b'New Sl\\\'IRCA PersonnelPerkin-Elmer Experiments with Carlisle Membrane Continued from page 12Continued from page 13 MiRCA newsletter entitled the Michigan Roofing using argerl dedicated crew to perform the work and pro-la than-normaSMRCAwas founded in 1955. Theof SMRCA is to advance stan viding adate. purposewritten completion dards and provide aof c nt roofing contractorstradesmenT original specification for Perkin-Elmer r mended a-Carlisle sourceompete andheecom nonto the commercialindustry.roofing system, but Royal proposed agespecs, callinga-mil constructionchan tofor45Carlisle Su ldT ,ing itld be best suited for the highly re-We GrayPO know wouaterkin- he complicated roofing conditionsP Elmer. "T specifications were very complicated because of the amount of rooftop mounted equipment, in ing cludM c1122Fl\\\'Jridae Mernl&QQnoitronlnQ on1Fa~1s Refifinij ~h etAirair-conditioning units,ventilationandfans," said BA$~ffion(f2BA) "Keeping,YblJt fiffJploJees \'S\'aTe ~t ltie \'$fro{!;airsystemsexhaustrad Wagener, project m er, R mpany, Inc. " k we would 011t/ie-Socrtia en the Jobsemirtar~Beach,anag oyal Roofing Co Wenew a(t&-teDaiJmaf;ta,have to develop ar cto work around accessibility and air circulaeatt4.{l,[67~for mo in!Qrf;fio11,st ategi plan 7 ;31~re Fr0t1lingM~ &~a11tliti0ninger,s;tion issues." Mal-ell2$Fl0Ma,&h!letI\'ll;irGonttaatA nAJ \'\'Kl{f;"f)i1Jf!Y@t1r ftflptoy,ee$gafe?tf/j__\'EJ Shag,Perkin-Elmer\'s existing roof consisted of a built-up mineral cap sheet surlsneialill {F~o{J the f\'{fid _lft11J,ot1tri/Jsemia~ 1 mAa,Ra.face over adinsulation was originallyfrom the inteJfJP.Slte."1 plywoo deck. Theinstalled Gall4\' -377&tor iwrilJfi1mma11o11. 0t/6V1 rior and was p ced underwood deck. "We could not tear off the existing Ma hFtol\'iija:floaiingt Metal&eaaalttQnio Gont sla the .rc a9hee Ajr:gr\'clctor surface because the highly-securedof the b ing might be exposed to AS$C (l\'RSAJ \':K8/ll2irlflffll1,~rethe@nu,areasuildf! iationffa\'ff!J/@ye_esatfiberglasschips, d t andparticles that could fall through theplywood off~OQ/1 and &n ttle Jd .$ite\'\'W~t PalmB.eacfi,usUtebseiTlifl~r Fla. ~a 407/&:71-Si/72 for mm:e iflfe.,ma .seams," Wagenersaid. 1!liol\'lM:aroli~1~~l"P {JQri/lg&cilfgf.foaffntJ ipet:jfieaiim:ts"rThe first step was to prep the surface by blowing and brushing the debris R.lti te li[jfoJ seminaev ~rooN~g, N .3~~f!il90"7208off the cap sheet and by tearing out the jacks that were mounted in thef. M!irtfi2& RIEiWaofkin; tltJf!fitys~ inat IDeavet Z4Ass11Fali:e1trn Once the prep was completed,a 28-pound conventionalb sheet was ase tacked intousing Carlisle fastener yal then installed the Sure-Wei~ Mare 242!!e/Jtion~ff8tJ1;wrplaces. RotttradeTPO membrane, fastening itthe roof deck with C lisle H F n , toar P-Xaste ers anijpj,il46R.twlf(IQ\' $JslemsPiranha Plates.joining sheetsSure-Weldwere then welded Meta:tAd ofmembrane ot 90-721%}together with a h air welder. 11,pril6.VogyseminarCarlisle\'s techn service representatives became quite involved ins icalthiproject as equ congestionstandardilst. Timley, April18-19r3.&317g~z~ipmentmadedeta difficul Wha1 . Carlisle\'s regional manager note "This project required adeal of comA t 2526~it"ard,great P.rfseJTiin prehensive detailed work, time and patience, and Royal R fing oo Company d 11To Apr- v-ga._o,s~. \'amJgem sm\'ninarG~lca-gostepped up to the challenge.be sure water would not penetrate the sub303tl@@ strate, aamount of Carlisle flashing- which takes a-o ted team \'7~0J}largedetail rienM yRtgt ~ il1 Ra@ifnffsernma1 Chreago ij 11nttfl Jf;ffqn toto complete p perly-was installed.performed b u from start to -rooro Royalea tifully $tlfely"1$emitiltfr!;h 3Wfl90-7~0finish." i~!}U c p tion of the job,roof andof the 500 mechanicalits$ystws1,em1r1arponom le theeachun\'lftrmifing . n~o.1200were thoroughly inspected by Perkin-Elmer to verify every u sat perfectly nit IWiJY!\'ti&! "MiJ(}iffea~minro-level. The inspection team also examined every joint and seamapproxiis1t11men"~s:rtoo-nof ~~ M 16-1-9M p~is,mately three milesuit and cond tion line for theity of the ay~lil of cond ensa integrM~~. tM~ne.e\'\'$el\'tlittarstain llation. asDuring the installation, Perkin-Elmer\'s Applied Biosystems Division successfully developed and tested a line of systems for nucleic acid a peptide W!\'fi $.01,1t e.11stF/QtJ/ing &estnd h Sh Met/Ji fl[J~twtfll\'rM~ $119vf\' Gitamlb, fla,synthesis, PCR, D geneticprotein analysis, capillarya. NA sequencing,andelec\'Western-$fijtes\'/!footi \'C;l;ntr111.totsA%00ia \'&onv.ef!liCJntrophoresis, liquid chromatography, UVNIS and fluorescence spectroscopy. ngfien and TtaUe $b\'o!\'l R~AO,Ne@/\'l2~t333The re-roofing work never interruptedir.p ject was of ly tt.the progress Thero ficialMfil\'CJI r01;intlail01:1Gillf Aflnu.ail\'ou.mJentconcluded nine months afterof the contract- on-timeun Ma WLs.100/497the awardandder~is~n,,&~budget Si;Jl;l, 7;J;S"MRCA ~Mtt_rwat(;.dfiVQEJ/lOJ1QJrif,$tm,,l fu!tteCarlisle SynTec Incorporated is a leading manufacturer of single-ply roof-M.br.tma Terraee Gon1teti\iQfl G\'Elntet,Madistm,WJs. ing systems and products. For more information, write toCa isle 8Q /A97-G722rl SynTec OIncorporated, P.O. Box0, Carlisle, PA170 contact Patricia Gr t\\"""\'\\ 700 13,aybilcfutllt~ .M aci~lio:H\' {.gGMA,,!0/4/SYNR\'anufa s s\'1lrin1t.1lcommunicationscoordinator, at 80 TECor visit our Web site at/ 1/pa,t~Jam_alea R Han,www.carlisle-syntec.com.'