CSI's Technical Newsletter Join the conversation January 21, 2020

Briefly…   World’s tallest hotel to rise in Dubai   Designed by Norr, Ciel, the First Group’s hotel project currently under development in Dubai Marina, United Arab Emirates, will be the world’s tallest upon completion.   » Read more   Ground breaks on African-American museum in South Carolina   Ground has broken on the long-anticipated International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. Proposed in 2000, it is designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners.   » Read more     Montalba designs expansion of Headspace’s Calif. HQ   Montalba Architects has designed the newly expanded 2044-m2 (22,000-sf) office for mindfulness app creator Headspace, in Santa Monica, California.   » Read more     New lighting design guidelines launched   The International Association of Lighting Designers and the International WELL Building Institute have launched guidelines to help lighting designers determine if their designs meet the WELL Building Standard.   » Read more     Architect Gabrielle Bullock receives AIA award     Perkins and Will opens office in Mexico     Entries open for 2020 Passive House awards     Celebrating the best in urban design   Featured   Corrosion resistance and environmental considerations for architectural metal coatings   Architects, governments, municipalities, and environmental organizations are demanding the elimination of materials on the Living Building Challenge’s Red List, such as chromium and lead, traditionally used as corrosion inhibitors. This strategy, while well intentioned, has the potential to reduce corrosion performance of coated metal building components in hot, humid, salt-laden coastal areas and industrial environments.   » Read more   Plumbing with PEX   Crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing is widely employed across plumbing and heating trades in residential applications, but many specifiers have yet to consider its use in commercial plumbing systems. Based on decades of successful installations and growing confidence in the trade, PEX is gaining ground as a high-performance, cost-effective alternative to copper and chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) piping on large-scale commercial plumbing projects. With more than 50 years of testing and quantifiable performance in applications all over the world, PEX tubing has proven to be a durable material that does not suffer from corrosion, electrolysis, filming, mineral buildup, or water velocity wear—problems plaguing copper and other metal piping systems.   » Read more     Project News   Architectural railing system enhances viewing experience at Minnesota MLS stadium   The state-of-the-art Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, is the new home of the Minnesota United FC soccer team and serves as a model for future MLS stadium development. From the innovative, transparent mesh exterior skin that wraps around the stadium to the 360-degree roof canopy and intimate seating bowl, the stadium represents a new era in American soccer.   » Read more     Events   World of Concrete Feb 3-7   International Roofing Expo Feb 4-6   2020 FGIA Annual Conference Feb 10-13   The Sprayfoam Show Feb 11-14   CarbonPositive Conference Mar 2-4   Inside CSI     PODCASTS Hello CSI Community. Show of hands – do you listen to podcasts? If so, which ones are your favorites? JOIN THE DISCUSSION »       PATIENT WANDERING SYSTEM I’m looking for some help in determining the correct MasterFormat number and title to use when specifying a patient wandering system. I did find some instances on the web of sections addressing patient/resident wandering/elopement roam-alert systems, but the section titles varied, and some section numbers were in Division 27 while others were in Division 28. I appreciate any guidance our members can give me in finding the best MasterFormat number and title to use. JOIN THE DISCUSSION »     Missed this from the web?   Zaha Hadid Architects’ all-wood stadium approved     Snøhetta’s design for adaptive reuse of NYC landmark approved     Henning Larsen to design Copenhagen’s first all-timber neighborhood     BIG and Toyota reveal designs for city of the future

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