Part 1. Introduction 1. A Snapshot of the Roofing Industry in 2001 2. Low-Sloped Roofing Systems and Materials 3. Low-Sloped Roofing Systems (cont.) 4. Structural Decks and Insulation 5. Steep-Sloped Roofing Systems 6.

Flashing Systems 7. What is Failure? 8. Performance vs. Prescriptive Specifications. Part 2. Introduction 9. The Case of the Leaking Book Warehouse 10. The Case of the Shattered Slates 11.

The Case of the Department Store's Splitting Return 12. The Case of the Propriety Products 13. The Case of the Splitting Membrane 14. The Case of the Unacceptable Design Advice 15. The Case of the Skilled Maintenance Man 16. The Case of the Roof over the Rare Paper Storage 17. The Case of the Wide Spread Flame 18. The Case of the Disintegrating Shakes 19.

The Case of the Leaking Gymnasium 20. The Case of the Flapping Glass Fiber Felts 21. The Case of the Leaking Condominiums 22. The Case of the Corroding Foam 23. The Case of the Heavy Glass Fiber Shingles 24. The Case of Moving Insulation 25. The Case of the Phantom Deck Movement 26. The Case of the Lightweight Insulating Concrete 27.

The Case of the Shrinking Insulation 28. The Case of the Gooey Felts 29. The Case of the Ice Castles 30. The Case of the Tile 31. The Case of the Skaters' Cracks 32. The Case of the Phased Felt Piles 33. The Case of the Fasteners Backouts 34. The Case of the Blistered Shingles 35.

The Case of "1+1= 4" 36. The Case of Cold Process Roofing 37. The Case of Pressure Sensitive Adhesion 38. The Case of Fire Retardant Plywood 39. The Case of Asphalt Dispersion 40. The Case of Liquid Applied Waterproofing 41. The Case of Blistered Airport Roof 42. The Case of Pesky Seagulls 43.

The Case of Distant Expansion Joints 44. The Case of the Ill Wind 45. The Case of Improper Waterproofing 46. The Case of the Poorly Ventilated Roof 47. The Case of the Missing Facer Adhesion 48. The Case of the Noisy Roof 49. The Case of the Severe Hailstorm 50. What Have We Learned? Index.