Technology has permeated every aspect of people’s lives, simplifying complex tasks and accelerating the turnaround process. Cloud computing offers quicker and real-time approaches, which is an advantage individuals in the construction industry are embracing.
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When specifying and installing air and moisture/vapor barriers, consideration is often given to cold-weather limitations of those materials to better ensure proper application and long-term performance.
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Unitized curtain wall systems offer many benefits when used for the building enclosure. They can increase quality control of the overall system, as the units are largely shop-fabricated under controlled conditions rather than field-assembled.
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As the new Chair of CSI’s Board of Directors, I want to share the Board’s vision for CSI and its relationship to you—that your membership organization focuses on helping you realize your full professional potential throughout your career.
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The importance of selecting an appropriate weather-resistive barrier (WRB), given project-specific conditions such as substrate types and anticipated in-service environmental conditions, has been emphasized in several past Failures articles by these authors.
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I started my term as CSI President with an article contemplating the future and how to create a better CSI. Today, I am excited to share we are poised to do just that.
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In our work as forensic architects and engineers, we are regularly involved in litigation over stucco failures, including hotels and high-rise condo complexes. (For this article, ‘stucco’ refers to traditional portland cement plaster direct-applied to a masonry substrate, rather than using lath.)
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Lighting systems are becoming more sophisticated to meet the requirements of building owners. Through innovative and advanced capability, lighting and controls provide code-compliant energy savings while also reducing maintenance and increasing adaptability for future needs.
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The benefits of maintaining continuity and proper integration between varying components of the exterior building envelope are becoming better understood.
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MasterFormat is the industry’s leading resource for organizing project manuals and specifications, construction project filing systems, construction product information (e.g. manufacturers’ catalogs), and construction cost estimates.
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