A school construction team in Virginia recently had a rare opportunity to discover how extruded polystyrene insulation holds up under a standing seam steel roof and severe weather conditions. When the insulation in a nearly 10-year-old roofing system was tested, it retained 95 percent of its rated insulating value. In May of 1997, builders broke ground on the construction of Monticello High School in Charlottesville. Specifications for the

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