy Efficient Products.
Toll-Free: 1-877-535-5316
Email: sales@metroaluminum.com www.metroaluminum.com
MILLCRAFT SYSTEMS INC.
369 Concession Rd 6 East
Millgrove, ON L8B 1M2
Tel: 905-689-9502
Fax: 905-689-5980
Toll-Free: 1-888-689-9502
Email: info@millcraftsystems.ca www.millcraftcustomwindows.com
MOMENTIVE PERFORMANCE MATERIALS INC.
260 Hudson River Rd. Waterford, NY 12188
Tel: 614-986-2495
Fax: 614-986-2496
Toll-Free: 1-800-295-2392
Email: commercialservices@momentive.com www.momentive.com
N
NAFS FENESTRATION COMPONENTS
4 Napa Ridge Alliston, ON L9R 2E4
Tel: 416-908-6415 www.nafsfc.com
O
OBATA STUDIOS 1 Leonard Circle Toronto, ON M4E 2Z6
Tel: 416-690-0031
P
PAC-CLAD | PETERSEN 1005 Tonne Road
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Tel: 1-800-722-2523
Email: info@pac-clad.com pac-clad.com
PROHASKA ENGINEERING INC.
1300 Spyglass Point Rd. Brechin, ON L0K 1B0 Tel: 416-426-1632
Email: dtp@prohaskaengineering.com
PROVINCIAL GLASS & MIRROR LTD.
229 Horton Street London, ON N6B 1L1
Tel: 519-433-3501
Fax: 519-432-6685
Email: info@provincialglass.com www.provincialglass.com
Q
QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS
1800 West Loop South, Suite 1500 Houston, TX 77027
Tel: 713-961-4600 www.quanex.com
RR & B WAGNER, INC
10600 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, WI 53224
Tel: 414-214-0444
Fax: 414-214-0450
Email: rfq@mailwagner.com www.wagnerarchitectural.com
REHAU INDUSTRIES INC
1149 Pioneer Road
Burlington, ON L7M 1K5
Tel: 905-335-3284
Email: rehau.mailbox@rehau.com na.rehau.com/windows
RENKO RUBBER CANADA INC.
P.O. Box 339
Montreal, QC H3Z 2T5
Tel: 514-342-6640
Fax: 514-342-1140
Toll-Free: 1-800-661-6640
Email: renko@renkocanada.com www.renkocanada.com
RIMAC METAL CURVING SPECIALISTS
265 Applewood Crescent Concord, ON L4K 4E7
Tel: 905-669-6963
Toll-Free: 1-800-361-4012
Email: rimac@metalcurving.com www.metalcurving.com
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION, INC.
1201 South Second St. Milwaukee, WI 53204-2496
Tel: 414-382-2000
Fax: 414-382-4444
Toll-Free: 1-888-382-1583
Email: webmaster@rockwellautomation.com www.rockwellautomation.com
ROTO NORTH AMERICA
14 Inspiration Lane
Chester, CT 06412
Tel: 860-526-4996
Fax: 860-526-8390
Toll-Free: 1-800-243-0893
Email: info.usa@roto-frank.com www.rotonorthamerica.com
RST TECHNOLOGIES INC
Joshua Crt Brampton, ON L6S3W4
Tel: 416-400-6373
Fax: 647-800-2041
Email: rjsb@rstt.ca www.rstt.ca
SSAFTI FIRST
100 N Hill Dr, Ste 12 Brisbane, CA 94005
Tel: 415-824-4900
Fax: 415-824-5900
Toll-Free: 888-653-333
Email: info@safti.com www.safti.com
SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS CANADA
203-6830 avenue du Parc Montréal Montreal, QC H3N 1W7
Tel: 438-383-9444
Email: marc-andre.corbeil@saint-gobain.com www.saint-gobain.com
SALEM FLAT GLASS & MIRROR
8481 Keele Street, Unit 4 Concord, ON L4K 1Z7
Tel: 905-761-7444
Fax: 905-761-1530
Toll-Free: 1-844-858-7444
Email: info@salemdist.com www.salemdist.com
SCREEN CENTER SALES
14 September Cres. London, ON N6K 4E3
Tel: 519-472-0080
Fax: 519-472-5494
Toll-Free: 1-866-652-0028
Email: info@screencentersales.com www.screencentersales.com
SECURITY GLASS PRODUCTS
115 Plymouth St
Winnipeg, MB R2X 2T3
Tel: 204-774-9669
Fax: 204-774-9672
SIEMENS PROCESS INDUSTRIES AND DRIVES
100 Technology Drive
Alpharetta, GA 30005-4437
Tel: 770-740-3000
Fax: 678-297-8316
Toll-Free: 1-800-241-4453
Email: helpline.sii@siemens.com www.usa.siemens.com/industry
SILVER SLAB CANADA
11678 - 15th Ave NW
Edmonton, AB T6J 7E1
Tel: 780-983- 3101
SLIDE CLEAR INC.
