Tag Archives: repair

Four ways to fix a problem

After suffering property damage, the last thing a building owner wants is another failure of the same system. After determining the failure’s cause, an appropriate and durable remedy should be designed and implemented.

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Behind the Scenes: Another Look at a Terra Cotta Failure

Whenever we do readership surveys, the Failures column consistently ranks as one of the most popular parts of The Construction Specifier. Over the years, Deborah Slaton and David S. Patterson (along with many guest authors) have used the magazine’s final page to delve into what went wrong with a building, and explore how it could have been prevented.

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