Green Link Engineering
Rooftop Supports: What Do Adhesive/Sealants Bring to the Party?
By GreenLink. Many, if not most, rooftop supports are loose laid. This makes for easy installation of pipelines, air conditioning units, conduit and other rooftop equipment, but loose laid supports present a potential for problems down the road. Over time, equipment vibration and wind gusts can cause loose laid supports to ...
Another Reason to Love the Roofing Industry: Friendships are Born When You Least Expect it.
By Karen L. Edwards, NWIR Communications Chair and RCS Editor. Dana Castle didn’t know what to expect from her trip to the National Women in Roofing Day, but she sure didn’t expect this! GREEN LINK Engineering’s Sales and Business Development Coordinator, Dana Castle, was excited about attending the first National Women in ...
Replacing Wood Block with the Knucklehead Rooftop Support System
This project involved replacing wood blocks with KnuckleHead supports as part of roof upgrade on a retail building in East Lansing, Michigan. The contractor had applied a two-coat liquid polyurethane coating over an aging BUR. Installers had to work around dozens of deteriorating wood blocks which had been used to ...
Replacing Wood Sleepers on a Low-Slope Roof
This low-slope TPO roof on a public-school building in Michigan shows the flaws of using wood sleepers and the advantages of Solar / HVAC KnuckleHeads for pipe supports. Loose-laid sleepers are subject to movement, over time causing pipes to bend and contort. In addition, the wood will deteriorate and rot from ...
Elevating and Leveling Rooftop-Mounted Equipment
By GREEN LINK Engineering. Elevating and leveling roof-installed pipelines and HVAC equipment are more important than may appear at first glance. There are two issues: First, pipes, equipment or electrical conduit need to be elevated to a point where debris, sticks and leaves, snow and ice cannot be trapped underneath causing a ...
Paver and Strut Knucklehead Upgrade Cooling System Support During Re-Roofing
This project involved the installation of KnuckleHeads to improve the support structure of a rooftop cooling system during a commercial re-roofing job. The building was an approximately 28,000-square-foot facility housing a large internet service provider located in Southfield, Michigan. The cooling system included three large chillers and associated pipes and conduit ...
GREEN LINK Engineering Founder Made Multimillion Dollar Gift to Establish Research Center to Address Construction Challenges
Western Michigan University’s Georgeau Construction Research Center was established in 2016 through a $5 million gift from Phil Gorgeau and his late wife Betty. The couple funded the center to not only advance the construction industry through innovative research, but also to create better, stronger, safer, sustainable and more resilient construction ...
RCS Interview with Bill Machemer, Technical Support at GreenLink Engineering
By Heidi J. Ellsworth, RCS Partner. Time to change old habits and leave wood blocks off the roof. I had the pleasure of visiting with Bill Machemer of GreenLink Engineering this month. It is always amazing to me, how many cool people, products and companies are in roofing. I asked ...
The Dead Zone: When rooftop supports aren’t specified
Because rooftop supports aren’t typically specified, they are often improvised. A well-constructed commercial or industrial building must meet a host of specifications. The roof is no exception, and neither is rooftop mounted equipment, including pipes, conduit, HVAC/R units, solar arrays, etc. Yet between such equipment and the roof membrane is an ...
No More Sleepers on the Job
KnuckleHeads protect roof membranes, evenly distribute weight and last Innovative, lightweight KnuckleHeads provide rooftop support for HVAC equipment, pipes, and conduit and offer many advantages over traditional wood sleepers. KnuckleHeads are molded from reinforced nylon, feature a round base so that weight is more evenly distributed and are virtually unaffected by weather ...
