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Adhesive Applied Roofing Systems

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Adhesive Applied Roofing Systems

To develop wind uplift standards for Adhesive Applied Low Slope Roofing Systems (AARS), a collaborative research and development project has been initiated with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council. Project partners are the Department of Civil Engineering University of Ottawa, National Research Council’s Institute for Research in Construction, Roofing Manufacturers: Bakor Inc., IKO Industries Ltd., Soprema Inc. and Tremco Inc. and the Roofing Contractors Association of British Columbia.

The project involves conducting the following tasks: small scale pull-out testing, small scale peel testing, full scale wind uplift testing, numerical modeling and the development of a guide for the wind design of adhesive applied roofing systems.

The wind design guide will address wind uplift load calculations, wind uplift resistance evaluations, roof decks, air and vapour barriers or retarders, roofing insulations, cover boards, cold applied adhesive and field application procedures.

This project is similar to the work carried out by the SIGDERS group (see Wind-RCI article elsewhere in this issue of the News) which resulted in a new CSA Standard A123.21-04, Standard test method for the dynamic wind uplift resistance of mechanically attached membrane-roofing systems.