A global leader in custom unitized curtain walls and glass solutions
Benson® Curtain Wall and Benson® Glass solutions are now part of the MiTek® portfolio of solutions. MiTek is a platform innovator and enabler that exists to transform the building industry with better building solutions. Our software, services, engineered products, and automation enable our customers and partners to transform the way they design, make, and build. We collaborate across the building
industry – from developers and designers to fabricators and builders – to enable and accelerate transformational breakthroughs in design and construction, both on-site and off-site. Benson® Curtain Wall is a comprehensive façade construction service including system design, estimating, materials selection, engineering, prototype testing, project management, and site installation. Benson Glass is a contract glazing service for new and existing construction, including storefront, window and window wall, glass replacement, and pre-engineered and custom curtain walls.
03/19/2024
It is almost time for the International Mass Timber Show in Portland, OR. MiTek will be there with Our ONEWALL, Lateral Systems, SidePlate Connection Designs and a group of team members ready to talk about how MiTek can help with your project. See us in booth #227 March 26-28, 2024 in the Oregon Convention Center.
10/12/2023
“The team at Perkins&Will put together an amazing look at the intricacies of the University of California, College of Law Student Housing complex featuring ONEWALL façade. We are thrilled to be part of a team that brought a vision to life”
University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) Academe at 198 is a 14-story, 656-unit student housing complex at 198… | 11 comments on LinkedIn
08/24/2023
The University of California College of Law, San Francisco, recently released this timelapse video of the 198 McAllister building going up. This building featured ONEWALL for its façade, and as you watch, you will see how quickly it went onto the project. Thanks again to GreyStar, Perkins&Will and Build Group, Inc. for making MiTek ONEWALL part of this project.
08/08/2023
Located on Los Angeles’s renowned Miracle Mile, Wilshire Boulevard, just a few blocks from the world-famous La Brea Tar Pits will sit Mirabel. Benson is in the design assist phase with this new project, designed to let people live, work, shop and commute with ease. Mirabel will offer a total of 348 residential units - 38 of which will be affordable living - cafes, restaurants, shopping and much more to the area. Benson is proud to be part of this project with the team at Swinerton.
05/18/2023
Benson is completing the design assist work on the University of Oregon KCASI (Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact). This 185,000 square-foot, multi-story building will be used for bioengineering and is located along Riverfront Research Parkway. We are thrilled to partner with Hoffman Construction Company on this project that was designed by ZGF Architects.
04/11/2023
Safety is of the utmost importance at any job site, and there's no room for shortcuts. When our Director of EHS Rob Dahl “Most problems are due to complacency; it’s those who don’t follow the rules and take shortcuts. There has to be direct accountability from the top down. I have to be accountable as much as the laborers,” he says in an interview with US Glass. Read the full article to learn more about safety on your jobsite http://ow.ly/Iys050Nzehv
Contract glazing company officials agree it’s essential to convey to employees that shortcuts and jobsites don’t mix.
04/05/2023
The entire team at Benson Curtain wall is honored to have been recognized for the third consecutive year in receiving the Gold Safety Award from Highwire! This award is great recognition of the hard work our safety professionals and field teams do daily to help ensure that our number one resource, our employees, go home safe and healthy at the end of each day.
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Benson Industries was originally founded in 1926 as Tom Benson Glass Company and operated as such until 1959 when Alan Green Jr. purchases the company and incorporated it as Tom Benson Industries.
In 1979, Benson began pursuing high-rise, large contract projects and President Lou S. Niles was hired. Under Niles’ leadership, company sales continued to increase through the securing of larger and multi-story contracts.
In September 1982, the company bought out their shareholders, establishing Benson as an employee-owned company.
Benson Ltd. was established in 1989 to pursue work outside the United States.
In April of 1993, Tom Benson Industries changed its name to Benson Industies, Inc. to reflect the companies transition into the custom curtainwall industry.
In 1996, Benson Wall Systems Pte. Ltd. was established. This new subsidiary is headquartered in Singapore where their new Asia office was opened in March 1997.
Benson Korea, Ltd. was established in 2000 to oversee our operations in Korea and Asia, as well as manage project workflows with various suppliers in the region.
In 2007 Benson was awarded the contract for Tower One (The Freedom Tower) of the World Trade Center at Ground Zero. It is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and the sixth-tallest in the world.
In July 2013, Benson was acquired by MiTek Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
LA’s Wilshire Grand opened in June of 2017 as the tallest building (1100ft) on the west coast clad in a custom Benson curtainwall.