Morrison Hershfield - Building Engineering & Management
"a multidisciplinary engineering and management firm. Engineering and design build services are provided to clients in the Transportation, Building, Municipal, Utilities and Telecommunications sectors"
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http://www.morrisonhershfield.com
Company Description
"..focused on niche disciplines which complement the traditional engineering and architectural fields, while anticipating the changing needs of the building industry."
"Morrison Hershfield is proud of the reputation gained by its Building Engineering & Management Division. The combined skills of our architects, structural and mechanical engineers, fabricators and contractors, provides our clients with a team recognized as leaders in our field."
"The Building Science Discipline includes building envelope, roofing, energy, indoor air quality and acoustics expertise among others. As the only nationally-based Building Science firm, MH maintains its reputation throughout ongoing involvement in research & development and tougher high profile projects."
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technical papers by Morrison Hershfield- Over 50 excellent reports by the company on building related investigations.
Related References:
- Bomberg, M., Kumaran, K. and K. Day, (1999), Moisture management of EIFS walls. Part 1.The basis for evaluation
- Chouinard, K. L. and Lawton, M. D., (0), Rotting wood framed apartments -- not just a Vancouver problem
- Lawton, M. D., (1999), Reacting to durability problems with Vancouver buildings
- Wallaceburg Project
Lawton, M. D., (1998), Moldy houses - building science lessons from the Wallaceburg project - Lawton et al. , (1999), Stucco-clad wall drying experiment
- EASE project
Lawton, M.D. and D. L. Scott, (1995), EASE demonstration project: APCHQ's advanced house - moisture control
Lstiburek, Joseph W. and Carmody, J., (1993), Moisture control handbook: principles and practices for residential and small commercial buildings - Limited , (1998), Survey of building envelope failures in the coastal climate of British Columbia
- Limited , (1996), Testing of Air Barriers Construction Details - I & II
- Limited , (1996), Commissioning and Monitoring the Building Envelope for Air Leakage
- air barrier
Limited , (1991), CMHC research project: testing of air barriers: construction details - rainscreen
Limited , (1990), A study of the rainscreen concept applied to cladding systems on wood frame walls