Engineering Thoughts

Where Does the Water Go – Fenestration Edition

August 22, 2023 - This course will assist designers and facility managers with identifying the requirements and parameters of an effective cladding water management system. This course will also review the most available field-testing standards for fenestration and provide practical considerations for the design, specification, and administration of field-testing programs. Learning Objective 1: Understand the necessity of properly designed and…

Where Does the Water Go – Roofing Edition

August 22, 2023 - Design of an effective flat roof system can be challenging. With the complex transitions of today’s architecture and the ever-evolving materials in the market, it is imperative that the designer and specifier understand how to correctly fit the pieces of the puzzle together. For years, owners and design professionals have relied on roofing manufacturers to…

CASE STUDY: ICRI Article Rehabilitation of 60-Year Old Mitchell Water Treatment Plant

July 24, 2020 - SKA is excited and proud to have an article featured in the July-August 2020 edition of ICRI Concrete Repair Bulletin. A few of our extremely talented and dedicated engineers developed the article highlighting the structural rehabilitation and service-life extension of the filter house and concrete basins at the 60-year old Mitchell Water Treatment Plant in…

TECH NOTES | Brief Case Studies Deterioration of Concrete in Building Materials

December 04, 2018 - Concrete is a very durable building material when properly designed, proportioned and constructed. Unfortunately, deterioration can occur if attention is not paid to detail in the design construction phases of a project. One such situation is that associated with Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). ASR is an expansive process in concrete between alkali hydroxides in portland cement…