Curtain wall systems are non-load-bearing aluminum and glass façades that hang from a building’s floor slabs. They carry their own weight, pass wind loads back to the structure, and...

PVD vs chrome plating looks like a choice between two shiny coatings. On a real project it’s usually a choice between two kinds of product. PVD is what colors...

Most laser welding vs TIG comparisons are written by companies that sell welding machines. That’s useful if you’re buying a welder. If you’re a contractor, consultant or fit-out manager...

Storefront cladding is the finished skin around a shop’s opening: the surround, the fascia above the glass, the piers and the base. It’s what a customer reads as the...

Walk through any car park, hospital corridor or factory floor and you’ll step over dozens of them without noticing. That’s the point. Trench covers and floor access covers are...

A fence marks a boundary. A bollard controls where a vehicle can go. Put them together on a project and you’ve got two of the most exposed pieces of...

Walk an industrial site in Riyadh in July and you’ll find steel gratings underfoot, over drainage trenches and around pump platforms. They’re easy to ignore until one is wrong....

Architectural metalwork can transform a building interior or exterior, but small decisions made during design, fabrication, finishing, or installation can create expensive problems later. Architectural Metalwork Mistakes are particularly...

A skylight can change the character of a building by bringing daylight into spaces that would otherwise depend heavily on artificial lighting. But in Saudi Arabia, a successful rooflight...

Perforated aluminum panels are aluminum sheets with a repeating pattern of punched or cut openings, fixed to a building as a facade skin, sun screen, ceiling or partition. In...

A reception desk gets judged in the first five seconds, and then it gets touched, leaned on and kicked for the next ten years. That combination is why stainless...

Stand beside the west glazing of a Riyadh office at four in the afternoon in July and the brief writes itself. The glass is hot to the touch, the...