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How often have you seen a standard confidentiality disclaimer at the end of an email? An email I recently received ended with this: This...

A couple of days ago, I received four emails from the same manufacturer's rep, containing a total of twenty-two images of new finish col...

In October, I published " Tegularity ," a discussion of the proper term for acoustic ceiling panels. (The title came from the name...

I often joke about paint specifications, which frequently have a list of things that are to be painted, along with another list of things th...

As part of an update of approved abbreviations, my office changed its long-standing ACB (acoustic ceiling board) to ACT (acoustic ceiling ...

A common recommendation for laying out tile is that the edge pieces should not be less than half the width of the tile. Here's an intere...

Following up on galvanized stainless steel. I know it is available, but it is not used often, at least in construction. I found an item adve...