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The stories and features in the magazine are geared toward hardworking contractors and small business owners who need relevant information, written in plain English, applicable to his business and jobsite.
WATERPROOF! Magazine reaches virtually every segment of the waterproofing industry. Coverage includes:
Residential Below Grade – Spray-applied foundation sealants, self-adhered sheet goods, footing drain tiles, dimple membranes and sump pump systems, crack repair, carbon fiber straps, piering, basement finishing, crawl-space, mold remediation, and moisture management.
Commercial Above and Below Grade – Subway tunnels, wastewater treatment plants, all facets of commercial and industrial waterproofing, underslab barriers, crystalline admixtures, polyurea coatings, curtain grouting, waterstops, blindside, above-grade air barriers, joint sealants and more.
Commercial Roofing – Single-ply, built-up, and ballasted roofing, reflective cool roofing, electronic leak detection, vegetated “green roof” systems, and spray-on coatings.
In the Current Issue:
Residential Below Grade
The Competent Person
By Gregory Fahrenbruch Photos courtesy of Gregory Fahrenbruch OSHA has requirements for what is considered “a competent person.” In this context, according to OSHA, a competent person means “one who is capable of identifying existing asbestos hazards in...
Indoor Air Quality in Finished Basements
By Andre Lacroix and Erika Lacroix Photos courtesy of Todd Telford Ventilation reigns supreme in providing a path of escape, a way out, for the trapped moisture vapor, and has proven quite successful in managing humidity problems in basements Creating livable spaces...
Digging Deeper Foundations = More Water Infiltration Challenges
By Iltaz Alam, GCPPhotos courtesy of GCP How to mitigate the risk with proven below-grade waterproofing solutions With space at a premium in many urban areas, developers are digging deeper foundations to increase the square footage of high end residential, commercial...
Commercial Above Grade
PUR-Based Systems: A High-Performance Concrete Protection and Traffic Coating Solution
By Tom Stuewe, Senior Product Manager, Siplast Photos courtesy of Siplast In today’s fast-paced commercial construction landscape, polyurea and polyurethane-based deck coating systems have become indispensable for their exceptional combination of...
Sustainable Roofing
By Richard C. Hayden, GRP ASLA-Emeritus Photo courtesy of American Hydrotech This 267,000 square-foot extensive garden roof assembly in Englewood, New Jersey, used architectural pavers and wood tile. Sustainability is a term that has evolved over time and...
Waterproofing in the Era of Climate Change: Building for an Uncertain Future
by Vanessa Salvia Photos courtesy of Kryton International The SuperPier at the historic Pier 57 in New York underwent an extensive redevelopment. The application started with the team waterproofing the underwater vaults and pits by adding KIM to the...
Structural Repairs
Carbon Fiber: The New Standard in Structural Repair for Basements
By Vanessa Salvia Photos courtesy of Emecole Metro Emecole’s Carbon Fiber Stitching Dogs are used for slab crack repair. Each Stitching Dog fits into a single 1/4-inch saw cut. In recent years, the field of basement and foundation repair has seen a...
Foundation Repair Using Push Piers And Helical Piers
By Patrick Nevison, P.E. Photos courtesy of Safe Basements Grain storage building walls pushed back to plumb with steel buttresses supported by SafeBase helical piers and footings lifted and rotated with SafeBase push piers. Installing steel pilings with...
Case Study: Terra-Lok Triumph
The ProblemKing Mesa Gin in Lamesa, Texas, faced significant water intrusion in the basement’s “press pit,” threatening the safety of its personnel and the integrity of its equipment and products. As a major producer of U.S.-certified organic cotton,...
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