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RCI, Inc. is an international association of building envelope consultants. Members specialize in design, investigation, repair, and management of roofing, exterior wall, and waterproofing systems.

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Reading Between the Contour Lines of the Wind Speed Maps: Giving Tornadoes Their Due

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Reading Between the Contour Lines of the Wind Speed Maps: Giving Tornadoes Their Due

By Bruce A. Hall, RBEC, Assoc. AIA, CDT; and Matt B. Phelps, PE, PhD Introduction In the United States, extreme wind events occur each year, causing substantial physical harm to people and damage to the buildings they occupy. This article will provide design and construction-related professionals with U.S. inland historical data and suggested design options via possible … [Read more...]

Wind Uplift Pressures on Low-Slope Roofs, Fourth Edition (2018)

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

<em>Wind Uplift Pressures on Low-Slope Roofs, Fourth Edition (2018)</em>

The fourth (2018) edition of this monograph, authored by Stephen Patterson, RRC, PE, of Roof Technical Services, Inc. and Madan Mehta, PE, PhD of the University of Texas at Arlington, is a publication of the RCI Foundation and is now for sale at RCI’s online storefront at https://tinyurl.com/ybbuzko9. The price is only $45 for members and $50 for nonmembers. The monograph is … [Read more...]

ABBAE Reports Condo Window Crack Caused by Exterior Impact

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

ABBAE Reports Condo Window Crack Caused by Exterior Impact

Allana Buick & Bers (ABBAE), an architectural engineering firm specializing in forensic investigation and engineering of curtainwalls, exterior façades, and other building envelope assemblies, was hired by the Millennium Tower Association to study a cracked window glass in Unit 36B of the San Francisco residential high-rise that some suspected of being caused by settling and … [Read more...]

Townhouse Construction Outperforms Other Building Sectors

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Townhouse Construction Outperforms Other Building Sectors

According to statistics of the U.S. Census Bureau, analyzed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), townhouse construction continues to outperform many other building sectors. Given the demographics of renters entering the for-sale market, as well as ongoing land constraints and the growing demand for walkable neighborhoods, this trend should continue. In the … [Read more...]

Recent Experience Questions Storm Predictability Designation Value

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Recent Experience Questions Storm Predictability Designation Value

The National Weather Service called the rain dropped in September 2018 during Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas and Virginia a “1000-year” event. Upward of 50 inches of rain fell in some areas of the Carolinas, equivalent to 8 trillion gallons of rain. The classification of 1000 years refers to probability, not history, because it has a 0.1% chance of occurring in any given … [Read more...]

MRA Seeking Top Survivor Home of the Year

January 1, 2019 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

MRA Seeking Top Survivor Home of the Year

The Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA) is seeking stories from homeowners with metal roofs who survived Mother Nature’s wrath for a chance to earn the title of MRA’s Top Survivor Home of the Year and a $1,500 grand prize. To enter, homeowners simply need to submit their story in 200 words or less about the challenge their home withstood during 2018, along with a photo via the … [Read more...]

RCI and RCIF Kick Off Choctaw Academy Initiative

December 1, 2018 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

RCI and RCIF Kick Off Choctaw Academy Initiative

By Tara Wilson Pictured on the cover of this month’s RCI Interface is the last remaining structure of what was once the Choctaw Academy in Georgetown, Kentucky. The Academy was the first federally funded, racially integrated, non-missionary, and non-military school for Native American boys in the U.S.—an institution that brought together students from 18 different tribes, … [Read more...]

Water Tank Morphs Into Library for Kenyan Kids

December 1, 2018 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Water Tank Morphs Into Library for Kenyan Kids

An abandoned rainwater collection tank was transformed into a children’s library in a small farming community in the Nyeri West region of Kenya. The project was designed by San Francisco firm Natoma Architects and bankrolled by the Nobelity Project, an Austin, Texas-based group that builds school infrastructures. The organizer’s cofounder, Turk Pipkin, conceived of the … [Read more...]

Why Historic Buildings?

December 1, 2018 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Why Historic Buildings?

By Trevor Vilac This article is for information purposes and is not intended to replace the advice of a heritage professional or other conservation specialists. Have you ever been captivated by a sense of intrigue in an old building? Or been fascinated by the lasting impact of past events associated with a particular space? There are many factors that make these buildings … [Read more...]

Ural Philharmonic Concert Hall to Mimic Sound Waves

December 1, 2018 By RCI Publications Leave a Comment

Ural Philharmonic Concert Hall to Mimic Sound Waves

Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Concert Hall in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The venue will contain a 1600-seat concert hall and a smaller 400-seat chamber music hall. “Echoing the physical aspects of sound waves, the design of the new philharmonic concert hall is based on the properties of musical sound resonance creating wave … [Read more...]

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