Sharron Halpert

How often do things work exactly like you plan them? I don’t know about you, but I think the larger part of my life has gone contrary to my plan—but […]

Firestop on metal pipes is likely the easiest thing to get right, but let me tell you about a few critical things to which you must pay attention. First, you […]

During a recent training class, I was asked an interesting question that I wanted to share with you: How do you firestop a cleanout valve when it lands in a […]

Have you ever worked on a project that used hollow-core concrete floor panels? I have a scary bit of news to share with you: I have never seen a hollow-core […]

Hey there, firestop friends. I promised in the last Lessons in Firestop to talk to you about some of the issues with the Hambro floor-ceiling assemblies, or really any of […]

Welcome back to our Lessons in Firestop! In our last discussion I told you that firestop is lazy. Well, it’s not so much lazy as it simply acts like most […]

Calling firestop lazy might seem like a strange thing to say, but it’s true. If you want to build better, then you need to understand this simple fact. Let me […]

Staying on top of code changes is enough to make your head spin. Most of you reading this are plumbing engineers, and you likely know more about the model plumbing […]

The horror story I shared with you last month is something that has left some people with sleepless nights and budgets that are completely shot. On the other hand, for […]