101 - 19110 24 Avenue
Surrey, BC V3Z 3S9
Tel: 604-888-5399
Email: info@slideclear.com www.slideclear.com
SPANDREL TECH LTD.
16 Erin Park Dr.
Erin, ON N0B 1T0
Tel: 519-833-9684
Fax: 519-833-0845
Toll-Free: 1-888-833-9684
Email: Isanders@spandreltech.com www.spandreltech.com
STRAINOPTICS
108 W. Montgomery Ave. North Wales, PA 19454
Tel: 215-661-0100
Fax: 215-699-7028
Email: stress@strainoptics.com www.strainoptics.com
TTAG HARDWARE
Unit B3 & B6, 311 Bowes Road
Concord, ON L4K 1J1
Tel: 905-760-2000
Fax: 416-646-1998
Toll-Free: 1-866-656-9663
Email: harry@taghardware.ca www.taghardware.ca
Email: info@sgpglass.ca www.sgpglass.ca
SGP is owned and operated in Winnipeg. Using quality fabrication equipment we’re able to manage 96x154 tempered, low-e sealed units, CNC heavy glass, frit printing, and knock down aluminum services.
SECURITY GLASS PRODUCTS
TECHNICAL GLASS PRODUCTS
RPM ROLLFORMED METAL PRODUCTS
101 Spinnaker Way
Vaughan, ON L4K 2T2
Tel: 905-660-7655
Fax: 905-660-1605
Toll-Free: 1-877-665-7655
Email: sales@rpmrollforming.com www.rpmrollforming.com
Forged of the highest quality standards in our ISO9001:2008 Canadian facility, RPM takes great pride in offering quality roll formed Canadian Steel, Aluminum and Alloy solutions for your manufacturing needs.
115 Plymouth Street
Winnipeg, MB R2X 2T3
Tel: 204-774-9669
Fax: 204-774-9672
Email: info@sgpglass.ca www.sgpglass.ca
8699 Escarpment Way, Unit 5
Milton, ON L9T 0J5
Tel: 905-636-9097
Fax: 1-800-451-9857
Toll-Free: 1-800-426-0279
Email: sales@fireglass.com www.fireglass.com; www.tgpamerica.com
Technical Glass Products is your one source for fire-rated glazing and framing and specialty architectural glass and framing. TGP offers project consultation, product specifications, BIM 3D models and rapid-response quoting.
SUPPLIERS
THE DOOR BOUTIQUE AND HARDWARE
7250 Keele Street
Vaughan, ON L4K 1Z8
Tel: 1-800-553-4702
Email: thedoorboutique.com@gmail.com www.thedoorboutique.com
THE DS GROUP
7470 Buller Ave.
Burnaby, BC V5J 5C5
Tel: 604-451-1080
Fax: 604-451-1140
Toll-Free: 1-888-520-9009
Email: info@thedsgroup.com www.thedsgroup.com
TREMCO CANADA
220 Wicksteed Ave.
Toronto, ON M4H 1G7
Tel: 416-421-3300
Email: TORSCS@tremcoinc.com www.tremcosealants.com
TREMCO INC.
3735 Green Road
Beachwood, OH 44236
Tel: 216-292-5000
Toll-Free: 1-800-321-7906 www.tremcosealants.com
TRI-TEMP GLASS INC.
91 Crockford Blvd.
Toronto, ON M1R 3B7
Tel: 416-285-1890
Fax: 416-285-9468
Toll-Free: 1-855-757-8367
Email: cs@tritempglass.com www.tritempglass.com
TRUFORM BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.
