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| Mold Management in Building Interiors |
In response to the issues related to mold in
construction, leaders in building science have developed a
series of recommended industry best practices to provide
guidelines for optimum moisture management in new
construction. At the same time, innovative new building
materials have been introduced that help the industry with
moisture and mold management. One of those is the recent
introduction of DensArmor® Plus drywall from G-P Gypsum. This
paperless drywall is based on the same glass mat technology as
DensGlass® Gold exterior sheathing, which was first introduced
in 1986 and is now the most widely used exterior gypsum
sheathing in North America. For more information, visit www.gp.com.
Performance Properties of Paperless
Drywall
 DensArmor® Plus is a new generation
paperless drywall designed to be used as a replacement for
traditional paper-faced wallboard for residential and
commercial building interiors. Incorporating glass mat facings
and a treated moisture resistant gypsum core, DensArmor Plus
wallboard provides superior moisture and mold resistance when
compared to regular paper faced wallboard. Substitution of
glass mat facings for the paper facings found on regular
wallboard helps to remove a potential food source for mold
development. When the combination of temperature and elevated
humidity or moisture combine over time with mold spores in a
wall cavity or wall surface, mold can develop on paper faced
wallboard and other building components...
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| CAD Corner: Can AutoCAD for Architects Save Your
Sanity? |
Ask Amy!
Autodesk expert Amy Fietkau answers your
drafting questions and more in this free, interactive,
three-part webcast series. If you’re tired of doing tedious,
repetitive everyday tasks, learn how this customized version
of AutoCAD® can save time, money and your sanity.
First, live from the floor of AIA, Amy showcases the
cool new tools in the 2007 release including 2D spaces,
schedules, display themes and visual styles. Then, if you’re
wondering what’s the proper way to create an interior
elevation, find out in Part 2 where she’ll demonstrate tricks
and tips for using 3D to automate your workflow quickly and
easily. And finally, if you’re sick of wasting time creating
tedious tags, learn to tag dynamic blocks and rooms for
multiple DWGs from one DWG with a few cool tools and short
cuts in Part 3.
Sign up for one – or all – of this
free series of webcasts and you’ll learn how to boost
productivity by 30% and automate the tasks you do everyday.
The best part of the series? You control it! Amy will provide
a brief overview of the feature during the first part of each
webcast, then leave the rest of the time wide open to answer
your questions. So spend less time on repetitive tasks and get
more time to imagine, think, and design.
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| Spotlight On: Tension Structures |
Art & Engineering
Few methods of
building match the drama and delight of lightweight tensile
structures. Tensile structures consist of cables and fabric in
tension. Uniquely, the architectural membrane forms both the
structure and skin of the building envelope. The cables carry
the gravity loads while stability and resistance to wind
uplift is provided by the weight of the roof deck system.
Conceived by renowned architect Helmut Jahn, the
Sony Center on Pots-damer Platz in Berlin is a
spectacular tension engineering feat consisting of ten stories
of glass covered with an outstretched fabric tent roof
connected via steel cables to a circular girder that supports
the whole on bearings attached to the surrounding buildings...
Photo Credit: Engelhardt/Sellin
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| Do You Do BIM? |
Building information modeling is more than
new technology; know the basics and you'll be prepared for
your clients' inevitable question.
Brandt
R. Karstens, Cadalyst, June 5, 2006.
Building information modeling (BIM) is a
building design and documentation methodology characterized by
the creation and use of coordinated, internally consistent
computable information about a building project in design and
construction. This makes available a reliable, coordinated,
and consistent digital representation of the building for
design decision making, high-quality construction document
production, construction planning, and performance
predictions.
Having the ability to keep information
coordinated, up-to-date, and accessible in an integrated
digital environment gives architects, engineers, builders, and
owners a clear overall vision of all their projects, as well
as the ability to make better decisions faster—raising the
quality and profitability of every project.
In this
article, Brant R. Karstens investigates the benefits of BIM
and its comparison with conventional construction
models. View Article
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