b'\\ Sencopersonnelget their"headschoppedoff"byphoto-grapher.Don\'t seemto mind,however! and by the right to trial by jury guar Sidelapfasteningofthesteel anteedbythe6thand7th Amend deck in thecenter of thespan has ments.(2)Itprovidesforunrea long been apoint of dispute within sonablesearchandseizureonthethe Steel Deck Industryitself, said employers premises and, (3)it dele Paul Morris,andat one meeting, it gates legislative andjudicial pow wasagreedthatthissidelap faserstotheSecretaryofLabor.teningwouldgreatlyhelpreduce Technical Research Reportthedeckdeflectionandthatit PaulL.Morris,KansasCity,should be apermanent requirement Mo.,Co-Chairman,TechnicalRe within the industry. search Committee,reportedon dis Aresearch program was started cussionswithFactoryMutualandto investigatethe effect of roofing SteelInstituteequipmentmovingoverthesteel Deckpersonnel,which took place at a number of meetingsdeck.In addition,Morris reported, attendedbybothGeorgeBodwell,theSteelDeck Instituteagreedto Co-Chairman and himself, to evalu review types of paint that were curate the roofing problems and to seekrentlyusedinthemanufactureof possiblesolutionsandmethodstosteel decks andthe ability of roof eliminate failures.adhesivestoadhereto that paint. OneoftheproblemsdiscussedThermal ShockRoof Failures wastheFactoryMutualClassIPaulMorrisapplaudedtheNaConstructionFireRateandWindtional Bureau of Standards for their Uplift Test.pastcontributionstotheroofing Onepointbroughtoutwastheindustry,and reviewedsomeof the defective configuration of the steelworkthatremainedtobedone. deckthatmakesit impossibleforMorris indicated thatNBS had docutheroofinsulationandthesteelmentedtestsmadeonshrinking deck to comein contact with eachroofsandtheapparentexpansion other for thebonding of the two flatcoefficientBUR membranes, makof surfaces.Other factors contributinging recommendation on how to comtoinadequateadhesionandfaultybatthisproblem.Hecalledupon field control were discussedalongmanufacturerstoreviewtheserewith the requirements in FM Bulle commendationsandtoincorporate tin1-28 , makingtheroofingcon theminto their future BUR specifitractorresponsibleforinspectingcation books. workperformedby others. GeorgeBodwell,ataFactoryReportswerealsomadeonother reMutualmeeting,deploredthelacksearchdatawhichwillbereported in of printedspecificationsforarchi afutureissue. tectsandpointedoutthatinthe coldweatherclimates,secureattachmentoftheinsulationtothe deck could be assured only through clippingornailing,especiallyin-theeventof defective deckconfigurations.He indicated that steep asphalt and fire retardent adhesives will break the bond between the insulation and deck,through ariydeflectionsduringthecoldwinter months. Another problem often attributed to "poor workmanship" occurs when the steelpaintimcompatible deckis withtheinsulationadhesive,resulting in pooradhesion. 10'