For more than 115 years, Viega has supplied exceptional plumbing systems used for water and radiant heat. The company, founded in Germany, dates back to 1899, where it manufactured brass beer taps for breweries and taverns. It didn't take long for Viega to enter the residential plumbing market, and ultimately become a leader in Europe and across the world. Inside the Blueprint meets Dave Garlow, president and CEO of Viega, who discusses the company's soon-to-open U.S. headquarters, which will be outfitted with an innovative heating and cooling radiant floor. It's never been easier to bring Viega into your home. Plus, products are known to be affordable, energy efficient, and built to last. They're also quick to install, which helps reduce labor costs. It's an all-around win.  

What's round, flat, colorful, and bright? Anything acrylic! On this segment of Inside the Blueprint, we're entering the world of ACRYLITE® in Sanford, Maine. From shelving, office dividers, and light fixtures, to dry erase boards and digital photography panels, the company specializes in light-transmitting plastic as a brilliant design element in everyday office spaces. With 10 times the break strength of glass but only half the weight, acrylic sheets are known for their high clarity and durability. Worried about yellowing? Don't. ACRYLITE® ensures that their sheets never yellow in the form of a 30-year warranty. So what can you do with it? Almost anything. ACRYLITE® suggests using it inside a space—namely an office—to add texture, color, and light. The best part is that your space will always look as beautiful as the day your product arrived.  

Welcome to Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, a charming midwestern town home to Spacesaver Corporation. An expert in saving space and getting organized, Spacesaver designs and manufactures storage solutions that increase productivity and utilize empty space in an efficient and neat way. Meet Mark Haubenschild, president and CEO of Spacesaver. He takes us inside the corporation's headquarters, where you'll see how ideas on paper come to life. Originally founded in 1972 inside a small barn with a seven-person team, Spacesaver has since grown to more than 400 employees with a 300,000 square-foot production facility. As one of the world's leaders in storage solutions, Spacesaver works with a wide range of clients and businesses, from helping the military store equipment to creating solutions for athletic teams, pharmaceutical companies, public libraries, and individual families.

Today’s modern buildings offer an extensive blend of smart technologies, and managing all these technologies can be a tall order. Delta Controls is a company from Vancouver, Canada, that has developed the Delta building—today’s modern way to control a smart building. In the Delta building, one system is the central hub of the building that controls all the separate smart technologies that operate within. Join Inside the Blueprint as we speak with leaders from Delta Controls about the efficiency and technology that powers the Delta building. As one of the largest independent manufacturers of building automation systems, with 300+ distributors in over 80 countries, Delta Controls also boasts a new state-of-the-art 4,400 square-foot manufacturing facility. The company is using sophisticated robotics for a wide variety of tasks, including tedious work like programming software and firmware into devices and systems. Delta Controls aims to be the building of the future by building innovative, high-tech systems that react to its occupants.