Newsletter
Past Issues
10th Edition Online Newsletter Articles,
October 2007
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Loads on Environmental
Separators:
A review of Provisions in
Part 5 of the National Building Code 2005
This article will review
The National
Building Code, in Part 5 Environmental Separation,
and how it lays out its expectations
clearly.
By:
Ken Rauch,
Building
Technologist
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Evaluating the Field Performance of Windows and Curtain Walls of Large
Buildings
This article focuses on evaluating the field performance of windows and
curtain walls of large buildings 1) during the early stages of
construction to validate as-built design and 2) during later
construction stages as a quality control measure. Large scale field
testing to assess building envelope performance in large buildings will
be demonstrated through several practical case study examples.
By:
Mario D. Gonçalves, President, Patenaude-Trempe
Robert Jutras, President, Air-Ins Inc.
Michael Velji, Principal, VP Engineering
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Raising the Roof - Cold applied Modified Bitumen Membranes
Modified bitumen membranes have been widely used throughout Canada for
well over thirty years. A market survey conducted by CRCA in
collaboration with NRCA revealed that SBS modified bitumen membrane (MBM)
applications accounted for one half of the low-slope roofing sales of
the survey respondents in 2000 and 2001 (Canadian Roofing Contractors’
Association 2000-2001 Annual Market Survey).
By; Peter Kalinger,
Technical Director,Canadian Roofing
Contractors Association
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Assessing the Effect of Attic Moisture in Wood Framed Multi-Unit Row
Housing Blocks
This article discusses the various solutions experienced in the
prevention of moisture accumulation inherent to multi unit low-rise wood
frame construction.
By:
Rene Boucher,
President, R.R. Boucher, Design and Construction
"A Better Building"
This article looks at
Jean-Claude Perreault and his contribution to the construction industry
and the impact he has made on his dedication to the air barrier of the
building.
By: Francois Perreault, President,
BPA
building Performance Analysts Ltd
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9th Edition Online Newsletter Articles,
September 2007
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Commissioning of Exterior Building Envelopes of Large Buildings for Air
Leakage and Resultant Moisture Accumulation usingInfrared Thermography
and Other Diagnostic Tools
By:
Mario D. Gonçalves,
President,
Patenaude-Trempe,
Pierre Gendron, Senior
Building Thermographer,Patenaude-Trempe,
Tony Colantonio,
Building
Enclosure Architect,
PWGSC
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Impact of Sealant on the Water Shedding Performance of Metal Flashing
By: Afarin Maleki,
Ramani Ramakrishnan and Hitesh
Doshi
Department of Architectural Science,
Ryerson University, Toronto,
Ontario
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Mould: The Dirty Details Striking a balance with mould... is it
possible?
By: McGregor Pearce,
MPH,
Mould Sampling and
Diagnostic Service, Indoor Air Quality
Investigations
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Referenced Standards for Roofing, Waterproofing and Dampproofing in the
National Building Code of Canada
By: Ken Rauch,
Building Technologist
Frank Lohmann,
Technical Advisor,
NRC Canadian Codes Centre
Peter Kalinger,
Technical Director of the Canadian Roofing Contractors’ Association
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Rainscreen Cladding-Benefits
from using SYLVABOARD™ as a first line of defence in protecting your
building against the elements
By:
Don Slack,
Manager,
Special Products, Fraserview Cedar
Products Limited
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Who's Who in Building Science:
A Little Bit of Kerby in
Every Building*A Tribute to G. Kerby Garden, one of Canada's Father of
Building Science Prepared by Long-Time NRC Colleague
By:
Maxwell C. Baker |
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8th Edition Online Newsletter Articles, April
2007
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SOLVING THE AIR BARRIER RIDDLE :
PERMEABLE OR IMPERMEABLE?
By:
Sonya Santos
Marketing Manager, Building Envelope ,Grace Construction
Products
WALKABLE AND WATERPROOF PVC DECK INSTALLATION AND APPLICATION
By:
John Ogilvie, Duradek
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COMPLEX
BIDS:
AN
INDUSTRY
CHALLENGE
LOWEST
PRICE
OFTEN
NOT
ACHEIVED
WHEN
OWNERS
REQUEST
TOO
MUCH
INFORMATION
By:
Mark Buckshon,
President,
The
Construction News and Report Group of Companies
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ONE LAWYERS THOUGHTS ON MOLD LITIGATION
By:
Steven
B. Loeb,
BREAZEALE, SACHSE & WILSON, L.L.P.
