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Detailing masonry and frame walls with continuous insulation and air barriers

[ad_1] Photo courtesy Sto Corp. by John Chamberlin, MBAAccording to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), buildings account for 39 percent of total energy use in the United States.1 Efforts to reduce this consumption is reflected in recent changes to building practices and codes. For example, the DOE has mandated all states update their commercial […]

Fiber-Reinforced-Polymer Grid Eyed in Double-T Collapses | 2017-04-05 | ENR

[ad_1] Two separate failures of three canti­levered flanges of three precast, prestressed-concrete double-T parking-deck sections—reinforced with a non-code-compliant, high-strength carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer grid—are putting the spotlight on the structural safety of corrosion-resistant FRP grids for transverse reinforcement of double-Ts. The 2015 and 2016 collapses occurred in two garages at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and Hotel, in Cherokee, […]