582 Rivermede Rd., Unit #3
Concord, ON L4K 2H5
Tel: 905-532-0073
Fax: 905-532-0068
Email: nwade@truformproducts.com www.truformproducts.com
VVERIDIS SOLUTIONS INC.
2828 Boulevard Laurier, Tour T1, 7e étage Québec, QC G1V 0B9
Tel: 418-263-4777
Fax: 418-263-4712
Email: contact@veridissolutions.com www.veridissolutions.com
VERRAGE GLASS AND MIRROR INCORPORATED
155 Racco Pkwy.
Thornhill, ON L4J 8X9
Tel: 905-738-6565
Fax: 905-738-6801
Toll-Free: 1-877-258-6426
Email: sales@verrage.com www.verrage.com
From concept to production our technical and service departments work diligently to respond to our customers’ needs. Specialty services include tempering, laminating, bending, water-jet cutting, V-grooving, custom edge work and Direct on Glass Digital Printing, ceramic frit technology.
VETROTECH SAINT-GOBAIN
2108 B Street NW #110
Auburn, WA 98001
Tel: 253-3479829
Toll-Free: 888-803-9533
Email: vetrotech.sales@saint-gobain.com www.vetrotechcanada.com
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain is the world’s leading provider of fire-rated glass and system solutions. Our products are fire-resistant and range from glass ceramics, floors, doors, walls, and windows.
VI-LUX BUILDING PRODUCTS INC.
105 Richmond Blvd.
Napanee, ON K7R 3Z8
Tel: 613-354-4830
Fax: 613-354-6589
Toll-Free: 1-866-281-6743
Email: info@vi-lux.com www.vi-lux.com
VITRO ARCHITECTURAL GLASS
200 Fairview Road, Unit 1
Barrie, ON L4N 8X8
Tel: 705-733-2217
Fax: 705-719-2761
WWIN-DOOR CONSULTANT
13 Sun Harbour Way Southeast Calgary, AB T2X 3C6
Tel: 403-680-8864
Toll-Free: na
Email: windoorpro@hotmail.com
WITTE NORTH AMERICA
2717 Rena Rd Mississauga, ON L4T 3K1
Tel: 905-678-2397
Fax: 905-678-2395
Email: sales@witte-na.com www.witte-na.com
WOOD’S POWR-GRIP CO., INC.
908 West Main Laurel, MT 59044
Tel: 406-628-8231
Fax: 406-628-8354
Toll-Free: 1-800-548-7341
Email: contactus@wpg.com www.wpg.com
WSP
582 Lancaster Street West Kitchener, ON N2K 1M5
Tel: 519-743-8777
www.wsp.com
ZZZ CONSTRUCTION LTD.
Bay 21, 7003-30 Str. SE Calgary, AB T2C 1N6
Tel: 403-251-5121
Fax: 403-251-5121
Email: zzconst@shaw.ca www.zzconst.com
TURTOOLS
104-6741 Cariboo Road
Burnaby, BC V3N 4A3
Tel: 604-328-5898
Fax: 604-431-8501
Email: service@turtools.com www.turtools.com
A Canadian owned and operated supplier of quality glass fabrication tooling and supplies including; cerium oxide, diamond tools, polishing wheels, drills, cork pads, cutting fluid, and abrasive belts and more.
