06/10/2026
Great article!
CLIMATE CHANGE:
As these events become more frequent and intense, waterproofing professionals are on the front lines of climate adaptation, requiring new approaches, materials, and standards to protect structures for an increasingly unpredictable future.
Looking Beyond Today’s Conditions
For waterproofing professionals, considering future climate conditions is becoming essential when specifying systems.
“If you’re building something now and making a decision to waterproof it now, you’ve got to think about what the weather might be 10 years from now, which might be even more extreme than what you’re seeing now,” Yuers advises.
He acknowledges that the industry has varying perspectives on this long-term approach. “Some builders do think long-term and some don’t,” he says. “If you’re building a condo tower, you’re going to build it and you’re going to sell it. But if you’re building some infrastructure, like a bridge or a dam, you expect that to last for generations to come.”
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