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Wood Ceiling Support Structures

Wood Ceiling Support Structures

July 20, 2020

Decorative Ceilings are an interesting design element utilized in many new construction and renovation projects. Many new ceiling types have been introduced to the market in the past few years rangin …

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Unistrut Handrail Systems

Unistrut Handrail Systems

July 6, 2020

Unistrut channel and fittings offer designers an adult version of an Erector Set. The combinations of channel and fittings make almost any application possible. Today we will look at a new applicati …

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Hotel Rooftop Solutions

Hotel Rooftop Solutions

June 29, 2020

Unistrut Midwest’s project spotlight this week will focus on the hotel construction industry. Hotels are designed to utilize as much space as possible for rooms or shared common areas. The need to m …

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Replacing Wood Catwalks with Steel

Replacing Wood Catwalks with Steel

June 15, 2020

Many older buildings utilized wood framed catwalk systems for access to attics or utility spaces. The wood catwalks were a generally accepted system for many years for maintenance catwalks. The upda …

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Unistrut Ceiling Grids as Design Elements

Unistrut Ceiling Grids as Design Elements

June 8, 2020

Interior Design has put more focus on ceiling elements over the past few years. Offices, labs, or classrooms were typically specified with standard 2’x2′ or 2’x4′ Acoustic Ceiling Tile with minimal o …

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Food Grade Strut for Sanitary Applications

Food Grade Strut for Sanitary Applications

May 25, 2020

Sanitary Food Processing projects present many unique challenges to electrical and mechanical contractors trying to mount conduits or pipe. Sanitary applications require stainless steel to handle con …

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Unistrut Surgical Boom Supports

Unistrut Surgical Boom Supports

May 18, 2020

Modern Surgical Suites are utilizing many ceiling hung devices to provide flexibility and support to the medical staff throughout surgeries. The ceiling hung equipment can range from simple exam ligh …

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Data Center Ceiling Grid Prefabrication

Data Center Ceiling Grid Prefabrication

May 11, 2020

Unistrut Ceiling Grids have been a popular system in the design of data centers for many years. The Unistrut Ceiling Grid is an ideal product to create an interstitial secondary support structure for …

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Unistrut IR Heater Supports for Automotive

Unistrut IR Heater Supports for Automotive

May 4, 2020

Unistrut Midwest was contracted to design, furnish, and install a support structure for a custom automotive shop in Northwest Ohio. The end user needed a support structure to support infrared heaters …

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Tate Hot Aisle Containment

Tate Hot Aisle Containment

April 27, 2020

Modern Data Centers have begun utilizing partition systems to separate the hot and cold aisles to reduce energy costs by preventing the hot air leaving the servers from mixing with the cold air used t …

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Rooftop Duct Supports

Rooftop Duct Supports

April 20, 2020

Unistrut Midwest has been a long time supplier to mechanical contractors who use the Unistrut products to support duct work, piping, and many other items. Unistrut products are used every day to supp …

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Unistrut WT Wide Slotted Strut Channel

Unistrut WT Wide Slotted Strut Channel

April 7, 2020

Unistrut has developed a new slotted channel perforation for use with 5/8” threaded rod. The Unistrut “WT” Perforation offers an 11/16″ x 2″ Slotted perforation at 3″ on center for any of our 1-5/8″ …

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