Flashback Friday 

March 10, 2023
If you make this mistake, you will be LUCKY if your fire sprinklers leak.    Before...
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Be Careful What Assumptions You Make. They might be wrong.

March 9, 2023
In my line of work I was often “the bearer of bad news”. When the...
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Women In Construction Week, 2023

March 8, 2023
We find ourselves in the middle of WIC WEEK.   I want to celebrate all the...
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Shout out to Laura Tameron

March 7, 2023
When I started in construction it often seemed like there were two types of women...
Firestopping for Rated Joints – Masons and Drywallers

Flashback Friday 

March 3, 2023
Imagine you have a catastrophic fire loss on your building.   You pay your insurance BUT...
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Flashback Friday 

February 24, 2023
Here is a part 4 of a blog post from 2016 that we wanted to...
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Avoid these key mistakes on head of wall firestop 

February 23, 2023
If your project has smoke barriers, do you review the firestop submittals to ensure they...
Firestopping for Rated Joints – Masons and Drywallers / General Firestop Information

February 2023 Lessons in Firestop: How Do You Firestop Cleanout Valves? 

February 23, 2023
Attention ASPE LinkedIn followers: Our Lessons in Firestop columnist Sharron Halpert (MIM) is looking for...
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Commercial Kitchen Grease Ducts- Important stuff! 

February 22, 2023
If you have commercial kitchens in your jurisdiction, you might want to come have some...
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“NO ONE gets this right” the architect told me 

February 21, 2023
I have had the same conversation with architects and with building officials.  I was explaining...
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