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C.R. Laurence
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Hartung Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
REHAU Industries Inc
RPM
Security Glass Products
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The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
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Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
ZZ Construction
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Alumicor
Aribell Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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Commdoor Aluminum
dormakaba
Euroverre
Hartung Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Roto North America
Security Glass Products
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Tag Hardware
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
ZZ Construction
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Aribell Products
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Commdoor Aluminum
Elton Manufacturing
Metro Aluminum
Millcraft
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
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The DS Group
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Vi-Lux
DOOR LITES
Accurate Glass Products
Aribell Products
Commdoor Aluminum
Elton Manufacturing
Everlast
Kits Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Metro Aluminum
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
Verrage
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
Vi-Lux
ZZ Construction
FIBERGLASS DOORS
Aribell Products
Everlast
Mastertech Door Systems
NAFS Fenestration Components
REHAU Industries Inc
Security Glass Products
The Door Boutique & Hardware
FIRE RATED DOORS
Aribell Products
Euroverre
Everlast
F1 Glazing Solutions
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Technical Glass Products
The Door Boutique & Hardware
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
FRENCH DOORS
Everlast
Kits Glass
REHAU Industries Inc
Slide Clear
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
ZZ Construction
GLASS DOORS
Accurate Glass Products
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence
GGI
Hartung Glass
Kits Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Obata Studios
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Slide Clear
Tag Hardware
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
Verrage
MIRROR DOORS
Accurate Glass Products
Prohaska Engineering
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
The Door Boutique & Hardware
PATIO DOORS
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence
Clearview Industries
Everlast
Mastertech Door Systems
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
REHAU Industries Inc
RPM
Security Glass Products
Silver Slab
Slide Clear
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
ZZ Construction
RESIDENTIAL DOORS
Aribell Products
Bonnechere Valley Windows
Everlast
Mastertech Door Systems
Metro Aluminum
Millcraft
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
REHAU Industries Inc
RPM
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Slide Clear
Tag Hardware
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
ZZ Construction
REVOLVING DOORS
dormakaba
RPM
SCREEN CHANNELS
C.R. Laurence
Hygrade Components
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SCREEN DOORS
Aribell Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Everlast
Hygrade Components
NAFS Fenestration Components
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
Screen Center Sales
Slide Clear
The DS Group
SHIMS
Accurate Glass Products
Aribell Products
C.R. Laurence
Grove Products
Jamac Sales
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SHOWER DOORS/ ENCLOSURES
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
GGI
Hartung Glass
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Tag Hardware
The Door Boutique & Hardware
Verrage
SLIDING DOORS
Accurate Glass Products
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Clearview Industries
Commdoor Aluminum
dormakaba
Everlast
GGI
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
REHAU Industries Inc
RPM
Security Glass Products
Slide Clear
Tag Hardware
The Door Boutique & Hardware
The DS Group
Verrage
ZZ Construction
EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY
BENDING MACHINES
Ameracan Equip.
Casso-Solar Technologies
Glasstech
Glaston America
INT Machinery
Lothar’s Industrial Sales
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Verrage
Witte
BRUSHES
Billco Manufacturing
Kear Fabrication
COMPUTER SOFTWARE
Billco Manufacturing
C.R. Laurence
Glasstech
improveit 360
Mainstreet
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
CORNER CLEANERS
Ameracan Equip.
INT Machinery
CRANES/HOISTS
Ameracan Equip.
INT Machinery
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
SUPPLIERSBYCATEGORY
CUTTING TABLES/CNC
Ameracan Equip.
Atwood Sales
Billco Manufacturing
Glassline Corp.
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
Rockwell Automation
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Siemens
Verrage
DRYING/CURING OVENS
Casso-Solar Technologies
Glassline Corp.
Glasstech
INT Machinery
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
EDGING/BEVELLING/ DRILLING/Grinding
Adelio Lattuada Srl
Ameracan Equip.
Atwood Sales
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Glassline Corp.
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Turtools
Verrage
GAS FILLING
Ameracan Equip.
Erdman Automation Corp.
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
Quanex
GLASS ASSEMBLY TABLES
Ameracan Equip.
Billco Manufacturing
C.R. Laurence
Casso-Solar Technologies
Kear Fabrication
GLASS CUTTING
Ameracan Equip.
Billco Manufacturing
Bystronic Glass
C.R. Laurence
Glassline Corp.
GlassWare Connections
INT Machinery
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
GLASS FURNACES
Casso-Solar Technologies
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
Verrage
GLASS HANDLING/ VACUUM CUPS/LIFTERS
Ameracan Equip.
Bystronic Glass
C.R. Laurence
Erdman Automation Corp.
F. Barkow
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Wood’s Powr-Grip
GLASS PROCESSING CHEMICALS
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Turtools
GLASS WASHING MACHINES
Adelio Lattuada Srl
Ameracan Equip.
Atwood Sales
Billco Manufacturing
Bystronic Glass
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Erdman Automation Corp.
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
IG MANUFACTURING
Ameracan Equip.
Billco Manufacturing
Bystronic Glass
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Erdman Automation Corp.
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
Kirkco Corp.
Quanex
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
INSTALLATION/CUTTING
TOOLS/Blades
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Lothar’s Industrial Sales
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
LAMINATING
Billco Manufacturing
Casso-Solar Technologies
Glaston America
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
J. E. Berkowitz
Kirkco Corp.
