Dexter + Chaney has announces that Eric Newton will be the new senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will oversee the company’s strategic sales and marketing initiatives and marketing initiatives. He will focus on the growth of their Spectrum Construction Software as construction management software. Newton has experience in construction technology and was previously the senior vice president of vertical markets for Comdata Inc.
Knauf’s EcoBatt Glasswool is a thermal acoustical fiberglass installation. The product contains a minimum of 30 percent post-consumer recycled glass bottle content. The binder, ECOSE, is made from rapidly renewable bio-based materials, instead of petroleum-based chemicals. This technology is a binder that contains no phenol, formaldehyde, acrylics or artificial colors, and is up to 70 percent less energy-intensive than traditional binders. The product comes in a variety of widths, R-values, densities and facings.
PITTSBURGH — After beginning construction in 2012, PNC Financial Services Group is set to open its LEED Platinum certified building as its headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh. The tenants have started moving into the building as of the last week of September but the move will not be complete until January 2016.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has recently released its 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study, which shows rapid growth in the green building industry.
Mansfield, Texas-based Ramtech Building Systems, a design-build construction firm for relocatable modular buildings and prefabricated permanent facilities, has hired commercial MEP design veteran Robert Frick. Frick will join the company’s engineering group as mechanical, electrical, plumbing design manager.
CertainTeed is making it easier for HVAC contractors to ensure optimal indoor comfort with its newly enhanced Sustainable Insulation SoftTouch Duct Wrap. The product offers improvements in cutting and handling that are sure to please installers, while maintaining the company’s proven fiberglass product performance. Sustainable Insulation SoftTouch is a resilient fiberglass blanket-type insulation that provides superior thermal efficiency by reducing unwanted heat loss or gain in both rectangular and round heating, ventilating and air conditioning ductwork.
