Practice Issues 
Practice Issues cover the "how to's" as well as the tools, technologies, standards and regulations that govern the building industry.
| Title |
Date |
Author |
|---|---|---|
| Successful Implementation of Air Tightness Requirements for Residential Buildings | Apr 12, 2010 | Bruce D. Nelson, PE (Minnesota Department of Commerce) |
| Proposed Building Envelope Criteria for ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90-1-2010 | Apr 12, 2010 | John F. Hogan, AIA, PE (Seattle Department of Planning and Development) |
| Eliminating the Potential for Air and Moisture Infiltration at the Window-Wall Interface | Apr 12, 2010 | Peter Poirier (Tremco Inc.), Brian Stroik (Oscar Boldt Construction) |
| Moisture-Safe Unvented Wood Roof Systems | Apr 12, 2010 | John Straube (Building Science Corp.), Jon Smegal (Building Science Corp.), John Smith (Johns Manville) |
| A Method to Detect and Locate Roof Leaks Using Conductive Tapes | Apr 12, 2010 | David Vokey, P. Eng. (Detec Systems LLC) |
| Selecting the Ideal Windows for a High Performance Home in a Cold Climate | Apr 12, 2010 | Ari S. Rapport (IBACOS) |
| Thermal and Hygrothermal Analysis in Building Envelope Commissioning | Apr 10, 2010 | Philip Parker, P. Eng, MRICS, (Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd.), Cara Lozinsky, University of British Columbia |
| Performance of Glass FIber Lath as a Plaster Base with Exterior Cement Plaster (Stucco) | Apr 10, 2010 | William F. Egan (BASF Construction Chemicals, LLC), Eric Auman (BASF Construction Chemicals, LLC) |
| OSB Sheathing with Integral Water-Resistive Barriers | Apr 10, 2010 | Thomas Thorsell (Syracuse University), Mark Bomberg (Syracusse University) |
| Monitoring of Internal Moisture Loads in Residential Buildings - Research Design and Early Findings | Apr 10, 2010 | Lois Arena (Steven Winter Associates Inc.), Michael D. Blanford (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development) |
| Interoperability on a Large Scale | Apr 01, 2010 | Deborah L. MacPherson, AIA, CSI CCS, Specifications and Research, Cannon Design, Michelle A. Raymond |
| No BIM for You: The Case for Not Doing BIM | Apr 01, 2010 | Michael LeFevre, HOlder COnstruction Company |
| Perkins+Will Research Journal / Vol. 02.01 | Jan 01, 2010 | Ajla Aksamija, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C, CDT (Perkins+Will), Kalpana Kuttaiah, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C (Perkins+Will) |
| Mass Notification for Higher Education | Jan 01, 2010 | Tod Schneider (National Center for Educational Facilties) |
| The Charlotte Vermont House : A Whole Building Design Guide Case Study | Nov 01, 2009 | Whole Building Design Guide, a program of the National Institute of Building Sciences |
| BIM as a Risk Management Platform Enabling Integrated Practice and Delivery | Oct 01, 2009 | Robert Harvey, PE, Executive Director of LMCCC, Tarek Bahgat, Vice President of GT and Managing Director of GTUAE, David Gerber, PhD, Vice President of GT, Assistant Professor USC School of Architecture, James Kotronis, Director of GT New York, David Pysh, Senior Project Consultant, GT New York |
| Performance Specifications for Building Information Exchange | Oct 01, 2009 | E. William East, PhD, PE |
| AIA-TAP BIM Repeat Award Winners: Strengths and Opportunities | Oct 01, 2009 | Major Patrick Suermann, PhD, PE, LEED AP, Tammy McCuen, LEED AP |
| BIM for Electrical Construction: Benefits and Current Trends | Oct 01, 2009 | Salman Azhar, Ph.D. |
| A Modest Proposal for a Transdisciplinary Curriculum for the Design, Construction, Management and Maintenance of Architecture | Oct 01, 2009 | Lamar Henderson, RA, School of Architecture and Planning at the Catholic University of America, Nancy L. Jordan, PhD, |
| Perkins+Will Research Journal / Vol. 01.02 | May 09, 2009 | Ajla Aksamija, Ph.D., LEED AP (Perkins+Will), Kalpana Kuttaiah, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will) |
| Systems Thinking: Seven Reasons Why It Is Good For You and Everything Else | May 01, 2009 | Nandita Vyas, AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will), Nat Slaughter (Perkins+Will) |
| Automating Practice: Defining Use of Computation in the Architectural Design Workflow | May 01, 2009 | Michael Hodge, Assoc. AIA (Perkins+Will) |
| Clinical Processes Informing the Design of the Emergency Department | May 01, 2009 | Richard Herring, AIA, LEED AP (Perkins+Will), Marvina Williams, RN (Perkins+Will) |
| The Legal Revolution in Construction | Apr 01, 2009 | James L. Salmon, Esq. Founder, Collaborative Construction Resources, LLC |