Saturday, February 7, 2009

Friday, February 6, 2009

ATT: Mass Appeal

These are the choices I chose and like the best I would like to collaborate with all of you so we can make the final decisions.


Lt. Neutral Brick

Commons Blend

Contrast Brick

X35 Main Street Flashed Ironspot with458 Brownstone Flashed soldier cours

Lt. Nuetral CMU Gound Face
I chose to go with GF 2509 for our light nuetral GF CMU (sorry it is so hard to see)

**************Go to this site to get a better picture of this color CMUwww.ajandris.com/cmu_ground_face.html ***************



Med. Nuetral CMU Split Face


Slate Split Face CMU

ATT: Mass Appeal

YO here is more info sizes and colors for face brick i think thats the way we will go! We have to have a light nuetral brick and a contrast brick.... so..different colors we could use are

Lt. Nuetral Brick (*****i deffly like the commons blend the best for lt. nuetral brick****)



Commons Blend


Fieldstone blend


Monument Blend


Parkway Blend




Then sizes we can look at are:

SIZES & DETAILS
METRO®BRICK is designed with a channel back and strict size tolerances for superior installation and bond performance. Also, METRO®BRICK is compatible with in-plant precast panels and site-cast tilt walls.

STANDARD SIZES




CUSTOM SIZES

Below are a number of custom size options possible with METRO®BRICK. Call for availability, pricing and capabilities for your specific project



Estimating





ATT: Mass Appeal

Yo team! Here one of the options I liked a lot. But i found this thing on embedded brick veneer, it sounds really good so if you guys can find anything out on it just let me know, im gonna look more into it as well. But what I know as of now it's a way of green building, saves time and money installing, reduces weather delays, simplifies water proofing details, minimizes job site labor, and eliminates efflorescence. But enough of that back to the info on face brick.


Thin Brick

A Great Selection from three Quality Manufacturers.Innovative Brick Systems offers thin brick from three of the finest brick and tile providers in the U.S. Endicott Clay Products, Summitville Tile, and Ironrock (MetroThinBrick) provide only the highest quality thin brick. Each understand the careful discipline that goes into the extrusion and kiln baking of a quality thin brick.Innovative Brick Systems is pleased to offer the virtually hundreds of color, size, and finish combinations that come from such a substantial source. Just click on any of the three thin brick logos below for a more complete view of brick choices.




ATT: Mass Appeal










Yo guys, I checked out ScottSystem.com and they had a few interesting things i thought we should all look over together. I posted some information below. Let me know what you think of the form-flex liners because we could go in many different directions with that style. You can also check out the different textures they offer on the site, sooo.... check it OUT!!!

Form-Flex Liners

Made of elastomeric-urethane and guaranteed for 100 uses, Flex-Liners reproduce the same, outstanding texture in perfect detail every time. A variety of standard textures are available in Stone, Fractured, Wood, Flute, Flat and Block patterns.







Brick-Inlay Systems










Brick Snaps® inlay system is a revolutionary way to integrally cast thin brick into PRECAST or TILT-UP concrete. This innovative method saves TIME and MONEY over conventional field-applied brick and produces a superior structure.With Brick Snaps®, a variety of masonry finishes can be achieved without utilizing a bricklayer. Because the brick veneer is an integral part of the concrete, the need for weep cavities, lintels and anchor clip designs is eliminated. Flashing details are simplified.Brick faced concrete is beautiful, economical and fast. When the wall goes up, the brick is already in place! Brick Snaps® have many advantages over conventional masonry units.


Brick-Inlay Systems




The Rim Snap™ is the new and improved version of the Brick Snap®. Rim Snaps™ are ideal for vertical applications and are perfect for accommodating corner brick on returns.Like the Brick Snap®, the Rim Snap™ is an individual plastic template/brick holder with interlocking tabs that connect together on the pour surface. The Rim Snap™, however, has a rubber-type of gasket rim the holds the brick securley in place.Rim Snaps™ are perfect for small or large-scale barrier walls and residential construction. Rim Snaps™ assemble easily and attach to foundation and poured in-place forms to produce a real brick facade integrally cast into concrete.




Brick-Inlay Systems




A brick-patterned elastomeric form liner is made to spec; thin bricks are placed into the liner pockets and concrete is poured over the back of the assembly, integrally casting the brick tiles into the concrete. The liner is stripped revealing a hard rock concrete panel with an elegant and permanent brick finish.The brick patterned formliner is made of tough, reusable elastomeric urethane to ANY coursing pattern. Arches, radii, ornate corbels, and numerous bonding patterns can be accommodated enabling expensive masonry work to be produced at a production line pace. The Brick Gasket Liner is intended for PRECAST use only and specifically where a hgh number of identical panels are to be produced. The reusable gasket liner is economical because with each use, the cost impact on your projects decreases dramatically.Brick Gasket form liners are made in sheets in ANY size imaginable and allow for variations in brick tolerance and types. Brick Gasket form liners are also available in a number of MORTAR JOINT configurations. One of these joint details should work for your specified brick (or we can make one that will).

Brick Colors and Sizes


A variety of brick colors and textures are available including wire-cut, hand-molded and smooth-face surfaces in multiple shades and blends. Many brick sizes and trim pieces are also available for Scott’s brick-inlay systems. Standard and utility size are the most common. Modular (4” x 8”) and Norman (2 ¼” x 12”) size brick can be accommodated. Brick provided by Scott System is much thinner than conventional masonry (usually ½”) and guaranteed to fit our template systems.

hydrolicy elevator

here is where u can find some of the schematics for a hydolicy elevator, just go to this link i hope i did it correctly, and where is my cookie!!!

http://www.abellelevator.com/hydro%20specs.pdf

http://www.otis.com/site/us/Pages/HolelessHydraulic.aspx

Thursday, February 5, 2009





U6-Custom Cast-Butterscotch-by Trenwyth Industries

U7-Vertical Ribbed-Chamblis-by Acousta Wal Verastone Industries

U8-Split-Face masonry units-Temple Gray by Trenwyth Industries


U9-Custom Cast-Quarry Buff-by Trewyth Industries

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Propsal CMU Selction & Speications

By: Carlos Corallo, Ron Ganis, Tammy.

U1 - Astra-Glaze-SW+ glazed masonry units- Pastel Blue42.8% by Trenwyth Industries

U3 -Astra-Glaze-SW+ glazed masonry units - Wheatfield41.8% by Trenwyth Industries

U2 -Trendstone ground face masonry units - Ramapo White by Trenwyth Industries

U4 -Split-Face masonry units - Ashland by Trenwyth Industries


U5 -PRAIRIE stone masonry units- Buff Groundface by Trenwyth Industries








progress on product proposals

Your team has a start with the location of one good source. However, if other team members wish to receive individual credit for this task, the rest of you need to post your recommendations as well. I am looking for one list from each team member identifying specific product choices for each masonry type listed in PPD and schematic drawings. For example:

U3 - Mesastone Textured - Williamsburg Grey by Trenwyth Industries
etc.

Monday, February 2, 2009

CMU Product Selection

Hi Everyone!
I have found a supplier that I like for our CMU. They appear to have everything we need. Their Verastone line looks really nice, is recycled ground-face masonry units, and made in Pennsylvania, which gives us LEED points for both the materials and the shipping distance. They have decent color choices as well.
Here is the link to their website if anyone is interested in checking it out:
http://www.trenwyth.com/

click for more info on Verastone.

Some of their other lines are made in Illinois and will have to ship further.