In many ways, ceramic-tiled shower walls can be investigated and evaluated in the same manner as clad exterior walls. Both rainwater and plumbed interior water have the same

In theory, “value engineering” should embody a multidisciplinary application of technical knowledge, specialized expertise, and common sense directed at identifying and

Consider a large wood-framed stucco-clad school building constructed circa-2009 in a small coastal town in Northern California. The structure is highly exposed to storm winds

On January 28, 2015, a deadly four-alarm fire at a three-story, wood-framed, mixed-used building (Photo 1) located at the corner of Mission Street and 22nd Street in

This case study supplements a prior report (“Solar-Driven Waves of Water Vapor Within Exterior Wall Cavities”) published in the July 2014 issue of Interface. That article described

Consider an apartment complex, constructed circa-2002 in a city near San Francisco, containing about thirty 2 story wood-framed buildings clad with traditional three-coat