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Quality Assurance System for Wood Framing Contractors

Quality means different things to different people. We often hear terms like TQM, ISO-9000 and others to describe various aspects of quality programs in many different types of industries and organizations. Many of these programs sound either intimidating or bureaucratic. And it’s not often clear how an organization, especially a small business, can benefit from them.

Rainwater Intrusion in Light-Frame Building Walls

File Under: Moisture Management, Structural Performance

The design of light-frame buildings to resist damage from rainwater intrusion is an art guided by the know-ledge, experience, and opinions of practitioners. Confusion encountered by designers could be reduced by developing a consensus on the terms relating to rainwater management in building walls and by developing an engineering approach to the design of light-frame buildings with respect to preventing leakage-induced damage. Development of an engineering approach will require consensus on 1) means to characterize rain/ wind exposure for design purposes, 2) means to evaluate the leak resistance, moisture tolerance, and moisture dissipation potential of constructions, 3) ways to determine or estimate reasonable limit states, and 4) identification of a desirable level of “robustness” for light-frame buildings with regard to their ability to resist water-induced damage.

Green Building Resource Directory

File Under: Sustainability

Green building is the design, construction, and operation of homes according to resource-efficiency standards for energy, water, building design and materials, as well as indoor air quality standards. As green building becomes more popular, builders, remodelers, contractors, and do-it-yourselfers will have access to a greater number of products and a larger amount of information related to green building. This resource directory is designed to be an easy-to-use tool to help people in the home building trade locate useful green building resources.