Masonry mortar is an ancient building material, yet it remains central to the modern construction industry. Its combination of resilience and forgiveness has enabled the creation of ancient architectural masterpieces through contemporary skyscrapers. Alon

The Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW), located in the heart of St. Gabriel, Louisiana, needed a complete rebuild after damage from a devastating flood in 2016. The inmates were relocated to other prisons from 2022 to 2024 while the series

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MCAA Gateway: March 2017

Concrete masonry units (CMUs) and mortar go together like bread and butter. For thousands of years, engineers, architects and tradesmen have married these two components to form a system used to build everything from the ancient Egyptian pyramids to loca

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The masonry industry constantly is dealing with changes. This year, we saw the new Energy Code become a more popular part of our wall construction.

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Finishing a structural concrete patch

Not every chip should be patched. Many patches, no matter how well they are installed, will draw the eye to the patch and not to the overall a

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Taubman, a mall management company, along with seven architectural firms, three general contractor

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The Institute and ASTM are collaborating to publish a building enclosure commissioning process that will follow ASHRAE Guideline 0 The Commissioning Process. The agreement aims to incorporate all building commissioning activities

Package Products unit is comprised of five Texas manufacturing facilities

Dan Kamys

Cement Mortar Preblended

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water that bypasses the flashing will very likely result in an active water leak in the occupied space below (see Figure 3). The wall cavity must not be blocked with mortar droppings, and the flashings and weeps must be very wel

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Figure 5. Metal or flexible adhesive membranes can be used to create a dam to prevent water from flowing out of the drainage cavity and into voids at window and door jambs (see Figure 6).

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off the side of the flashing. If the window or door is near the base of the wall, the flashing should form a continuous envelope and be connected to the adjacent wall flashing.

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