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
LASER ETCHING
Billco Manufacturing
MEASURING/TESTING
EDTM, Inc.
Rockwell Automation
Siemens
Strainoptics
METAL FABRICATION
All-Weld
Axon
Glassline Corp.
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
Lothar’s Industrial Sales
Verrage
METAL FORMING
Glassline Corp.
Screen Center Sales
POLISHING
Glassline Corp.
INT Machinery
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Turtools
Verrage
SANDBLASTING MACHINES
Atwood Sales
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
SAWS
Ameracan Equip.
C.R. Laurence
INT Machinery
Kear Fabrication
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
SCREEN PRINTING MACHINES
Glassline Corp.
INT Machinery
Screen Center Sales
TEMPERING/BENDING OVENS
Atwood Sales
Casso-Solar Technologies
Glasstech
Glaston America
INT Machinery
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
TESTING EQUIPMENT
CAN-BEST
EDTM, Inc.
Screen Center Sales
TRUCKS/ TRANSPORTATION
F. Barkow
Kear Fabrication
Klaas Swaving
Verrage
WATERJET CUTTING
Atwood Sales
Glassline Corp.
HHH Tempering Resources
INT Machinery
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
WHEELS/DRILL BITS
Billco Manufacturing
C.R. Laurence
Glassline Corp.
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Turtools
GLASS PRODUCTS
BENT
F1 Glazing Solutions
Kits Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
BEVELLED/EDGED/ GROOVED
Accurate Glass Products
ASE Europe NV
Hartung Glass
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Verrage
BULLET RESISTANT
F1 Glazing Solutions
Hartung Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
CERAMIC FRIT GLASS
AGNORA
Euroverre
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Verrage
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
CHANNEL GLASS
Euroverre
F1 Glazing Solutions
J. E. Berkowitz
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
COATED
AGNORA
GGI
Hartung Glass
Laurelwood Millwork
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Vitro
DECORATIVE AGNORA
Aribell Products
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
Everlast
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurelwood Millwork
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Obata Studios
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
ZZ Construction
DIGITALLY PRINTED AGNORA
Laurier Glass
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
DYNAMIC GLASS
Euroverre
GlassWare Connections
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
FLOAT
Accurate Glass Products
ASE Europe NV
GGI
Kits Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Tag Hardware
Verrage
Vitro
GLASS BLOCK
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Technical Glass Products
HEAT RADIANT
F1 Glazing Solutions
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
HEAT RESISTANT
Euroverre
F1 Glazing Solutions
GGI
J. E. Berkowitz
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
LAMINATED AGNORA
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurelwood Millwork
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Tag Hardware
Technical Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
LAMINATEDDECORATIVE AGNORA
Aribell Products
ASE Europe NV
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Verrage
MIRROR - FLAT
Accurate Glass Products
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
GGI
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Tag Hardware
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
MIRROR - HEAT
Saint-Gobain
Verrage
OVERSIZED
AGNORA
J. E. Berkowitz
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
PATTERN
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
GGI
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
SUPPLIERSBYCATEGORY
SCREENED/ETCHED/FRIT
AGNORA
Euroverre
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Obata Studios
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
SOLAR
GGI
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
SPANDREL
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Verrage
STAINED
KITS GLASS
Laurelwood Millwork
Obata Studios
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
STRENGTHENED/ TEMPERED
Accurate Glass Products
AGNORA
ASE Europe NV
GGI
Hartung Glass
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurelwood Millwork
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Tag Hardware
Technical Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
Vitro
TRANSLUCENT GLAZING
ASE Europe NV
GGI
GlassWare Connections
Hartung Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Saint-Gobain
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
WIRED
ASE Europe NV
Euroverre
GGI
Kits Glass
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
GLAZING MATERIALS
FILM, ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC
Courage Distributing
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Verrage
FILM, DECORATIVE
American Renolit
C.R. Laurence
Courage Distributing
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST Verrage
FILM, EDGE RETENTION SYSTEMS
Verrage
FILM, SAFETY/SECURITY
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence
Courage Distributing
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SAFTI FIRST
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
FILM, SOLAR CONTROL
ASE Europe NV
Courage Distributing
ECO Insulating Glass
GlassWare Connections
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Verrage
FIRE RATED GLAZING
F1 Glazing Solutions
Fireprotect Chester
Lauren Manufacturing
McGrory Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
SAFTI FIRST
Technical Glass Products
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
MIRROR BACKING, SAFETY
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Verrage
SUPPLIERSBYCATEGORY
MULLIONS
Aribell Products
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Renko Rubber
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Verrage
Vi-Lux
MUNTINS
Aribell Products
Hygrade Components
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
Vi-Lux
Photo Voltaic Systems
ECO Insulating Glass
PLASTIC SHEET
American Renolit
RADIATION SHIELDING
Euroverre
F1 Glazing Solutions
McGrory Glass Inc.
