Here’s a quick question for you: when you are choosing a membrane for a roofing system, how much do you consider the resilience or sustainability of the product? And is one feature more important to you than the other? Regardless… Read More
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Resilience
Resilience And The Built Environment
Record setting heat, catastrophic wildfires, heavy downpours, longer droughts, and more frequent hurricanes: the headlines so far this year have provided relentless coverage of devastating weather throughout the United States. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), as… Read More
Reconfiguring Mercy Hospital
Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercy Hospital had a problem. The Minnesota health care location had simply run out of space. The solution involved relocating and enlarging the main entrance, reconfiguring the hospital’s interior and adding a parking garage. To… Read More
With Greening Buildings, Be Sure to Consider Resilience
A trend in facilities management is the greening of existing buildings: replacing older HVAC, electrical, and other systems with modern and energy-efficient features. But what we think of as green design is only one-half of sustainability. Superstorm Sandy hit New… Read More
Strength, Flexibility, Resilience: New Roof System Addresses Challenges at Clarkson University’s Athletic Facility
Resilience in Health Care Facilities
The hurricanes that pounded portions of the East Coast of the United States in recent years left record-setting destruction in their wake. But they also taught valuable, if painful, lessons about resilience — what works, what doesn’t, and what’s needed… Read More
Building Resilience: The Roofing Perspective 2020
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Federal Legislation Focuses on Strengthening Buildings to Withstand Natural Disasters Before They Occur
1974 was a year full of news. Some of it made history; some of it faded into footnotes in long-forgotten books. Nixon resigned from office. The Dolphins beat the Vikings in Super-Bowl VIII. And the Universal Product Code, or barcode,… Read More
A crisis of opportunity
During a recent visit to Puerto Rico, I hiked in El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical rain forest in the National Forest System. Although the lush foliage, waterfalls and rivers were abundant, one essential element of the ecosystem was… Read More
FEMA’s New Mitigation Program Could Mean Good News for the Construction Industry
It’s hard to find bipartisan agreement on anything in Washington these days. But the Disaster Recovery and Reform Act (DRRA) sailed through the Senate and was signed by President Trump two days later, on October 5, 2018. At the time… Read More