Archive for October, 2009

Defective Drywall - How Do You Know? What Do You Do?

Friday, October 30th, 2009

I just got back from the BESI Defective Dry Wall Conference in Florida (October 25-27 2009) which was well attended by builders, homeowners, inspectors and attorneys.  The conference was sponsored by Spiderman Mulholland, the owner of BESI and a leading figure in understanding the enormous defective drywall problem the US has on its hands.   He [...]

IRISS IR Windows Gets Nod from KEMA Powertest Labs

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

IRISS infrared windows installed on Eaton VC-W metal clad switchgear recently underwent arc flash resistance tests by the KEMA Powertest Lab in Pennsylvania.  Model VPFR IR Windows were fitted into the switch gear and using the IEEE C37.20.7 (IEC 622271-200) standard, several 63 kA 15 kV 30 cycle arc resistance tests were successfully performed.  In [...]