Understanding Waterstops: To ensure success, one must specify for performance, install with care Joints formed between adjacent concrete pours and where mechanical elements penetrate the concrete are the most likely points of water ingress into below-grade concrete structures. To prevent this from occurring, waterstops are commonly specified and installed at every joint in the concrete below-grade. |
Discover the Best Tools for the steel frame trade Marino\WARE® helps build America. As a 100 percent wholly U.S.-owned and operated steel framing manufacturer, the company produces a complete line of steel construction products and services used in commercial building across the country. |
Installing thermoplastic or rubber waterstops The July 2015 issue of The Construction Specifier examined various aspects of waterstops. In this web-exclusive article, issues concerning the installation of dumbbell and ribbed center-bulb models are explored. |
Innovation with Insulating Concrete Forms This article explores some of the benefits realized through the speed of construction enabled by specifying insulating concrete forms (ICFs)—a technology that combines reinforced concrete with thermal insulation. The piece profiles diverse projects—a school, a multi-family midrise, a big box, and a hotel—in detailing the cost efficiencies. It also looks at ICF design possibilities, installation techniques, and accessory products. |
Insulating concrete forms manufacturers unite as an association Four insulating concrete form (ICF) companies have cemented a deal to form a new industry group. |
A question of exposure In winter, we become especially aware of the effects of exposure on everything around us. Cyclic wetting and drying, freezing and thawing, dramatic changes in temperature, wind, and cold all contribute to weathering and deterioration of the built environment’s elements (and, sometimes, its occupants). |