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WHY HIRE A ROOF CONSULTANT?
By: Brandon Hexham, Vice
President,
Pinnacle Roofing Consultants Inc
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U.S./CANADA HARMONIZED
STANDARD FOR WINDOWS,
DOORS
AND SKYLIGHTS
PROPOSAL FOR REFERENCE
BY THE NATIONAL BUILDING
CODE
OF CANADA
By:
Ken
Rauch, Building Tecnologist
GUSTAV O.P. HANDERGORD,
P. Eng., B.E., M.Sc.
By: K.D. Pressnail
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the
University of Toronto
WHO'S WHO IN BUILDING SCIENCE
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7th Edition Online Newsletter Articles, January
2007
ADDING
WATERPROOFING/AIR BARRIERS CAN CREATE EFFECTIVE WALL PROTECTION FROM
MOISTURE
By:
Lisa Petsko,Product
Manager, Sto Corp.
PROTECTION
FROM PRECIPITATION: CLADDING
PROVISIONS FOR HOUSING
AND SMALL
BUILDINGS IN THE
NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF CANADA
2005
By:
Ken Rauch, Building
Technologist
COMMISSIONING THE BUILDING ENVELOPE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PART 5 OF
THE NATIONAL
BUILDING CODE OF CANADA
By:
Kevin D. Knight, President, Retro-Specs Consultants Ltd.
Bryan J. Boyle, Operations Manager, Retro-Specs Consultants Ltd.
SPECIFYING
A HIGHER
STANDARD
FOR
YOUR
AIR
BARRIER:
A PROGRAM
TO
PROVIDE
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
FOR
THE
ON-SITE
APPLICATION
OF
AIR
BARRIER
SYSTEMS
By:
Ryan Dalgleish,Vice-President,
Building Professional Consortium
Part
3
in a 3 Part Series of Improving Quality and Building Durability
“MEASURING UP” WITH
BSSO CERTIFICATION OBEC LEADS THE WAY WITH THEIR BSSO
CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM
By:
Brian Shedden,
V.P. Client Services J. McBride & Sons Ltd.
PARAMETRIC
DAYLIGHTING/ENERGY MODELING SOFTWARE
By:
Richard
Keleher,
Consultant
6th Edition Online Newsletter Articles,
September 2006
FINDING A BETTER MEASURE OF FENSTRATION PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS OF
AAMA CONDENSATION RESISTANCE FACTOR (CRF)
By:
Sean M. O’Brien, Senior
Engineer, Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Inc
FIELD EXPERIENCE WITH MOISTURE MANAGEMENT – PUTTING PRINCIPLES INTO
PRACTICE - Window Case Studies
By: Armand Patenaude
Senior
Building
Envelope
consultant,
Founder of Patenaude-Trempe
Inc.
By:
Tony Woods,
President, Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc.
SPECIFYING
A
HIGHER
STANDARD
FOR
YOUR
AIR
BARRIER:
A
PROGRAM TO
PROVIDE
QUALITY
ASSURANCE
FOR
THE
ON-SITE
APPLICATION
OF
AIR
BARRIER
SYSTEMS
Part 2
in a 3 Part Series of Improving Quality and Building Durability
By:
Ryan Dalgleish,
Vice-President,
Building Professional Consortium
AIR
LEAKAGE AS A SOURCE OF ENVELOPE FAILURE IN LOWRISE RESIDENTIAL
BUILDINGS IN THE LOWER MAINLAND
By:
David Deamer, ASCT'
MATERIALS
FOR
ENVIRONMENTAL
SEPARATORS
AND
THE
NBC 2005
By:
Ken Rauch,
Building Technologist
5th
Edition Online Newsletter Articles, June 2006
COMPUTER SIMULATION OF WINDOW CONDENSATION - A DESIGN TOOL
By:
Alex McGowan, P.Eng.
Project
Engineer, Levelton Consultants.
CONSIDERING THE USE OF POLYETHELENE VAPOUR BARRIERS IN TEMPERATE
CLIMATES
By:
Mark Lawton, P.Eng., Principal and Building Science
Specialist, Morrison Hershfield Limited.
William Brown, P.Eng.,Technical Director for Building
Science, Morrison Hershfield Limited.
KEEPING WALLS DRY
By: Dale Kerr
CMHC’s BEST PRACTICE GUIDE –ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST CONCRETE WALLS
By: Kevin Chouinard, P. Eng.,
Dave Scott
William Brown, P. Eng.
