As life moves faster and populations increase, noise pollution continues to rise. In buildings near airports, planes flying overhead make it hard to hear anything – teachers talking in classrooms, doctors meeting with patients, business seminars in session, orchestras...

It’s challenging to specify the right materials and assemblies for a roof system to satisfy a building’s specific performance and safety requirements. Legacy resources for finding relevant assemblies are limited in scope, functionality, and are disconnected from the...

U.S. weather patterns are dramatically shifting, and meteorologist Jim Cantore of The Weather Channel is reporting from places once deemed unlikely for whatever storm is brewing. If you work in a traditionally non-hailstorm region and think, ‘hailstorms will never...

If you’ve tuned into late night TV (and been around the block a few times), you’ll recognize my “Top 10” theme. In this case, there’s no particular order as we count the reasons you’d be remiss not to use coverboard to protect the expensive people and equipment under...

Since 2003, ANSI SPRI ES1 has been in place to assist designers, manufacturers, owners, and contractors in the prevention of failure of perimeter edge metal assemblies in low slope roofing systems. Edge metal often serves as the primary method of membrane securement,...

Among the many key components to a successful thermoplastic single-ply roof installation, properly executed hot-air welding of field seams, head laps, and flashing detail remains crucial to the overall long-term performance of the system. Advancements in both welding...