At a residential high-rise, staff reported concrete masonry cracking and water infiltration on the top floor of the parking garage during rain. Upon inspection, a continuous horizontal crack, up to 14.3 mm (0.5625 in.) wide, was found near the top of the concrete masonry unit (CMU) exterior wall, extending...
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When specifying prefabricated building enclosure systems, project-specific quality assurance (QA) procedures, including a step-by-step review and documentation of the panel assembly during off-site fabrication, are often required.
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The 2023 CSI Foundation Annual Appeal focused on raising $15,000 to award more of these scholarships. It’s a new year, and we’re gearing up for a new conference! The 2024 CSI National Conference will be held in Houston, Tex., on October 16–18. Crosswalk from CSI makes standards digitally available...
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CEO of construction tech firm Part3, Jack Sadler, will be at the Winter Master Specifier’s Retreat (MSR), happening February 7-9, 2024, at the Royal Sonesta in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to share practical examples of AI, tips for getting started, and the wide-ranging impacts this technology has on our...
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Many industry groups recommend kick-out flashings, and various prefabricated options for three-sided flashings are available; however, they are not consistently used where needed. Two recent projects show the severe consequences when this critical component is omitted, leading to significant structural deterioration only a few years after construction.
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If not properly detailed and/or constructed, lipped brick installations can lead to distress, often within a few years of construction.
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Since no drawings survived showing the original 1950s design, further investigation began with inspection openings at locations of displaced brick masonry to document the actual dimensions and configuration of the structural steel assembly.
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Whether field or shop fabricated, one quality control measure to confirm the integrity and consistency of the structural sealant application is to deglaze representative assemblies—deglazing representative assemblies also assists in developing protocols for infill replacement should the infill be damaged in-service.
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The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) named Mark Dorsey, FASAE, CAE, and CEO of the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), as this year’s recipient of its Key Award, an annual recognition of an association CEO who shows “exceptional qualities of leadership” and “a deep commitment to voluntary membership organizations.”
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CSI first sat down with Seun Olatunbosun, RA, NCARB, CSI, CDT, PMP, M.Arch, in March 2021, shortly after he earned his Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) certification. At the time he said, “I chose to earn the CDT to have an overall understanding of building construction, be able to write...
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