shortly after I started this blog, a tragedy occurred in Berkeley, CA that could have been avoided.      What first just seems like structural overloading, upon closer observation it looks like undiscovered rot on a building not yet 8 years old.  As a friend of mine said…” Waterproofing problems kill more people than any … More …and can end in a nightmare

Rarely does anyone builds a structure, house or piece of architecture for no reason. Often it starts with a dream. The dream home. Room for the new baby. A new headquarters for a sucessful company. A science building for life saving research. A jail for a safer community. The list goes on. However building codes … More It all starts with a dream