Life Cycle Analysis


Building professionals know that the lowest price isn’t always the cheapest in the long run. IMI’s new Life Cycle Analysis program lets building owners and designers enter project information and get a detailed, bound report customized for their specific project.

Your Life Cycle Analysis Report gives you the true cost of building components, as an annualized dollar amount calculated across the life of the building. Third party data sources provide impartial comparison of products.

Custom life cycle cost information is available for:
* Exterior Wall Systems
* Partition Walls
* Floors
* Building types: Educational, Commercial, Offices, Health Care

Your custom Life Cycle Analysis report includes:
initial costs
future maintenance and repair costs
annual operating costs
replacement costs

Reports are prepared by the independent firm of Stephen Kirk Associates. Dr. Stephen Kirk, FAIA, CVS, is co-author of “Life Cycle Costing for Facilities.” For more information, click here.

Click here to request your custom Life Cycle Analysis Report.

Trade Shows
In the masonry industry, IMI is playing an increasingly central role in all the major shows, with keynote presentations, seminars, demonstrations, and more.
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2007 Shows Calendar

Tile Marble Terrazzo Expos
IMI's five-city tour of Tile Marble Terrazzo Expos has just wrapped up. The series of continuing education seminars and exhibits was a big hit with designers, building owners, contractors or others in Detroit, New York, New Jersey, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Cleveland.

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Golden Trowel Awards
Designers, BAC craftworkers, contractors, and Team IMI - architects, engineers and construction professionals' creations of quality masonry projects.

more on the Golden Trowel Awards
see the 2007 programs: IN/KY, OH, NJ, Western PA


Masonry Variations
“Masonry Variations,” sponsored by BAC and IMI, takes a bold look at the untapped potential of masonry, while underscoring the value of true collaboration between designers and craftworkers. The Stone Curtain part of Masonry Variations recently received the Special Recognition Award at AIA Chicago 2004 Design Excellence Awards.

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see AIA Award article