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The weather extremes in Northeast Wisconsin are the stuff of legends. Nowhere are those extremes more noticeable than on Lake Winnebago, the largest freshwater lake in the state. Each year, the story of the changing seasons is dramatically told in four distinct acts: winter, spring, summer, and fall.

Pre-Engineered drywall suspension system simplifies ceiling installation and reduces labor and material costs.

Museum visitors might not notice, but encasing artifacts requires stringent precision. Depending on the objects on display, showcases may feature active climate control and integrated passive humidity control. Some situations require an airtight vacuum seal or a pressurization system; others have minimal requisites, such as a dust seal.

If you think this editorial is about CSI Miami, count yourself lucky. The construction forensic expert is someone who investigates construction defects.

We are in a terrible economic environment and many of you are feeling the pinch. There’s nothing you can do to increase demand for walls and ceilings, so the focus needs to be on increasing your share of the diminished market. This means landing a higher percentage of the jobs available and focusing on the most profitable ones. Here are some ideas for doing so.

It’s pretty obvious that the U.S. economy is now in a depressed mode, and that home sales, and building construction in general, are two of the many affected industries. Over the last several decades when the construction industry slowed down, EIFS was less affected than other claddings. This, of course, is good news for people involved with EIFS-at least compared to people involved with many other wall products.

There aren’t many products on the market these days that don’t have a green story to tell, a green attribute to highlight. It seems that every company makes green products. The truth is that all products have environmental impact.

By now, almost anyone in the construction business who gets near a government contract has been made aware of the USGBC LEED point system.

I once witnessed a contractor mixing red chalk into a bucket of mud, and when I inquired what he was doing, he responded, “I’m making firestop.”

Location: Color Kinetics, Burlington, Mass. Contractor: Cheviot Corporation, Needham Heights, Mass. Architect: Sasaki Architects, Watertown, Mass. Manufacturer: Gordon Interior Specialties, A Division of Gordon Inc., Bossier City, La. and GKD-USA