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The best place to turn for answers to all your roofing questions For decades, this manual has been the best known and most widely respected guide to designing and specifying low-slope roofing systems. It remains unique in scope, being the only working manual on the subject that treats all topics involved in roof design, from fundamentals to roof systems and material options. Since the last edition of this classic guide was published, however, major advancements — as well as sweeping changes in building codes due to hurricane Andrew — have forever changed roofing materials and design. This edition has been fully updated and expanded to reflect these changes. This new edition still covers all major types of flat, multi-ply, low-slope roofing systems for commercial and industrial facilities, but the scope has been expanded with new chapters on: sprayed-in-place polyurethane foam roofs, metal roofs, polymer-modified bitumens, and elastomeric and thermoplastic single-ply membranes. New techniques for installing, renovating, and re-covering failed roofs are also discussed. For architects, roof designers, roof consultants, contractors, spec writers, attorneys, materials manufacturers, and all others who need authoritative, up-to-date information on all aspects of roof technology, the Manual of Low-Slope Roof Systems is the definitive text in the field. C.W. Griffin is a member of ASTM International and the American Arbitration Association. He is a consulting engineer specializing in roofing and energy conservation and a former Senior Editor for McGraw-Hill's Engineering News-Record. His books include Energy Conservation in Buildings and The Systems Approach to School Construction. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Until his retirement in 1996, R.W. Fricklas was Technical Director of the Roofing Industry Educational Institute. He is a columnist for RSI magazine and writes a Web column on roofing for Buildings.com. He has been the recipient of the Voss Award from the American Society for Testing and Materials, the McCawley Award from the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association, and the Piper Award from the National Roofing Contractors Association. Mr. Fricklas has also been presented with Lifetime Achievement awards by the Colorado Roofing Contractors Association and the Institute of Roofing and Waterproofing Consultants, and is an honorary member of the Roofing Consultants Institute. He lives in Centennial, Colorado. |
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