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STRUCTURAL SUGGESTIONS 185<br />

92.—Importance of Proper Insulati<strong>on</strong> Design.—It is now<br />

customary, when planning an ice or a cold storage plant, to<br />

treat the entire project as a whole, so that locati<strong>on</strong>, building,<br />

cold rooms, mechanical equipment, and <str<strong>on</strong>g>complete</str<strong>on</strong>g> cost are all<br />

properly balanced and correlated, to the end that the purpose<br />

and intent of the undertaking can be fully and satisfactorily<br />

carried out. Such a project should be entrusted <strong>on</strong>ly to reli-<br />

(LCVOTCM SECTION I<br />

FIG. 56.—TYPICAL SUB-STATION FOR STORAGE AND HANDLING OF ICE,<br />

INSULATED WITH 4-IN. CORKBOARD.<br />

able architects and engineers competent to handle cold storage<br />

work; and if so entrusted, the design of the <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> should<br />

have that major attenti<strong>on</strong> that its importance and cost entitles<br />

it to receive.<br />

Each new ice plant and each new cold storage plant will<br />

present its own peculiar problems in design and equipment;<br />

but the field of <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> experience is now so very broad and<br />

has yielded up so many less<strong>on</strong>s, especially less<strong>on</strong>s in what not<br />

to do, that no architect and engineer who is really experienced<br />

in the design and operati<strong>on</strong> of such plants need l<strong>on</strong>ger be in<br />

doubt as to the proper insulating material to use and the<br />

proper <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> specificati<strong>on</strong>s to employ. It must never be<br />

forgotten, however, that <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> is a branch of engineering<br />

and c<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> that is highly specialized, and an architect's

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