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Commercial Exterior

The Santa Clara Valley has constructed buildings to the most advanced specifications and technology in the world. This valley is the High Tech Capitol and the buildings are just as high tech. The Plastering Industry has applied many different systems to the High Tech Silicon Valley buildings. The Santa Clara Valley architecture is to be admired, in down town The High Tech Museum has a wall 55’ tall by 300’long without any expansions, reveals, or seismic joint. The building is an Exterior Insulation and Finish System (EIFS).

The Plastering Industry is working to build living buildings, the building will breath and move with the environment inside, and outside. Many Hotels 6 – 10 stories tall are using the Lath and 3 coat Portland cement plaster cladding. The metal stud framing systems are being used all over Northern California. The metal stud is much truer than wood studs and it is becoming more efficient to build with metal studs. The plaster performs best when it is applied in a consistent thickness. The metal stud framing assist the finish appearance by giving the plasterer true and plum walls to work on.

The movement in a building is up to ¾” a day and most of the plaster systems have areas for movement designed in the system. The metal stud framing is utilized to provide the movement where needed.
The seismic movement in the local environment requires more movement relieve joints than most other
Areas. The Plaster and EIFS systems today have been more advanced since 1989. The Loma Preida earthquake and the Northridge quake have given the industry evidence on which systems work well and what systems failed.


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