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摘要

After the previous Voxman Music Building was decimated in a flood in June 2008, the University of Iowa did not want to let history repeat itself. That is why the new 180,000-sf music building, which contains a 700-seat concert hall, 200-seat recital hall, and an organ performance hall, was sealed with three different products from W.R. Meadows. Mel-Prime W/B, a water-based adhesive, was applied to surfaces requiring a self-adhesive air/vapor barrier; Air-Shield, a self-adhering air/vapor and liquid moisture barrier, was installed on all vertical and horizontal surfaces; and Pointing Mastic, a pre-mixed, cold-applied, polymeric, single-component sealing compound, was applied to seal all vertical and horizontal terminations of the Air-Shield membranes. The combination of being built on higher ground and using a trio of air, vapor, and moisture products means the new Voxman Music Building will be protected against the elements.