Membrane and Flashing Condition Indexes for Modified Bitumen Roofs: Inspection and Distress Manual

Abstract

The U.S. Army is currently responsible for maintaining millions of square feet of modified bitumen roofing on its facilities. Modified bitumen roofing systems share a number of characteristics with other common systems, but they also employ certain unique materials and therefore have their own specialized distress and degradation mechanisms. Dedicated inspection guidance and condition index calculation methods are required to quantify the condition of an installation's modified bitumen roofing assets in order to make the best use of Army maintenance and repair resources. This document was developed to provide roof inspectors with a standard reference for performing inspections, and calculating a flashing condition index (FCI) and membrane condition index (MCI) for use in facility maintenance management activities. It represents a new implementation of the widely used ROOFER Sustainment Management System for roofing asset management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA518899

Entities

People

  • David M. Bailey

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coatings
  • Degradation
  • Delamination
  • Engineering
  • Expansion Joints
  • Guidance
  • Inspection
  • Joints
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Membranes
  • Physical Properties
  • Protective Coatings
  • Standards
  • Sustainment

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.