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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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ion to place upon such a contract to holdthat under it the architects could accept all of thematerial furnished by (stone manufacturer) andthereafter summarily reject it and by so doingabsolve the (contractor) from liability * * * to payfor the material furnished. Such is not the law,* * * We find no error * * * the judgment * * * isaffirmed. (220 N. W. 197) CONCLUSION So ended the case. And, on the facts involved,the holding is in accord with the great weight ofauthority. The latter taking the position that whenan architect renders a final decision, under abuilding contract of this character, he has ex-hausted his power on the point covered. Perforce the parties to the contract are boundthereby, and, in the absence of fraud or mistake,the architect may. not thereafter reverse his de-cision to the prejudice of the parties to the con-tract. And, as an illustration of judicial reasoningin the application of this rule, the case reviewedis one of force and value. 14 ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER
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Granular mineral wool insula-tion being pneumatically ap-plied to a roof. After thespace between joists is filledto a depth of four to six inch-es, the roofing material is re-placed and made water-tight. INSULATION By HENRY J. WINGATE, Architectural Engineer Now that the homebuilding industry is gradual-ly beginning to find itself in a competitive marketwith prospective buyers shopping around forvalues instead of grabbing the first house offered,many builders are hastening to meet these de-mands. And they can meet them, too. Unlike the situa-tion that prevailed prior to December 14, 1946, thedate that ceiling prices went off new homes, buy-ers can now pay and are willing to pay a few hun-dred dollars more for refinements that builderscould not give them under the old ceiling regula-tion. It is trite, but never more true, that a home repre-sents the biggest purchase the average family willmake in its lifetime. Most families know what theywant because in most cases years of planninghave

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