I don’t know, I am sensing a strange pattern here – it appears every time I do a guest post on JB’s excellent blog something major has changed. In this case he has a nice new logo & completely revamped the site which now flies. With that said, I encourage you to check out his Read more ...







This week, I was honored to post again on Construction Law Musings, which you might recall is run by Christopher G. Hill who specializes in construction law. As an accredited LEED AP, he is also one of those rare individuals that not only deals with “Green Building” issues, but also understands it. I first met
For the last 5 days, I have been attending The Snell Group’s – Infrared Thermography Level II class Level 2 Infrared class being taught by Harold Van De Ven (aka Van). This make’s the second class I have taken by The Snell Group, with the last one being taught by Don Thurmond & Jim Fritz.
While I generally combine the last 2 days of class together due to studying for a test, general lack of items to discuss, etc… I don’t think that will be an issue here. So onward to day 4, and seeing that day 3’s trivia went unanswered – you will have to wait for Day 5
Wow, is it really day 3 already? I guess so as the day started off with a pop quiz to prepare us for the next two days actual tests. Shoot, I might need to remember some of my own test taking tips like, make sure you fully read the question. Yep, I got dinged on
You know it is going to be an interesting day when class starts off with a brief project & objective which you know is impossible. The reason is to see if anyone will get the answer correct – sorry I am not going to even try as what you requested isn’t possible. Yes we all
Nashville, TN – welcome to day 1 of Snell’s Infrared Thermography Level II class. One of the nice things about Snell’s system is that class doesn’t get started until 3 PM for the first day allowing for those of us travelling, time to get to the hotel & settled in. It also eliminates the issues
In layman’s terms, what is a duct test? A duct test is simply hooking up a specialized fan & checking to see how “leaky” your duct’s are. How does one perform a duct test / what should I expect to see? Using a calibrated fan & connector as shown above, we hook the fan up
Oh the weather outside is so frightful… While the weather might have made a mess of things, one of the good things it does is allow one to quickly look at their house to spot some hidden issues. As you may recall from science class, the second law of thermodynamics, states that heat moves to 
BPI at the Crossroads: (Exams, New Certifications, Standards)
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