Understanding the Causes and Significance of Facade Degradation: A Chemist’s and Geologist’s Perspective

Why has your building’s facade changed in appearance? Is discoloration or other visible degradation limited to an aesthetic concern or does it signal something more serious? What are the risks and can your facade be cleaned and/or repaired? WJE chemist Kimberly Steiner and petrographer George Reo discuss the effects of chemical incompatibility, staining, and degradation on a variety of facade materials, including glass, stone, metals, and coatings. Illustrated by case studies, they describe typical field and laboratory investigation techniques and offer recommendations for reducing the risk of degradation in your building facades.

• Course will award 1.25 hour of continuing education
• Diamond Review approved in all 50 states
• This webinar will be available as a recording.

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Speaker:

Kimberly Steiner, Principal and Unit Manager, Kimberly Steiner is a chemist focusing on compositional analysis, evaluation of failure and degradation and consulting related to construction materials. She conducts on-site evaluations and laboratory characterization and analysis of materials to investigate failures, corrosion, incompatibilities of materials with the surrounding environment and general chemical and compositional analysis.

George Reo, Associate III, is a geologist who focuses on laboratory petrographic and compositional analysis of stone, concrete, and other construction materials to assess the current state of deterioration of in service materials. He aids in laboratory testing programs of dimension stone evaluating the physical and mechanical properties of stone samples, to aid in understanding the anticipated performance of a stone material in new construction applications.

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