Identifier: architectenginee7022sanf (find matches)
Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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r>4/^ttalLkp 6/•>••? DtT6iL SE Exterior ConNtu Co«/ii(oCTion . DETAILS OF CONSTKUCTION FOK CEMENT STUCCO ON METAL LATH BACK PLASTEREII 92 THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER The American Concrete Institute is composed of representatives ofthe United States Bureau of Standards, the Portland cement industry,concrete engineers, contractors, building- officials, etc., who are anxiousto standardize the use of Portland cement and find the best methods ofconstruction with that material. Their committee on the Treatment ofConcrete Surfaces is under the chairmanship of Mr. J. C. Pearson of theUnited States Bureau of Standards, is composed of manufacturers, con-tractors, an architect and an engineer insuring an unbiased and author-itative opinion. This committee has just recently rendered a report ona Standard Recommended Practice for Portland Cement Stucco in \nyi&r Planter on y^eUI LabK
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ycr&ich ■■ AtoHoifrl^fU\LiihBack Planter approximately ^thick Total th\ckr\e/-y or\ outyiAe o/ latK appro;ack plastered construction by vir-tue of its position in tlie report on Back Plastered Construction onFrame Walls, and reference to the Underwriters Laboratories reportand the United States Bureau of Standards report above mentioned.They further state: ^The use of wood lath as a base for cement stucco finds many advo-cates and many opponents, but the Committee does not feel it can recom-mend wood lath for cement stucco. Recent tests made by Professor J. C. Peebles at the Armour Institute THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 93 of Technology indicate that the back plastered stucco on metal lath forexterior walls is satisfactory from the standpoint of insulation and fue

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