Technical Glass Products
INSULATING GLASS & SUPPLIES
CORNER KEYS
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Hygrade Components
Kirkco Corp.
RPM
Saint-Gobain
TruForm Building Products
DESICCANTS
Arkema
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
GlassWare Connections
Haseda Holding
Momentive Performance
Materials
RPM
TruForm Building Products
IG UNITS
AGNORA
ASE Europe NV
ECO Insulating Glass
Elton Manufacturing
Everlast
GGI
GlassWare Connections
Insulating Glass Manufacturers
Alliance
J. E. Berkowitz
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
LiteZone Glass Inc.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
Silver Slab
Technical Glass Products
The DS Group
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
PACKAGING/LABELLING
MATERIAL
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
Turtools
PLUGS/RIVETS
TruForm Building Products
SPACE BARS/WARM EDGE
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
GlassWare Connections
Haseda Holding
Hygrade Components
Quanex
RPM
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Tremco Canada
TruForm Building Products
METAL PRODUCTS
Aluminum Backpans
Alumicor
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Spandrel Tech
Verrage
ARCHITECTURAL METAL
Panels
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Grant Metal Products
Metro Aluminum
PAC-CLAD | Petersen
Spandrel Tech
BENT SHAPES
Grant Metal Products
Millcraft
Provincial Glass & Mirror
R & B Wagner
Rimac
Spandrel Tech
CLADDING
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Grant Metal Products
Hygrade Components
Metro Aluminum
PAC-CLAD | Petersen
RPM
Security Glass Products
Spandrel Tech
The DS Group
Verrage
CURTAINWALL SYSTEMS
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Caldwell
Everlast
Metro Aluminum
PAC-CLAD | Petersen
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Security Glass Products
Spandrel Tech
Technical Glass Products
Verrage
ENTRANCES/ STOREFRONTS
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Commdoor Aluminum
Everlast
J. E. Berkowitz
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Security Glass Products
Spandrel Tech
Technical Glass Products
The DS Group
Verrage
EXTERNAL SHADING SYSTEMS
C.R. Laurence
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
EXTRUSIONS/ PULTRUSIONS
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence
Commdoor Aluminum
Metro Aluminum
R & B Wagner
Security Glass Products
The DS Group
FIRE RATED METAL PRODUCTS
Euroverre
F1 Glazing Solutions
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
SAFTI FIRST
Spandrel Tech
Technical Glass Products
Vetrotech Saint-Gobain
FLASHING
Grant Metal Products
Metro Aluminum
PAC-CLAD | Petersen
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
Security Glass Products
Spandrel Tech
PREFORMED ALUMINUM WALL PANELS
PAC-CLAD | Petersen
Spandrel Tech
SLOPED GLAZING SYSTEMS/SKYLIGHTS
Alumicor
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
RPM
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
STRUCTURAL GLAZING SYSTEMS
Alumicor
C.R. Laurence
J. E. Berkowitz
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
R & B Wagner
Saint-Gobain
Security Glass Products
Technical Glass Products
The DS Group
Verrage
SUNSCREEN SYSTEMS
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
The DS Group
SEALANTS
BUTYL
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution &
Supply Co.
GlassWare Connections
Haseda Holding
Jamac Sales
Kirkco Corp.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Tremco Canada
Tremco Inc.
GASKETS
C.R. Laurence
Fireprotect Chester
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
Intertex Textiles
Jamac Sales
Lauren Manufacturing
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Renko Rubber
Tag Hardware
The DS Group
Tremco Canada
Tremco Inc.
HOT MELT
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
GlassWare Connections
Haseda Holding
Hexion
Kirkco Corp.
