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Exhibit A

 

     
 

Evaluation of exterior wall cladding.

 

 

Project Date: February 9, 2004

 

Property Description: Represented sealant installer on construction defect claim regarding water infiltration into building structure through the exterior cladding. Renovation and new construction on this High school located in Hayward California consisted of the exterior application of a direct applied exterior finish system commonly referred to as DEFS. This finish system is directly installed over an exterior gypsum sheathing system, which is considered a barrier system where water is required to be shed of the exterior finish. Our office represented the sealant installer who performed the caulking between the windows and the DEFS. The case was resolved through settlement discussions with all parties involved.

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

     
 

Evaluation and testing of tilt-up panel system.

 

 

Project Date: May 13, 2004

 

Property Description: Provide evaluation support for project design architectural firm for recently completed police training facility at Santa Rosa Junior College.   Initial evaluation processes consisted of watertesting at the roof system and vertical walls of this concrete tilt-up building structure.  Water entry noted through the tilt-up concrete column caps and through concrete cracks in the tilt-up panels, even though the panels had previously been coated with an elastomeric coating system.  Determinations were made that the column caps were not adequately caulked with sealant at the interface with the tilt-up panels.  Some wall cracks were noted telegraphing through the elastomeric coating system.  Recommendations were made to install sealants at the column cap joints and reapply additional elastomeric coating with better detailing at known crack areas.

 

 

 

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