Stucco has been installed for centuries as an exterior coating on buildings both commercial and residential. 

While energy efficiency and sustainability in building design has been a major focus in recent years for architects and owners, the manufacturing of construction materials is often overlooked. 

The thermal performance of a stucco clad exterior wall assembly has traditionally been achieved by installing insulation in the wall cavity. 

There never seems to be a shortage of interesting situations in the stucco and EIFS world. With my passion for these industries and my ever-open eyes and ears-to-the-ground alertness, I find myself engaged in some very intriguing conversations usually related to a “situation.” 

If you’ve ever purchased ready-to-assemble furniture at IKEA or if you’ve put together toys on Christmas Eve you have been involved with prefabricated products. 

As a building owner, the last thing you want is for your façade to fail. 

Due to fluctuations in global markets and recent trade tariffs, the prices of building materials are steadily rising. 

Recently, I was surprised to hear two younger contractors express the opinion that hazing is an old school problem and rarely occurs today. 

When it was first drafted in 2000, the International Energy Conservation Code established a model code for states and municipal governments in the United States to set minimum design and construction requirements for energy efficiency. 

A 1965 cast-in-place concrete office building in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., was showing its age.