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Just about every watershaper knows that concrete is a marvelous material – strong, resilient, formable and capable of a long service life. But judging by common practice, says past concrete forensic examiner Jerry Werner, not all watershapers seem to be fully aware of the basic permeability of the material or recognize the fact that almost all structures made from concrete will benefit in the long run from the use of some form of waterproofing.

Concrete Inevitabilities

I’ve come to the world of watershaping from a different perspective. Back in the 1960s, I worked for a company that built poured-in-place concrete homes in Florida. Right from the beginning, I couldn’t help noticing the importance of waterproofing in the performance of these structures – or the consequences of not taking the potential for water intrusion seriously. My interest in this subject took on new significance in 1989, when I formed a Florida firm that conducted forensic analyses in all manner of structural failures as a service to