Mike
You are exactly right.  The primary use for EIFS should be theatre sets,
Disney, Vegas, etc..  There is certainly a significant, large and perhaps
justifiable market for ephemeral architecture.  A friend just returned from
Malta where they erected the largest stadium ever built for the movie
"Gladiator" at a cost of, I believe he said, $23,000,000 including tear down
and removal from site within one year.  The construction/design guys have a
lot to learn from Hollywood.
Best,
Leland
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From: Leya L. Edison <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, June 17, 1999 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: So, how do you lay a cornerstone made of EIFS?


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>Maybe that's the only thing that can be said in
defense of EIFS--they're not heavy.<

I have been watching the demolition of a 25 year old masonry shopping mall
just over the hill from our plant. It became a ghost town 18 months ago
when a new EIFS shopping mall opened up, closer to the exit on the
Interstate. A lot of time and effort sure could have been saved if they
bult the old one of EIFS.

Mike E.