Publications

RobPickett &Associates, LLC

Providing technical services since 2001

Publications

Publications featuring Rob Pickett or RP&A include:

STRUCTURE Magazine:

“ICC Standard on Log Construction”, March 2006, a collaboration with John “Buddy” Showalter, P.E. This article is a summary of the purpose and content of the ICC400 standard.

“Fire Resistance of Log Walls,” Wood Design Focus, Vol. 18, No. 3, Fall 2008, Forest Products Society

Contributing Editor, Wood Design Focus Log Structures, four articles on log structures, Volume 14, No. 1, Spring 2004 , Forest Products Society

Wood Design Focus Magazine

• Sweet's Selection Data, Vol. 1 of the General Building & Renovation edition of Sweet's Catalog; McGraw-Hill Information Systems Company

• 1989 - SD.6/Fi fire protection

• 1988 - SD.6/He heating/cooling

• 1987 - SD.6/Li electrical lighting

• Log Home Fastening Systems, 1988 LOG HOMES Annual Buyer's Guide

Past Publications

2-part series, "Log Fastening Solutions", February and March 2004 issues. The articles are dedicated to Bill Moffatt who collaborated with Rob to develop the Log Homes Council Log Tech Note on Fasteners.

Log Home Design Ideas

Country’s Best Log Homes Magazine

Ask the Experts Column, "Maintaining indoor humidity; About log drying"

The STC’s of Log Buildings

How do log walls perform to sound? Also published as Sound Transmissions in Log Walls, Building Systems Magazine, Builder/Dealer Management Services Inc., Jan/Feb 2002, pg. 49-50.

AFT Construction

AFT = Anti-Formosan Termite - Some research results in a positive response Also published as Fighting Formosan Termites, Building Systems Magazine, Builder/Dealer Management Services Inc., Sept/Oct 2001, pg. 48,50 .

Building Systems Magazine

Log Homes Illustrated -- Logology Column