http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html This addition to an existing building was built shortly after the energy conservation chapter of the Massachusetts Building Code was Published in 2001. It follows the principles Illustrated by the Commonwealth’s example details for brick veneer construction on metal studs with insulation within the stud wall. There are a few details taken from the bid documents, followed by photographs of the building under construction http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#0 2aae0a58-91af-41d1-a53c-52756edb7c27 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/DYFSB%20entry%20detail/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/DYFSB%20entry%20detail/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dimock Jenkins Scott Building</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#1 574d7ece-62e7-4d3d-93dc-e025ff0127e5 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/1%201%3A2%20inch%20reference%20section/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/1%201%3A2%20inch%20reference%20section/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">1/2 inch reference section</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#2 2ffb3c32-6918-4338-8fa6-2450fbf517ad http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/2%20Wall%20Section%20%40%20Foundation/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/2%20Wall%20Section%20%40%20Foundation/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wall Section @ Foundation: The addition was designed to span over a 100 year-old brick sewer.  The foundation design was grade beams supported by helical steel piles</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#3 21ed40fb-aa5c-43c6-bd12-40875d831139 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/3%20wall%20section%20at%20window%20sill/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/3%20wall%20section%20at%20window%20sill/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wall Section @ Window Sill: Each of the new elements suggested by the Massachusetts model details found their way into the design</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#4 3d70e4b6-61e0-435f-aabf-e9a8b763b93b http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/4%20wall%20section%20at%20roof/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/4%20wall%20section%20at%20roof/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wall Section @ Roof: Besides using accepted methods for mitigating the effects of precipitation, the design also addressed needs to minimize the infiltration of water vapor into the skin</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#5 fb16f4cd-ae9f-4c27-8778-e8f78257587b http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/5%20wall%20section%20at%20set%20back/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/5%20wall%20section%20at%20set%20back/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Wall Section @ Set Back: The thrist floor was smaller than the lower ones.  The parapet wall was designed to minimize the effects of precipitation.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#6 0f500612-9b73-4939-9a55-fed5864ed8c4 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/6%20pile%20work%20starts/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/6%20pile%20work%20starts/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The site is cleared and prepared for screwing in the helical piles.  They were selected, because they posed the least risk of damaging the 100-year-old brick sewer</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#7 26494f58-7f89-41cd-b4f8-90e9ab263773 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/7%20pile%20test/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/7%20pile%20test/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Pile test.  The original design submitted by the pile contractor did not meet required load capacity.  It was redesigned and retested to confirm performance before installing others </p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#8 810bbbc7-1527-48dc-bffb-a1b81ed95cb3 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/8%20grade%20beams%20and%20pile%20caps/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/8%20grade%20beams%20and%20pile%20caps/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Grade beams and pile caps.  The pile work is done, and concrete is being places into forms by pump for the exterior grade beam, which doubles as the base of the outside wall</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#9 cd2e6ced-6f4e-42ff-890d-b8a2f8416704 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/9%20insulation,%20pile%20caps,%20plumbing,%20grade%20beam%20reinforcing/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/9%20insulation,%20pile%20caps,%20plumbing,%20grade%20beam%20reinforcing/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Polystyrene insulation on grade forms up the base of the framed slab.  Pile caps, underslab plumbing, and grade beam reinforcing are there, too.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#10 13e55528-43e2-4c7f-b770-c9faf34b8480 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/10%20framed%20slab%20pour/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/10%20framed%20slab%20pour/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Framed slap pour.  slab reinforcing sits on chairs above the insulation.  Pile caps are in the field of the reinforcing.  Concrete is being pumped, placed, and troweled smooth for the ground floor</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#11 699612e2-ae7d-4443-8f0e-bc84a4ecd794 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/11%20frame%20and%20welded%20sire%20mesh/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/11%20frame%20and%20welded%20sire%20mesh/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The steel frame is being assembled.  Welded wire mesh reinforcing for the steel deck is stockpiled in the foreground</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#12 4186658b-b903-4992-8fc9-4857fab8bd91 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/12%20corner%20footing%20and%20frame%20detail/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/12%20corner%20footing%20and%20frame%20detail/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Corner detail of outside wall / grade beam and steel frame.  </p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#13 54b16aa1-7f67-4735-a8a2-e8d0b1fb2381 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/13%20Vinne%20Sutera%20Field%20Super/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/13%20Vinne%20Sutera%20Field%20Super/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Vinne Sutera, the field super.