Design
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Moving Beyond the Material: Specifying Insulation Systems, Not Products
In designing insulation systems, focusing only on products that meet the specs, without ensuring they will meet system objectives, is missing the forest for the trees.
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Your Best Defenses Against Corrosion Under Insulation
Given the potential cost of damage from CUI in terms of equipment, materials, and system operation, the best protection comes from employing a combination of defensive approaches.
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Gribbins Insulation & Scaffolding Discusses System Design
NIA is proud of the professionalism, creativity, and artistry of our Contractor members. To celebrate the craftsmanship of NIA mechanical and industrial insulation contractors, NIA established the Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition in 2023. Last year, we again invited all NIA insulation contractors to submit photographs and a brief description of projects representing
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NIA Contractor Member Insul-Tech Inc. Discusses System Design
NIA Contractor member Insul-Tech’s craftsmanship helped a new client achieve standout aesthetics and system performance at their national corporate headquarters and earned the company second place (tied) in NIA's Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition.
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Design-Build, Decarbonization, and the Future of Mechanical Insulation
To move insulation upstream in the decision-making process, those in the industry need to talk about its benefits using terms that resonate with evolving customer needs: for example, performance, risk, and carbon reduction.
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NIA Contractor Member JT THORPE Discusses System Design
NIA members attending Fall Summit voted a mission-critical facility upgrade at a power generating plant performed by JT Thorpe the first-place winner of 2025’s Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition. Project Description The Pre-Cip (Precipitator) Duct Replacement Project involved meeting a complex series of requirements to accomplish a facility upgrade at the Big Sandy
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Listed and Labeled: How Two Little Words Are Making Big Waves in Building Codes
As building codes call for insulation to be “listed and labeled,” manufacturers, specifiers, contractors, and inspectors all need to understand what they need to do to ensure compliance.
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NIA Member Fit Tight Covers Discusses System Design
Fit Tight Covers’ project highlights innovative approaches to get a new renewable natural gas facility up and running quickly.
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NIA Contractor Member Performance Contracting, Inc. Discusses System Design
NIA Insulation Project Art Gallery Showcase and Competition second-place (tie) winner Performance Contracting, Inc. provided its data center customer with more efficient and reliable operational capabilities.
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Booming Business: Data Center Insulation in High Demand
Growth in the use of artificial intelligence is increasing demand for data centers, whose enormous need for mechanical insulation to operate efficiently represents opportunities (and challenges) for our industry.