I don't mean to be fickle but sometimes I find myself trying to please the customer to the point where I get myself into a pickle. What I've realized is there are certain issues that are non-negotiable. I wonder if you have situations that are non-negotiable. What is non-negotiable?
Emanating from the hundreds of surrounding brown and red brick homes in Chicago's well-known Lincoln Park is the Parrillo residence. Searching for a solution for what would soon become a monumental innovation in a well-known neighborhood, Storefitters Inc. called in the Italian paint specialists Atova International Inc. with hopes in finding an aesthetically efficient answer.
I have always found one of the more intriguing characteristics of a model building code document to be its fluid nature. Granted, a specific edition of a code is finite; however, since model code texts are constantly being updated, they can and do change over time; and what is a standing truth today may be completely irrelevant or outdated tomorrow.
The Pennsylvania State University's colors are blue and white but it is the school's commitment to "green" building practices and other environmental strategies that is causing other colleges and universities to take notice.
Known only in exclusive circles, the museum quality muralist lives to paint artistic legacies worthy of existence long past the commissioning party's lifetime. Paying homage to the great artists of past ages, MQMs carry on with the tradition of architectural perspective, humanity, nature and grand theater for the satisfaction of the old and new patrons of expensive tastes and style (a.k.a. the "A-list").
Perhaps the most common phone inquiry I get is to do an "EIFS inspection"-whatever that means. The word "inspection" has a lot of connotations, such as checking the EIFS application process while it is occurring on a new building and investigating known problems on EIFS walls.
John Platon is vice president of business development for KHS&S Contractors, one of the largest walls and ceilings contractors in the United States. I recently traveled the West Coast with Platon and we discussed a variety of subjects.
Before you hurt yourself jumping out of your Barcalounger so you can dial up the editor to launch complaints about this piece, a thread on the Walls and Ceilings bulletin board regarding "Box Marts" struck a nerve in yours truly and was the motivation behind this month's diatribe.
Until recently, per Construction Specifications Institute Division 10260 (PVC/Aluminum Products), PVC was the material of choice for wall protection items...
Modern gypsum board has as its predecessor a product called "Sackett Board," a composite material that was made of layers of thin plaster placed between four plies of wool felt paper.
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