Quanex
RPM
Tremco Canada
POLYSULPHIDE
Arkema
Haseda Holding
Kirkco Corp.
POLYURETHANE
Arkema
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
Haseda Holding
Hexion
Jamac Sales
Kirkco Corp.
Lauren Manufacturing
Laurier Glass
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
The DS Group
Tremco Canada
Tremco Inc.
SILICONE
Accurate Glass Products
Arkema
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
GlassWare Connections
Haseda Holding
Jamac Sales
Kirkco Corp.
Lauren Manufacturing
Laurier Glass
Momentive Performance
Materials
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Quanex
Renko Rubber
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
The DS Group
Tremco Canada
Tremco Inc.
Verrage
TAPE/GLAZING
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
Fireprotect Chester
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
Intertex Textiles
Jamac Sales
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
The DS Group
Tremco Canada
Tremco Inc.
Verrage
TAPE/MUNTIN MOUNTING
Aribell Products
C.R. Laurence
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
The DS Group
SERVICES
ANODIZING/PAINTING
Alumicor
Laurier Glass
Quanex
Verrage
BENDING, GLASS
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
BEVELLING, GLASS
Hartung Glass
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
Verrage
BUSINESS
COMMUNICATION/ MARKETING SERVICES
A.C. Sales
EDTM, Inc.
glasstec/Messe Düsseldorf
Key Communications
Mainstreet
Quanex
RPM
Screen Center Sales
Win-Door Consultant
Diamond Wheel Redressing
Glassline Corp.
DIGITAL-BASED GLASS
DECORAtion
Hartung Glass
Laurier Glass
Verrage
DRILLING, GLASS
Accurate Glass Products
GGI
Hartung Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
EDGING, GLASS
Accurate Glass Products
GGI
Hartung Glass
Laurier Glass
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Security Glass Products
Security Glass Products
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
FINISHING
Accurate Glass Products
American Renolit
Caldwell
GGI
Verrage
SUPPLIERSBYCATEGORY
HEAT SOAKING
J. E. Berkowitz
Laurier Glass
LASER CUTTING
R & B Wagner
MACHINERY REPAIR
Glaston America
Kirkco Corp.
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
METAL BENDING/ STRETCHING
Grant Metal Products
Klaas Swaving
R & B Wagner
Rimac
Spandrel Tech
METAL CUTTING
Grant Metal Products
Klaas Swaving
Provincial Glass & Mirror
R & B Wagner
RPM
Spandrel Tech
METAL PUNCHING
Grant Metal Products
R & B Wagner
RPM
Spandrel Tech
PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING/ CONSULTING
Building Envelope Engineering
CLEB
Glassline Corp.
Key Communications
Prohaska Engineering
RPM
RST Technologies
Veridis Solutions
WSP
ROLLFORMING
Hygrade Components
RPM
Spandrel Tech
SANDBLASTING
Kits Glass
Laurier Glass
Tri-Temp Glass
Verrage
TESTING LABORATORIES/ SERVICES
CAN-BEST CLEB
EDTM, Inc.
Strainoptics
Veridis Solutions
WSP
THERMAL Imaging
CAN-BEST
EDTM, Inc.
Veridis Solutions
SUPPLIES & HARDWARE
ABRASIVES
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
Glaston America
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Turtools
ADHESIVES
Arkema
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Fireprotect Chester
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
Haseda Holding
Hexion
Kirkco Corp.
Lothar’s Industrial Sales
Momentive Performance
Materials
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
COOLANTS/LUBRICANTS
Arkema
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Glaston America
INT Machinery
Momentive Performance
Materials
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
CURTAINWALL ANCHORS/ FAStener Screws
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Spandrel Tech
DECORATIVE GLASS SUPPLIES
Aribell Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
DECORATIVE STRIP/ GRILLS/ACCENTS
Aribell Products
GLASS CLEANING
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Verrage
GLASS SHOWCASE
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Kooiman Industries
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Verrage
SUPPLIERSBYCATEGORY
GLAZING TOOLS
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
EDTM, Inc.
INT Machinery
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
INSULATION
Frank Lowe Rubber & Gasket Co.
Intertex Textiles
MIRROR HARDWARE
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Tag Hardware
Verrage
MIRROR MASTIC
Accurate Glass Products
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Construction Distribution & Supply Co.
