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ACOUSTICS
Aircraft noise
Classroom acoustics
Flanking
Office acoustics
   -Speech security
Sound transmission
& insulation

   -Floors
   -Walls
Traffic noise
Vibrations

BUILDING ENVELOPE
Air and vapour barriers
Air flow/Wind pressure
Basements and foundations
Hygrothermal properties
Insulation
    -Fibre
    -Foam
    -Insulation finish systems
Roofs
    -Heat performance
    -Moisture performance
    -Rooftop gardens
    -Snow and ice loads
    -Wind loads
Walls
    -Heat performance
    -Moisture performance
        -Rainscreen walls
Windows
    -Heat performance
    -Moisture performance

CODES & GUIDES

CUBICLES
FIRE
Combustion
Design fires
Detection (see also Smoke detection
and Tunnels)

Human behaviour
    -World Trade Center
Performance
    -Concrete columns
    -Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP)
    -Floors
    -Walls
Risk/Cost assessment
Smoke management
    -Atriums
    -Smoke detection
Suppression
    -Compressed air foam
    -Sprinklers
    -Water mist
Tunnels

HOUSING TECHNOLOGY

INDOOR AIR
Air quality
   -Volatile organic compounds (VOC)
Heating
Ventilation

INFRASTRUCTURE
Asset management
Bridges
   -Corrosion/Cracking
Parking garages
Pipes and pipelines
  -Material type:
    Cast iron
    Concrete
    Plastic
  -Distribution systems:
    Sewers
    Water mains
     -Water quality
 -Leak detection
 -Sliplining
Roads
   -Crack sealants
   -Manholes
   -Sidewalks
   -Utility cuts

LIGHTING
Daylighting
   -Atriums
   -Skylights
Emergency lighting/wayfinding
Energy efficiency
Fluorescent lighting
Office lighting

MATERIALS
Durability and Service life
Hygrothermal properties
Bitumen (asphalt)
   -Roads/Pavements
   -Roofs
Concrete
   -Admixtures
   -Conductive Concrete
   -Corrosion (reinforced concrete)
   -Fire performance (concrete columns)
   -High performance/strength
   -Nanotechnology
Plastics
   -Cellular plastics (plastic foam)
   -Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP)
   -Plastic pipe
Sealants and Coatings
   -Buildings
   -Pavements (see also Crack sealants)

OFFICES
Office acoustics
   -Speech security
Lighting
Open plan offices (cubicles)
Office/Workstation design

PRODUCT EVALUATIONS

Modified: 2006-08-17
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