Fire Station #45 is a two-story, H-shaped building with a wing on either side of the central apparatus bay. Shortly after construction in 2006, station personnel observed water leaking at various locations throughout the building. SGH...
The Math Corner block currently houses Sloan Mathematical Center, Margaret Jacks Hall, and the corner’s original building, Jordan Hall. The building features sandstone cladding and clay tile roofs, typical of Stanford’s historic Main...
Now part of Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) General Offices, The Matson Shipping Building (215 Market Street) was constructed in 1924 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The seven-story annex...
Mission 106 is mixed-use complex with 132 apartments, commercial retail space, and many amenities. The 149,000 sq ft building is a wood-framed superstructure constructed over a concrete podium. During construction, the project team observed water...
Located in Moline’s Overlook District, the Deere-Wiman House and Butterworth Center were constructed in 1872 and 1892, respectively. These neighboring, historic mansions are now managed by a non-profit organization. Working with the...
The North Hospital Complex consists of several large buildings, including three patient towers to the west, a cylindrical elevator core, ancillary buildings, and a large atrium. Designed in the late 1970s by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the...
The apartment complex, containing over 300 units in seven interconnected buildings, experienced sagging and settling of elevated walkways and balconies shortly after construction. SGH investigated the causes of distress in the wood-framed...
Designed by Henry L. Gogerty in the Spanish Colonial Revival style with Art Deco and Moderne features, the historic terminal opened in 1929. The airport closed to air traffic in 1959, the runway was removed, and the terminal building became part...
Completed in 1989, Steven Holl’s Hybrid Building at 121 Central Square forms an arcade at the east end of the main square at Seaside. The mixed-use building comprises commercial space at the ground floor, the Seaside Community Development...
Dedicated in 1929, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple is the oldest synagogue in the Los Angeles area. The temple is a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The structure suffered from water...
Building codes require a concealed water-resistive barrier (WRB) with a means of drainage (drainage subassembly) at the base of an exterior Portland cement-based plaster (stucco) drainage wall. Although not mandated, similar drainage screed...
SGH's Payal R. Vora and Jeffrey A. Bowlsby published a paper in the ASTM E06 Selected Technical Papers 1549. The paper, titled “The High Costs of Minimum Quality Cement Plaster (Stucco) Assemblies: A Performance Case Study...
Abstract: This paper outlines problems with the current practice of designing and constructing stucco framed buildings. The where and why stucco wall assembly failures occur with today's standard stucco trim products is explained and...
Effective 1 January 2010, the 2008 California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (CBEES) incorporated new minimum standards with respect to exterior wall design and construction. The general consensus in Northern California and similar climates...
Abstract: The architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry does not fully understand the interaction between cement plaster, admixtures and the polyethylene facers of self-adhered membranes (SAM) and similar continuous membranes....
Abstract: Building design and construction professionals and cement plaster product manufacturers acknowledge that Portland cement plaster (stucco) shrinks as it cures and moves with changing environmental conditions while in service, but by how...
Abstract: Portland cement plaster, also known as stucco, is a popular and common exterior wall cladding finish. One concern of this otherwise excellent material is its inherent cracking--not only causing visual blemish, but also leading to...
To obtain stucco that performs its intended function, go beyond the industry standard by implementing high-performance solutions. 1) Follow the lead of other industries by working to standardize quality control test procedures for the various...