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One of my favorite aspects of the EIFS consulting business is working with new products and markets. There seems to be an unending stream of innovations in the EIFS business, including the proverbial next-generation EIFS design and challenging new markets. 

Hiring new employees is not something many of you had to concern yourselves with for the last couple of years. Most of you have been busier with the nasty task of laying off people for whom there was not enough work.

Two office warehouse buildings, built in the 1960s, have received a brand new Mediterranean (Greco-Roman) look along First Avenue in King of Prussia, Pa. What once was a brick office building at 1045 First Avenue now has durable EIFS (Exterior Insulation and Finish Systems). And 250 yards down the street at 840 First Avenue, a second building has a similar look that makes these two buildings really stand out, according to Ed Rosselle of Trevdan, Inc., distributor for the projects.

A recent life-cycle inventory conducted by Franklin Associates/ERG in April 2009 shows that Sto Corp. engineered cladding systems, especially StoTherm NExT, outperform other wall claddings over a full 50-year product life. Comparisons with typical brick and stucco in terms of production energy, heating/cooling energy, solid waste, and greenhouse-gas emissions reveal a clear advantage for insulated Sto claddings, in particular over non-insulated brick and stucco walls.

Contractors reduce drywall dust and clean-up costs as they increase client satisfaction.

Trim-Tex has opened a new state-of-the-art training facility which the company hopes will be the mecca for creative applications for drywall and related products.

The wall and ceiling community joins the masses to help Haiti in relief programs, materials and cash donations.

Both LEED and Green Globes address building material greenness with regard to where products are fabricated and where the raw ingredients for these products originated. 

Construction has changed. Today, we have building scientists, LEED experts, envelope consultants and next will be energy consultants. There are consultants for everything and if you think it will get easier for you in the future, I seriously doubt it. 

Gypsum board systems can either be non-rated or rated for fire, sound, or shear resistance. The joint tolerances in gypsum board systems rated for fire, sound, or shear resistance need to be tighter than the joint tolerances in non-rated systems. In total, higher levels of expected performance require higher levels of precision in construction.