Avoiding Delegated Disaster October 19, 2026 Avoiding Delegated Disaster By Michael Turner, AIA, NCARB, DBIA, and Sulman Bhatti, EIT DELEGATED DESIGN CAN be a valuable project delivery tool, especially in the realm of pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMBs). Technical Article
Georgia Chapter to Honor 25 Past Presidents during Annual Luncheon October 15, 2026 The IIBEC Georgia Chapter will honor its 25 past presidents during its December 11, 2026, chapter meeting. Since its founding in 1999, the chapter has had the honor of seeing five of its members becoming presidents of RCI and IIBEC. Regions and Chapters
IIBEC and Building Commissioning Association Sign Memorandum of Understanding October 14, 2026 The International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC) and the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) announced on September 25, 2026, that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on education, training, and advocacy efforts. Media Relations
Join Us for the Next “Blueprints of an Enclosure Career,” with Jennifer Keegan October 2, 2026 Join Us for the Next “Blueprints of an Enclosure Career,” with Jennifer Keegan. General Interest
Deadline Extended! Submit for an EBEC Award by October 2, 2026 October 1, 2026 The EBEC Awards Portal will remain open through this Friday, October 2, at 11:59 p.m. ET. General Interest
Welcome to Cartober! September 30, 2026 Do you have a vehicle, motorcycle, or anything with an engine that you would like to get rid of? The foundation would appreciate you considering donating it to us this October. RCI-IIBEC Foundations
Designerless Roofs: Who Has Liability for Faulty Design? September 15, 2026 From time to time, IIBEC chooses to republish articles from its archive that have continued salience in our changing industry. This article, published in 2005 when IIBEC was known as the Roof Consultants Institute, remains relevant specifically to building owners, contractors, and manufacturers in its discussion of the importance of hiring independent designers for building projects.
The D-I-P-F Curve: A Framework for Predicting and Preventing Roof Failures September 15, 2026 Reliability engineers use the P-F curve to chart the interval between the potential failure (P) point, when early warning signs appear, and the functional failure (F), when a component can no longer perform its intended function. In building enclosure consulting, however, many problems originate long before the P point. The D-I-P-F curve is a conceptual adaptation of reliability-engineering models that maps the roof’s life cycle from initial design decisions through the onset of measurable degradation and eventual functional failure. The D-I-P-F curve represents a conceptual framework synthesizing field data, failure timelines, and industry best practices, rather than a curve generated through numerical modeling. Technical Article
