Using only materials he’d use on his own home, Greg Powell is constructing a golf course community on Lake Michigan that will be Gold-rated green and easy to maintain.
EIFS is like any other building material in the sense that it is well-suited for some uses and not for others. This column is a compilation of my thoughts about where EIFS works well and where it does not, including some unusual specialty uses.
If you want or need data, call Uncle Sam. No entity tracks and quantifies everything we produce, consume, import, export and use in everyday life better than the U.S. Government.
Building designers are faced with a dizzying array of options when shopping for materials and systems marketed as energy efficient. Many things must be taken into consideration when designing buildings to be energy efficient including surface reflectivity, glazing properties, lighting efficiency, plug loads and HVAC equipment.
As some of you know, I grew up in a little town in northwestern Nebraska. Chadron was your stereotypical Andy-of-Mayberry town with only one stoplight and still only has one to this day. Frankly, it was a great place for a kid to grow up.
I was at a pre-construction meeting for a large, mixed-use building a few years ago with several other people. The architect, developer, general contractor, subcontractors, third party consultants and manufacturers were all present and all had input on how the stucco, windows and other penetrations should be done.
Project: Bradley Central High School Fine Arts Center, Cleveland, Tenn.Architect: KBJM Architects, Knoxville, Tenn.Installer: Wallace Tile, Chattanooga, Tenn.General Contractor: TRI-CON, Cleveland, Tenn.Company: Chicago-MetallicProducts: CurvGrid Two-Directional Aluminum Grid Suspension System with
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