Posted by John Peavey, PE on July 15, 2025
Building Science is a complicated, interdisciplinary term, but it's essential to understand. For the design professional, it often means answering the question, “How do these building components work together as a system?” For the contractor or builder, it poses the question, “How do I actually build this and make sure it works, when the drawing is not clear to me?” For the product manufacturer, it means contemplating testing beyond the building code requirements to understand “What is the mode of failure of my product and how long will my product perform under these conditions?” A building owner may wonder, “What maintenance must I do to make sure my building product performs as expected?”
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