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Brick Movement Joints
Certainly, you have seen examples of natural expansion joints. Science rules. Materials move. Buildings react; sometimes not as expected.
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Cast-In-Place Concrete Repairs
Cast-In-Place Concrete Assemblies damaged by chloride ion penetration can be effectively repaired with a careful choice of repair materials. Repair...
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So, You Want to be a Specifier!
The CSI Specifying Practice Group has gone international by welcoming two potential specifiers as guest presenters to help discuss this month's topic:
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Code Review Requires Tolerance Consideration
During a state code review, the following comment was issued advising the agency (Owner) of a potential difficulty if the architect designed to the...
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Efficient Email Communications
An architect wrote to us to request specification revisions for a project in the middle of the bidding phase. Only one of the comments was unclear....
Wood Preservative Treatment
Drawing Note Says: Treated wood sill plate. What type - Preservative? Fire Retardant? Both are wood treatments. Know the building code to understand...
Resilient Flooring Underlayment
Preparation, preparation, preparation! Understanding that if you do not take steps to ensure the plywood subfloor and underlayment are installed and...
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Indoor/Outdoor Wood Strip Flooring
What were they thinking? That is all I could imagine asking. While walking in Philadelphia, I found an application for wood strip flooring that was...
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HVAC Systems Affecting Perception
While attending the Philadelphia AIA Design on the Delaware conference, I stood in the meeting room pre-function space, a balcony overlooking the...