Browsing by Subject "Bricks"

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Emergence, development, and prevalence of brick nogging in American vernacular architecture

Laefer, Debra F. (Taylor and Francis, 2004-11)

Despite being considered one of many seventeenth century American wall insulation systems, brick nogging emerges as a prevalent construction type throughout all of original colonies. Used in both framed and hewn-log ...
Reliability of crack detection for baseline condition assessments

Laefer, Debra F. ; Gannon, Jane ; Deely, Elaine (American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), 2010-06)

Despite billions of dollars of annual exposure from claims and litigation related to construction-induced damage, there are no quantitatively based, agreed upon standards or procedures as to what constitutes due diligence ...