UL Future Built Forum- Fundamentals of Facades

This presentation goes over some fundaments of the building envelope. If you are involved in...

UL Future Built Forum- Exterior Facade Flamability- Global Overview

Do you want to take a look at exterior facades on a global scale. This...

UL Future Built Forum- Combustible Facades

There has been a great deal of discussion about the exterior facades of buildings and...

New Standard for Architects to Spec- Part One

Architects are always trying to cover all the bases when they write their specifications. I...

Dear Architect- Why are you asking for a W rating

I have seen so many project specifications requiring a W rating. If you don’t know...

More on patching rated walls (part 2)

Thanks for the great response on the last post related to patching rated walls. There...

Are you patching rated walls properly?

I have seen some creative ways of patching walls. Some are UGLY and some are...

Are you patching rated walls properly?

I have seen some creative ways of patching walls. Some are UGLY and some are...

Questions about tall timber construction?

Questions about CLT? Here is another presentation from the UL/FDNY/IAFF forum  Meeting the Challenges of...

A discussion of Cross Laminate Timber construction at UL Future Built Forum- Jan 2019

Thank you to UL, FDNY & IAFF for hosting the future build forum last winter. Today I would like to...