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Browse our latest issue to learn more about groundbreaking testing, designing for the extremes with lightning protection systems, next generation spray foam addressing climate concerns, and understanding the very severe hail designation.

If PVC is categorized as hazardous waste, the EPA would have to develop a comprehensive framework to ensure its treatment, storage and disposal. This would likely be very costly, burdensome and particularly hit small businesses hard.

The world’s demand of Polyvinylidene Fluoride to make high-performance industrial coatings is affecting capacity.

Fiber-reinforced polymer or plastic roofing sheets have many benefits in commercial construction thanks to their top-tier durability, easy installation, affordability and versatility.

When Very Severe Hail requirements were introduced to the roofing industry, it was as if all hail was about to break loose!

Our Summer 2022 edition contains various technical articles describing the challenges of designing buildings for severe weather, and much more.

The Cypress Cove project involved installing an Englert S2000 snap lock metal roofing system across a series of complex roofing structures – more than 500,000 square feet of surface in total. 

Because the church was built in the mid-1900s, it lacked adequate roof ventilation, causing heat and moisture to get trapped, increasing the interior temperature and damaging the whole roof system. 

Most components of a lightning protection system can last the life of a structure with little maintenance. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of typical roofing systems and rooftop equipment; they need routine servicing, occasional repairs, and, all too frequently, replacement. 

How durable is PVC roofing? So durable that it was chosen for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Center located in Miami. This is an organization that knows a thing or two about the abuse extreme weather can exert on roofs.