May/June 2025 IIBEC Interface | Theme: 2025 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show Highlights May 20, 2025 Interface Issue
From the CEO: Summer, Student Enthusiasm Paint a Positive Vision of Our Future May 20, 2025 AS THE WEATHER warms, I find myself looking ahead to the summer and the opportunities that come following the end of a school year. Graduation season is upon us—a time of…
Mishandling AI Tools Puts Engineers at Risk for Ethics Violations May 20, 2025 WITH THE PROLIFERATION of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools in today’s engineering workforce, a case study relating to the downfall of IBM’s $4 billion health care AI system offers a message of caution for… Codes and Standards
President’s Message: Why Service Is Its Own Reward May 20, 2025 President’s message ©2025 International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants (IIBEC) CONNECT Instagram www.instagram.com/IIBEC2020 Facebook www.facebook.com/IIBEC2020 www.x.com/iibec2020 LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/iibec2020 IIBEC By Chris Dawkins, PE…
Roof Decks A to Z Part 20: Cinder Concrete on Ribbed/Expanded Metal Lath May 20, 2025 CINDER CONCRETE IS a cast-in-place deck type (also referred to as job-cast concrete). This article concerns itself with cinder concrete placed atop ribbed and expanded metal form (also known as wire… Codes and Standards
IIBEC-Endorsed, Pro-QBS Legislation Advances in New York State Senate May 15, 2025 On May 13, 2025, the New York State Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions unanimously approved legislation that would expand the use of qualifications-based selection (QBS) for the procurement of architectural, engineering, and design professionals. Government Relations
Riaz Hasan, March 31, 1948–April 27, 2025 May 14, 2025 Riaz Hasan, a previous member of IIBEC, died April 27, 2025. The cause of death, according to a published obituary, was cancer. IIBEC Members
IIBEC Tells Missouri Senate to Vote Down Poorly Written Anti-Building-Code Legislation May 9, 2025 Repeat anti-building-code legislation from 2024 made a surprising amount of progress in 2025 until it hit a wall of bipartisan common sense in the state senate, where it stalled. The state’s legislative session ended before the bill’s proponents could mollify the concerns of the detractors, and the bill died. General Interest