Provincial Glass & Mirror
SALEM Flat Glass & Mirror
Tag Hardware
POLISHING COMPOUNDS
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence
Caldwell
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C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Caldwell
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
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Silver Slab
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C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Caldwell
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Everlast
Global Window and Doors
Laurelwood Millwork
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Millcraft
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REHAU Industries Inc
Roto North America
Security Glass Products
Silver Slab
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Alumicor
C.R. Laurence - U.S. Aluminum
C.R. Laurence
Commdoor Aluminum
Caldwell
Metro Aluminum
Provincial Glass & Mirror
Roto North America
The DS Group
by FRANK FULTON
Glazing for the birds
It’s estimated that a mind-boggling 25 million birds are killed in Canada every year due to collisions with glass in buildings. A National Geographic article estimates the number in Canada and the U.S. could be as high as 600 million bird deaths per year. Why? Birds can’t see glass. All they see is the reflection of open skies or trees in the glass and fly towards it. Currently, 28 bird species are identified on the endangered list in the Species at Risk Act managed by Environment and Climate Change Canada. Fortunately there are groups and some municipalities out there doing something about it.
The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada, was founded in 1993 and is “dedicated to safeguarding migratory birds in the urban environment through education, policy development, research, rescue and rehabilitation”. FLAP has been instrumental in working with various municipal governments to put bird-friendly guidelines in place in a number of cities across Canada.
A disproportionately high number of bird-window fatalities occur in Toronto due to its location adjacent to Lake Ontario at the convergence of two migratory flyways and its abundance of low-, mid- and high-rise buildings. In an effort to address this unnecessary and avoidable loss of life, in 2010 The city of Toronto became the first municipality in Canada, with the assistance of FLAP, to put bird-friendly building code requirements into law, known as the Toronto Green Standard.
The TGS applies to all new residential buildings four storeys and higher, all non-residential
Many people directly involved in the architectural glazing community have never even heard of bird-friendly glazing, let alone installed it.
YOU BET YOUR GLASS
development, and low-rise residential developments containing more than five units abutting a ravine or natural area. Bird-friendly glazing must now be provided in these types of construction in 85 per cent of the glass up to 12 meters above grade or adjacent treelines, four meters above rooftop or balcony vegetation and at all heights in the case of fly-through conditions and parallel glass such as bridges and walkways.
Michael Mesure, FLAP’s co-founder and executive director, led the development and launch a few years ago of the BirdSafe Building Standards and risk-assessment guidelines for turnkey use by municipalities. According to Mesure, “Besides Toronto and Markham, no other Canadian cities have incorporated bird-friendly into their codes and/or standards, however FLAP is currently working with Ottawa, Vaughan, Halifax, Surrey and Saskatoon as they explore the potential for guidelines in their cities.” Vancouver and Calgary have already introduced voluntary guidelines for bird-friendly glazing. All U.S. federal government buildings and a number of U.S. cities have already legislated bird-friendly codes.
In order to make glass bird-friendly it is necessary to add visual markers, preferably on the outermost glass surface, that reduces or disrupts the reflectivity making it easy for birds to see, not mistake for open space, and avoid.
The Walker Glass Company has been developing bird-friendly glass options for several years now and markets them under the AviProtek brand name. The acid-etched surface treatments when spaced typically at two by four inches apart provide a test-proven feature that is easier for birds to see and steer clear of. They have also introduced ultraviolet reflecting glass that is visible to birds but much less so to people. Silk-screened ceramic frit patterns are also available in the marketplace. Bird-friendly options add 50 per cent or more to the cost of standard glazing.
According to Steve Morren, Walker’s director of architectural programs, “Although it is not a strict code requirement in many areas yet, we are seeing bird-friendly glazing being voluntarily specified in many public buildings such as government offices, universities, and hospitals across Canada and the U.S. Many large private property owners are feeling the social pressure to install bird-friendly glazing in their buildings as well.” •
Pilkington SpaciaTM Vacuum Insulated Glazing
The world’s first commercially available vacuum glazing, Pilkington SpaciaTM offers the thermal performance of conventional double glazing in the same thickness as a single glass pane. Pilkington SpaciaTM can be retro-fitted into existing frames designed for single glazing. It balances historical preservation with modern comfort and environmental requirements.
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