Use of exterior insulation and finish systems on U.S. Army facilities

摘要

Over the last 15 years, exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) have seen increased use on U.S. Aramy facilites. Although some use has been for new construction, most of the applications have been to retrofit the exterior walls of existing masonry buildings. Most of these applications have been realtively trouble free. However, some critical problems and failure (e.g., catastrophic system delamination) have also occurred. Contractor deficiencies accounted for a significant number of the observed failures. This paper presents a history concerning the use of EIFS on Ary facilities describing both scusseful and not-so-successful performance of the system. SOlutions to the experienced problems are discussed. Future uses of EIFS on Army facilities are addressed. The development of several guidance douments for EIFS including a revised Corps of Engineers Guide Specification for EIFS and an Engineer Technical manual on EIFS Design are also described.