Pterodactyl Wins IDEAS2 Award June 29, 2017 The Pterodactyl office by NAST Enterprises Corp. in Culver City, California, is perhaps the most visually arresting of the winners of this year’s American Institute of Steel Construction’s (AISC’s) 2017 Innovative Design in… Interface
Electronic Leak Detection: Sound Science, Not a Magic Wand June 29, 2017 By Peter Brooks Due to its many advantages over flood testing, membrane integrity testing with electronic leak detection (ELD) has rapidly become the first choice for owners, manufacturers, specifiers, consultants, and contractors around… Interface
New ASTM Test Method Quantifies Air Leakage in Roofs June 29, 2017 By Suda Molleti, PhD, and Bas Baskaran, PhDNational Research Council Canada Designing buildings in an energy-efficient manner has become of primary importance in order to meet energy code target levels. It has been clearly… Interface
First 3-D Printed Equipment Debuts at CONEXPO June 29, 2017 “Drawing” a lot of attention at the CONEXPO show in Las Vegas in March was a small mini excavator off in one corner. The amazing thing about it was that significant parts of the… Interface
NIBS Issues Recommendations to the 45th President June 27, 2017 Highlights Key Building-Related Concerns Established by the U.S. Congress in 1974, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) has, from its beginnings, served as an authoritative source of information on building science and… Industry News
Chapter News – June 2017 June 27, 2017 Check the source! Find chapter news on RCI Affiliated Chapter websites. Chapter leaders can download resources, including the Chapter Awards Program Application, from the Member Resources page… IIBEC Members
Seeking Innovation in Roofing Systems June 7, 2017 Oak Ridge National Lab has partnered with GAF to host a technology challenge on roofing systems. The challenge is part of the online crowdsourcing site, JUMP, and aims to identify innovation solutions for ensuring… Industry News
Member Profile: Kenrick Hartman June 7, 2017 By Katey Springle Lempka In our ongoing series of RCI member profiles, we highlight Kenrick Hartman. Hartman, a senior associate with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. in New York City, received the 2017 RCI Emerging Professionals… IIBEC Members
