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…
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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…
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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…
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A rainbow of races from Latino to African American to Native American to Asian is served by El Centro de la Raza in Seattle. Since its founding in 1972, this multi-cultural agency has aimed to build unity across social and economic sectors. Recent renovation of its historic buildings include a performance piazza at the south…
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How can you accommodate smokers and bikers who must share a small space? The car rental agency at an East Coast international airport did it with two shelters from Duo-Gard. The company’s extensive and diverse product line enabled the agency to easily achieve three important objectives for their employees. Separate smokers and eliminate confrontations with…
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The architect’s design of a new bus maintenance facility for Waterbury CT called for the integration of two very different panels to create a façade with high natural light, security and energy efficiency. The resulting façade for the 180,000-square-foot building integrates translucent daylighting panels by Duo-Gard with metal insulating panels by Kingspan. “This is the…
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Performance. Aesthetics. Economy. Architects and designers gain new advantages in all three with a collaboration announced by two industry leaders in glazing materials and systems technology. Duo-Gard Industries Inc. will provide complete turnkey systems and solutions for canopies, shelters, building facades and other exterior applications. A new line, marketed by Duo-Gard, is named Fusion and…
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Need a shelter in a hurry? Satisfied with a standard style? With Duo-Gard’s new Ready Ship Shelters, we can get it out the door to you in 24 hours! That’s right: 24 hours. “These shelters are crated and ready to go in some of our most popular styles and sizes,” said Michael Arvidson, executive vice…
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Named in honor of America’s armed forces, Freedom Center in Huntsville, Alabama, contributes to the current revitalization of its area. Integrating renovation and new construction, the Center features a new state-of-the-art conference facility designed by the Huntsville firm of Matheny Goldmon Architecture + Interiors. The new conference facility connects two existing buildings which date back…
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The VA Medical Facility in Hines, Illinois, recently installed a new smoking shelter from Duo-Gard, the company that pioneered this industry 25 years ago and was awarded the first GSA contract for smoking shelters. “The shelter is for our veterans who smoke and their visitors,” says Bob Squires, lead carpenter for Engineering Services at the…
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