What Really Matters for Air Barrier Materials
What Really Matters for Air Barrier Materials Builders and designers continue to push toward higher levels of building airtightness, raising new questions about the impact of different materials and design choices. At passive house levels, every decision can feel critical. Well-designed research and testing can help sort out...
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Building Retrofits – More than Skin Deep
Many building owners have asset maintenance and renewal plans for their existing building systems. Condominiums and Stratas have reserve funds or depreciation reports, commercial owners typically have capital plans based on 5-year or 10-year horizons, and public institutions are typically required to have renewal plans to receive funding. These plans...
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Rope Access for Facade Inspection
Buildings require regular inspections to identify issues such as loose components, wind or seismic damage, premature performance problems, deterioration of façade components, and to plan for future maintenance and renewal activities. Such issues are difficult to identify from the ground, so close-range inspections are often required. RDH routinely performs the...
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