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When the collaboration of Duo-Gard and 3form that produced our new Fusion system was announced last Fall, we were thrilled at the reception it received from architects and designers. Now we’re proud to tell you Fusion has received a Record Products 2017 Award from  Architectural Record magazine. Included in the December 2017 issue, this award…

Bus rapid transit is spreading across the country. Residents of the progressive Minneapolis-St. Paul area welcomed an expansion of theirs in June 2016 when Metro Transit opened the A Line BRT, the region’s first of a dozen planned arterial BRT lines serving core arterial streets. Residents hopped on board A Line immediately, raising ridership by…

How did a major East Coast university save 20% on two custom bus shelters for its largest turn-around? By reaping the benefits of value-engineered options by Duo-Gard. “Initially, the project was significantly over budget. Duo-Gard’s VE options maintained the structures’ aesthetic, yet saved the required amount of money to allow the project to move forward…

If presentation is everything, how do you make it informative, innovative and impressive today? If you’re a student, researcher or industry professional in the creative arts, associated with Georgia State University, you splash it over an interactive display screen 10 feet high by 41 feet wide embedded into an illuminated, curved translucent wall 20 feet…

What does $96 million buy today? For Springfield, Massachusetts, it bought the return of a historic past and the giant step toward a dynamic future with the massive renovation of Union Station. Enjoying a heyday in the 1920s, the train station closed in 1973 due to declining use. Empty for over 40 years, it re-opened…

The design team at Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc. wanted to create an entrance “you can’t help but notice” for the new West Texas Food Bank in Midland. “We wanted an attraction, a focal point, to help clients and volunteers find the building,” says RJ Lopez, AIA. “And we wanted to make people smile.” The…

Do you see bicycle shelters as drab, uninspiring, utilitarian structures? Then you haven’t seen the one in the Bloomfield NJ train station. Commuters who bike to this station park in a custom Duo-Gard Bike Safe shelter located on the first floor of the parking garage. Above the bike racks, murals line the walls. “The murals…

Too bad Dorothy was so eager to leave Kansas. She should have simply moved to Overland Park. While it’s not the Emerald City, the 189,000 residents here can boast of living in one of the healthiest, happiest and least-stressed areas of America, according to 2017 accolades from Niche, Wallethub, Smartasset and others. Overland Park claims…

Dating back to 1939, the Kennon Observatory at the University of Mississippi in Oxford is a campus focal point. Its grounds also include a bus transit hub for Ole Miss, with some 2,000 – 4,000 students, faculty and visitors passing through every day. Until 2016, they were served by a single small bus shelter. That…

Bicycle facility owners, operators and users have an advanced approach to security and convenience with the new Secura-Gard System app announced by Duo-Gard Industries. The company’s Secura-Gard System is a turn-key approach to easily and effectively implementing secured electronic access plus data monitoring and collection for bike facilities with the full range of applications, including…