In spite of being battered and nearly stamped out by the anemic economy, the green building movement has not only hung around, but spawned some exciting, promising developments.
In North America, EIFS is
pretty much a single type of design, namely expanded polystyrene insulation
adhesively attached to the supporting wall, and a thin, synthetic, two-layer,
glass fiber mesh-reinforced coating system.
It’s always interesting to write a column two months in advance of when it actually hits the street. As this column is being composed, it’s about 25 degrees Fahrenheit outside in the Washington D.C. suburbs, and the snow that fell six days ago is a frozen mass. Not much liquid moisture outside for the past two weeks. It’s been cold.
Sometimes it is difficult to avoid a quick knee jerk reaction. Everyone has the tendency to make that gut reaction without thinking things through or act out to please some immediate emotional response from a support group.
It was history before time. Seven thousand years before Christ walked the earth, a settlement of villagers in what is now northeast Jordan smears a concoction of lime-plaster on the floors, walls and ceilings of their simple mud huts.
Over the past 10 years, head of wall performance expectations have grown considerably, as well as overall fire ratings. Today’s engineers and architects are designing buildings that can move under seismic activity as well as structural conditions that allow the building to deflect under various load conditions.
Codes have been around a long time. They are living documents and as such, change is inevitable. One would think that as the codes have evolved, it would be more clear and concise, and help designers, contractors and others with understanding materials and applications.
Only a few years after Benjamin (“Bugsy”) Siegel opened the famed Flamingo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, entrepreneur Sarann Knight Preddy became the first African-American to receive a Nevada gaming license.
This year’s Walls & Ceilings Convention Companion lists an expanding roster of trade shows serving our industry. As usual, each of these shows will present its own unique display of exhibitions, seminars, workshops and award ceremonies. Whether you are looking for the latest in products, technology, construction code updates, or education and training, each event offers plenty of value, introductions and even some entertainment.
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