Knowing Where You are Going
This presentation was given by David Leslie, RWC at a conference for DFWAPPA in 2023. Click here to see the full slide deck.
Finding the Building Maker
The following presentation was given by David Leslie, RWC, of NU-FAM at the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) Building Enclosure Conference in May of 2022. Click here to see the full slide deck.
Revolutionizing Building Envelopes: the evolving impacts of Willis Carrier’s Invention
The following presentation was given in July 2023, by David Leslie, RWC, President / Building Science at National United Facilities Asset Management. Click here to view the slide deck.
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 to be successful, collaboration…
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 communication, and conflict. We…
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 be lost? It is…
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 take the credit, I…
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 question really depends on…
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 call or a site…