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Building Enclosure sits down with Jay Andreas, CEO of ASI Construction, to discuss the increase in construction materials and what this means for the construction industry.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a tight supply market that has many roofing contractors and facility owners considering the application of coatings and other fluid-applied materials on existing roofs in efforts to extend their service life until things get back to ‘normal.’

The facility, which is designed to serve the broader community as much as its own employees, uses its metal roof as a calling card, because nothing says “natural gas utility” more obviously than 13,500 square-feet of metal panels finished in gas-flame blue.

Mission critical buildings around the world share a common denominator when it comes to materials installed in a crucial part of the enclosure—the roof.

Identifying the minimum requirements for meeting expected in-service loads without failure over a 75-year period.

The Masonic Temple in downtown Minneapolis, required intricate work to recreate the roof on an 1888 structure using modern materials.

Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercy Hospital had a problem. The Minnesota health care location had simply run out of space. The solution involved relocating and enlarging the main entrance, reconfiguring the hospital’s interior and adding a parking garage.

Changes to the most recent version of the industry’s wind design standard are having an effect on roofing system design and installation.

New Detec TruGround Conductive Primer from Mule-Hide Products Co. makes effective electronic leak detection of conventional roof assemblies fast and easy, helping ensure that a roofing system is watertight and free of breaches, holes, and seam voids.

The parapet is so much more than the intersection of roof and wall. It’s also the junction where building aesthetics meets structural performance, air and moisture management, energy efficiency, construction trade sequencing and operational maintenance.