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Waterproofing Mockup and the Lessons Learned
INTRODUCTION The construction of buildings is a team effort involving numerous stakeholders. It takes multiple people from various disciplines to bring a building to fruition for the owner. For the project…
The Building Maker
Let’s face it, our industry is broken. Design-bid-build (DBB), the predominant method of constructing new buildings, is inefficient and delivers a flawed product. By design, the DBB process promotes compartmentalization, disjointed…
Keeping the Outside Out, and the Inside In.
Why do we construct Buildings? The answer is quite simple; we construct buildings to provide shelter for human activities. If that is the reason, then why does the vision appear to…
If it doesn’t get wet, it won’t leak.
At the end of January, we, at Polyguard, inaugurated a new training center with our first air barrier installation training event. The event was a fantastic success, and though I can’t…
Doing it this way for 30 years.
We’ve all heard someone say, “I’ve been doing it this way for 30 years.” The first thing toconsider is whether that is a good thing or a bad thing? Answering that…
Seriously, you couldn’t call first?
Not a day goes by, in the world of technical support for roofing/waterproofing, without the dreaded, “So, we have this situation, and we need a recommendation.” Whether it is a tech…
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NU-FAM will maximize the annual revenue and protect the long-term value of our clients’ facility assets through continual asset optimization, by providing a healthy and safe environment through improving their buildings’ performance as an integrated whole and proactively maintaining the buildings’ structures.
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FATAL FUNNEL
All buildings have a lifecycle; a newly constructed building is exciting and fresh, but over time things age and the property loses its initial appeal. During this cycle, we have a choice to either reinvigorate the property or let it fall into the Fatal Funnel. All of which hinges on keeping the outside out and the inside in.
The Fatal Funnel causes:
- Non-revenue generating space
- Reduction in maintenance funds
- Inefficient building and systems
- Mold and sick building syndrome
- Expensive emergency repairs
- Expensive structural repairs
- Devaluation of the property
