Roofing Contractor Texas Articles

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Are you concerned about 1/8th of an inch?

          By Robert J. Boessen, RRC, CDT, Senior Roof Consultant/Project Manager, Terracon Consultants, Inc.         In the National Roofing Contractors Association’s (NRCA) Roofing and Waterproofing Manual, Fifth Edition, it states, “In the case ...

Chamberlin Works Against the Game Clock

Just south of the University of Texas in the heart of Austin you can find the Lyndon Baines Johnson State Office Building, which is home to the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Since its construction in 1968, this state government ...

Building Envelope Case Study

            By: Mike Stellato, AIA, LEED AP, CSI, NCARB Certified, Principal - Star Consulting Group     What is now considered “common knowledge” is most often learned from mistakes of the past. For example, it is ...

Klyde Warren Park: Five Acres of Waterproofing

Click here to view a video of the Klyde Warren Park construction. In October 2010, Chamberlin embarked on a project that would mark a time of change for the City of Dallas and its residents. Woodall Rogers Freeway is a ...

Designing a Home that is Functional, Sustainable and Beautiful

        By: Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, Chairman and CEO, HKS Architects   Chamberlin Foreword: Though this article is a little out of the ordinary for Chamberlin’s publication, we think it is significant to share the story ...

Waterproofing Renovations for the New School Year

The most common time to renovate a K-12 school is during the summer break while students and teachers are enjoying their time off. Northside and Llano Independent School Districts decided to do exactly that and utilize the time to get ...

Sealant Performance and Compatibility: The Great Disconnect

          By Ben T. Hixson, CCCA, CCSPresident, Hixson Consultants, Inc.     Sealants are materials used to block the penetration of liquids, gases, dust, or other contaminants from one area to another by creating an adhesive ...

Employee Profile

      Bob Edwards Operations Manager - Roofing & Sheet Metal, Austin, TX   “Bob has always had an amazing work ethic and determination,” said Chamberlin Executive Vice President, Art Canales. Having a great work ethic and problem solving ...
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Hobby Airport Plans for the Future

Big changes are on the way to William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas. Southwest Airlines, who operates the majority of Hobby’s 22 gates, has plans to build an international facility at the airport to begin serving destinations in Mexico ...

One Green Roof at a Time

Roofing professionals are not usually perceived as people with green thumbs. Sure, they have strong backs and a can-do attitude, but do they have the finesse it takes to work with plants? Well, the roofing team at Chamberlin has been ...
Tags: garden roof

Air Barriers: Controlling Air Movement

By: Colin Szewaga, C.E.T., Technical Services Advisor, Air Barrier Association of America The Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA) is a US-based trade association based in Walpole, Massachusetts. ABAA’s goal is to promote and educate the public on the use, ...

Are Employee Badges a Big Deal?

We think so.  Chamberlin has been using an employee badging system for many years as a means to provide proper and obvious identification of our team members on high security projects and in clients’ occupied buildings. Our badges also display ...
Category: safety | Sub Category: safety

Restoring a Piece of Texas History

The Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse has seen many ups and downs in its lifetime. It was built in the mid 1930s as part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Federal Public Works program during The Great Depression as ...
Category: roof replacement | Sub Category: remedial restoration

When Roofs Become Much More Than Simple Roofs

                By: Ken Ollinger RRC, RRO, CCCA, Austech Roof Consultants, Inc.       A decade ago the desire of most knowledgeable owners, designers, and contractors was to “keep it off the roof.” ...
Category: commercial roofing | Sub Category: commercial roof testing

Houston Food Bank: Ready to Serve Even More

The Houston Food Bank has been serving Harris and 17 other southeast Texas counties since 1982. At In their first year they delivered about one million pounds of food to community distribution programs. In 2010 the Food Bank dispersed 70 ...
Category: roof replacement | Sub Category: houston office
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RoofPoint: A New Sustainable Rating Tool for Facility Managers

        By Dr. Jim Hoff, Research Director, Center for Environmental Innovation in Roofing         When the U. S. Green Building Council initiated the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building program in ...
Category: commercial roofing | Sub Category: cool roofing

Employee Profile

                Bill Lawson Operations Manager – Roofing & Sheet Metal Houston, TX     Bill is one of our favorite Yankees, and we are not talking about the baseball team because he is ...
Category: employee profile | Sub Category: houston office
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Employee Profile

                  Bryan Payne Estimating Manager – Waterproofing & Caulking Dallas, TX     Over the last 12 years, Bryan Payne has worked his way up from a project coordinator to estimating manager ...
Category: employee profile | Sub Category: dallas office
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Are You Prepared for Hurricane Season?

Hi there.  Chamberlin Man here. If you live in the southern states, you know now is the time to get your emergency plan in place for a potentially active hurricane season. One thing to check off your list is setting ...
Category: roof repair | Sub Category: hurricane season
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The Impact of Building Envelope Commissioning

                          By: Bill Coltzer, Jr., AIA President, Zero/Six Consulting, LLC           If you’ve participated in the construction of high performance buildings, you’re probably familiar ...