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The International Masonry Institute (IMI) National Training Director Robert Arnold, along with other IMI staff, were sponsored by National Geographic to help construct a scaled down version of Brunelleschi's Dome in Florence, Italy for a program on th

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has published a new book, "Raise the Bar," edited by Jeffrey S. Russell and Thomas A. Lenox. This book provides engineering educators and practitioners with a synopsis of the initiative to redefine the pr

The three-part rule of moisture management is to “get moisture off of, out of and away from a construction detail as quickly as possible.”

Project managers have been named for the four major project areas of Phase II of the Building Information Modeling for Masonry (BIM-M) Initiative, which will be implementing the roadmap developed in Phase I.

The three-part rule of moisture management is to ???get moisture off of, out of and away from a construction detail as quickly as possible.??? However, we are left with the nagging questions: Off to where? Out to where? Away to where?

Most exterior surfaces of a vertical wall system do allow some moisture to penetrate more deeply into the exterior building envelope. Why do building professionals allow this? Don???t we have adequate waterproofing systems?

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December 2011 Vol. 50, No. 12
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Fine particulate emissions in wood smoke are reduced through the use of EPA-Qualified fireplaces.

Drainable is Sustainable
Why

Drainable

IS
Sustainable
Why the best waterproofing
system includes a drainage
plane system.

BY MARK A. JOHNSON AND
JOHN KOESTER
ART BY ADAM SKODA

MOST EXTERIOR SURFACES OF A VERTICAL WALL SYSTEM DO ALL

One of the most violated areas of below-grade construction is the failure to include moisture management.

John Koester