David Dechamplain, P. Eng.
ROOF TOP GARDEN ─ A ROOFER'S PERSPECTIVE
By: Peter Kalliger,
Technical Director of the Canadian Roofing Contractors’ Association
THE NEXT BIG ENERGY SAVINGS FRONTIER: AIRTIGHT BUILDING ENVELOPES
If
you’ve never been a believer in the energy efficiency contribution of a
high-performance building envelope, you may be about to eat a serving of
humble pie.
By:
Tony Woods,
President, Canam Building Envelope Specialists Inc.
TOTAL PRECAST CONCRETE STRUCTURES ARE MORE THAN PARKING
GARAGES
By: Wayne Kassian, M. Sc. P.
Eng.
SPECIFYING A HIGHER STANDARD FOR YOUR AIR BARRIER: A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR THE ON-SITE APPLICATION OF AIR BARRIER SYSTEMS
Part 1 in a 3 Part
Series of
Improving Quality and Building Durability
By: Ryan
Dalgliesh,
Vice-President,
Building Professional Consortium
2005 OBJECTIVES
BASED
NATIONAL
BUILDING
CODE:
Everything we wanted to know …
By: Ken Rauch,
Building Technologist
4th Edition Online Newsletter Articles, March
2006
VAPOR
AND AIR BARRIERS FOR SOUTHERN BUILDINGS
By:
Wagdy A. Y. Anis,
AIA,
Shepley, Bulfinch Richardson
and Abbott Architects
Rick Quirouette,
Quirouette Building
Specialists Ltd.
Jacques Rousseau,
Rousseau Building Specialist Ltd.
CMHC's NEW BEST
PRACTICE GUIDE FOR EIFS – Part 2
By:
Kevin Day,
DuRock Alfacing International Ltd.
REPLACE
OR REPAIR?
By:
Jim Bunting,
Canam Building Envelope
Specialists
THE BUILDING
CODE AND SOlL GAS CONTROL: THE
DARK
UNDERBELLY
OF
THE
BUILDING
ENVELOPE
By:
Ken Rauch,
CMHC
BUILDING
ENVELOPE DESIGN: THE SEARCH FOR HEALTHIER INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
By: Andrea W.K. Lee,
Student-at-Law, Glaholt LLP
THE GREENING
OF NORTH AMERICA
By: Steven Peck,
Founder and President, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
3rd
Edition Online Newsletter Articles, January 2006
BUILDING AIR BARRIER TESTING AND VERIFICATION USING SMOKE FLOW TESTING
AND INFRARED THERMOGRAPHY IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC: A CASE STUDY - 2002-2003
By: Richard
Ogle
Bill Wyness
CMHC'S NEW BEST PRACTICE GUIDE FOR ElFS
By:
Kevin Day
DOES AN
ICE HOTEL REQUIRE
A SPRINKLER
SYSTEM?
BUILDING
CODE INTERPRETATIONS IN
THE PROVINCES AND
TERRITORIES
By:
Ken Rauch
INSULATING SOLID MASONRY WALLS
By: Mario D. Gonçalves, Eng.
INTEGRATED
DESIGN CHARRETTES FOR MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTAL BUILDINGS (MURB)
By:
Sandra Marshall
2nd Edition Online
Newsletter Articles, September 2005
LIVING
WITH BAD DESIGN: AN OWNER’S PERSPECTIVE
By: Glenn Allen & Leanna Falkenhagen
FIXING
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS WITH BUILDINGS
By: Tony Woods
INTERIOR
DAMPPROOFING OF BASEMENT WALLS
By: Ken Rauch
WATER
RESISTANT BARRIERS
By: Richard Kadulski
FLAT ROOF OR
WALL: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE
By: Gary Johnson
1st Edition Online
Newsletter Articles, June 2005
An Objectives-Based National Building
Code of Canada:
Implications for the Building Envelope
By:
Ken Rauch
Avoiding Thermal Bridging and Moisture
Problems in BVSS Wall Design
By: James B. (Jim) Posey
BUILDING ENVELOPE FAILURES-LITIGATION
and insurance industry responses
By: Derek A. Brindle, Q.C.
THE ANATOMY
OF AN ICE DAM
By:
Rick Quirouette, B. Arch.
THE ANATOMY OF AN ICE DAM - Part 2
By:
Rick Quirouette, B. Arch.
By:
Gary Johnson