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#14 31f3e1b0-8cd9-44bb-b211-25523e0ea722 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/13%20metal%20deck%20with%20studs%20awaiting%20mesh%20and%20concrete/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/13%20metal%20deck%20with%20studs%20awaiting%20mesh%20and%20concrete/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The building is tented and heated for winter conditions.  Metal deck with studs is awaiting mesh and concrete.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#15 a57ccea1-b694-47a3-97f5-d3167e4a7915 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/15%20tented,%20deck%20poured,%20safety%20cables/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/15%20tented,%20deck%20poured,%20safety%20cables/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The deck is poured.  Outside safety cables and lighting are in place.  The structure for the building is complete now<br/></p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#16 daa33491-fd58-43e6-b31b-d0b115f1befb http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/16%20studs,%20polystyrene%20thermal%20bridge%20insulation/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/16%20studs,%20polystyrene%20thermal%20bridge%20insulation/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Skin work starts.  Metal studs installed on the ground floor.  Polystyrene insulation to reduce thermal bridging is being fastened on the exterior face of the studs</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#17 cb1d8473-2321-402a-a5f3-4ab693619909 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/17%20window%20blocking%20top%20floor/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/17%20window%20blocking%20top%20floor/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Window blocking is installed at the top floor, but other work on the skin hasn’t started.  Buildings usually go together from the ground up.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#18 fa306a20-c493-4b91-b4fb-8caee514bbeb http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/18%20batt%20insulation,%20mech%3Aelec%20rough%20in/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/18%20batt%20insulation,%20mech%3Aelec%20rough%20in/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Batt insulation stockpiled on the ground floor in the foreground and being placed in the stud wall cavity.  Mechanical, electrical, and fire suppression rough in is in progress.n</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#19 37365adb-2618-4202-9137-4522475a2654 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/19%20vapor%20retarder%20and%20rough%20ins/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/19%20vapor%20retarder%20and%20rough%20ins/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Vapor retarder going in on the second floor.  The 3 mil polyethylene covers the entire stud wall, including the window openings at this point.  </p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#20 5532a2df-75ce-4270-9be2-d11b56bc4fee http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/20%20air%20barrier,%20bituthene,%20metal%20base%20flashing/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/20%20air%20barrier,%20bituthene,%20metal%20base%20flashing/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Entrance detail showing air barrier, bituthene, and metal base flashing for the cavity.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#21 133d2b01-88b3-4927-a8a8-f0c97a657ec2 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/21%20first%20course/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/21%20first%20course/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">First course of brick on the north wall starts to enclose the weathering cavity.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#22 67a62ed0-1777-4867-853b-a2318555c959 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/22%20veneer%3B%20air%20barrier%20covers%20window%20openings/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/22%20veneer%3B%20air%20barrier%20covers%20window%20openings/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Brick veneer about 60% done on the north wall.  The Air barrier covers the window openings at this time.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#23 45041e55-fc5e-47b8-81fc-0a3a78d8b1c8 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/23%20cavity%20detail%20at%20door%20opening/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/23%20cavity%20detail%20at%20door%20opening/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Cavity detail showing air barrier, bituthene, metal base flashing, mortar catcher, and brick veneer.<br/></p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#24 e64b8831-ecfd-4438-9053-dd32aab9ca87 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/24%20interior%20finish%20and%20windows/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/24%20interior%20finish%20and%20windows/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Interior finish and windows.  One window is left unfinished to make it easier to load other interior finish goods onto the floor.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#25 5b09f72c-40de-497e-82a0-3893cdbf213e http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/25%20window%20detail%20with%20air%20barrier%20and%20vapor%20retarder/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/25%20window%20detail%20with%20air%20barrier%20and%20vapor%20retarder/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Window detail with air barrier and vapor retarder.  The air barrier and vapor retarder lap each other - following specs from the manufacturers.  The window and its sealants bridge the cavity.</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#26 8bda9481-6749-4323-a096-5a448520a5ec http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/26%20finished%20exterior/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/26%20finished%20exterior/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Finished exterior</p></div></div> http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel.html#27 bbdace91-71f4-4ad3-b8c8-cd7899c38925 http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/27%20finished%20interior/thumb.jpg http://www.johnpilling.net/Designing_Details/Details_Brick_Veneer_On_Steel_files/Media/27%20finished%20interior/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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