Pulte Home Corporation (Pulte) builds residences throughout the United States. Their projects range from multi-family buildings to single-family homes. SGH assisted Pulte by peer reviewing their waterproofing design and providing construction...
Watermark Kendall East brings an additional 144 apartments to a new residential complex, which also includes a 321-unit tower and parking structure constructed in an earlier phase. The two buildings share a retail podium and many amenities, while...
Located on the University of New Haven’s campus, the Engineering and Science Magnet School focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for middle and high school students. The new 122,000 sq ft building provides...
The Austin Public Library wanted a more modern facility focusing on electronic information and serving as a community gathering space. The 198,000 sq ft building features a six-story atrium filled with natural light and a “cowboy hat...
The development at Transbay Block 6 brings two new properties to the neighborhood. The Solaire at 299 Fremont Street includes a thirty-two-story residential tower, six-story podium building, seven three-story townhouses, and below-grade parking....
Adjacent to the Redwood City Caltrain station, Crossing 900 includes two mid-rise office buildings sharing a landscaped podium over retail space and below-grade parking. The Level 4 podium connects the two towers, which are seismically separated...
Although one building, the 245-bed Jacobs Medical Center functions as three medical specialty centers— housing inpatient services for high-risk obstetrics and neonatal care, cancer care, and advanced surgical care. The building’s...
Made possible through contributions from Eli and Edythe Broad, The Broad is a new museum dedicated to postwar and contemporary art. The 120,000 sq ft building, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, is considered to...
NEMA houses 754 rental units in two high-rise towers and two mid-rise buildings along with ground-level retail space. At nearly 390 ft, the north tower announces the complex to the intersection of 10th and Market Streets with its striking...
The 41-story apartment tower at 340 Fremont Street offers luxury residences and many amenities, including lounges, a fitness center, below-grade parking, a dog park, and podium terraces designed for entertaining. The building, clad primarily with...
Built-in wall flashings, through-wall systems and the like, are often modified or eliminated as part of the value engineering process. Although these hidden components add little to the building's visual appearance, wall flashings are...
The article was adapted from "Balancing Waterproofing and Thermal Performance for Vegetative Roof Assemblies," which was presented at the International Symposium 2011: Emerging Technologies and Roof System Performance.
Hot fluid-applied rubberized-asphalt waterproofing membranes have a long track record of performance. As designers strive to incorporate occupant-accessible rooftop plazas and vegetative roofs into their projects, these membranes have become...
In conjunction with the concrete foundation, most sites require a waterproofing membrane and drainage composite to be installed on the outer walls of the foundation to keep the buried portions of the foundation dry in service. Sometimes, crews...
Abstract:Brick veneer and solid brick masonry exterior walls may look the same, but from a water management standpoint these two systems function quite differently. Veneer walls rely on backup waterproofing and flashings to preclude building...
Abstract: When a building leaks, the design, workmanship and material of the building envelope are all suspect. The exterior walls, roofing, windows, doors, balcony decks and below-grade...
Abstract: Waterproofing components of vegetated roofs are concealed under a relatively thick over-burden assembly, making waterproofing repairs and maintenance complicated and costly. Waterproofing systems for vegetated roofs require particularly...
Utilizing an inverted roofing assembly in which insulation is installed above the waterproofing membrane improves the waterproofing performance of vegetative roof assemblies compared to other common design approaches. This improved waterproofing...
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....
The article illustrates the risks of failing to properly design and construct projecting balconies, and the walls and fenestration assemblies rising above them, to resist water exposure. It presents various examples of buildings in which...