Walter J. Rossiter, December 7, 1942–November 10, 2025 Walter J. Rossiter, F–IIBEC, a longtime IIBEC member and an important advocate for the building enclosure industry, died November 10, 2025.
IIBEC TAC Renamed, Issues New Advisory on PV Arrays At its September 2025 meeting, the IIBEC Board of Directors approved a new mission statement for the renamed IIBEC Technical Activities Committee (TAC). The new mission—to develop technical content related to the building enclosure industry, including advisories, policy statements, guide specifications, guidelines, and other technical documents for approval by the IIBEC Board of Directors—reflects an increased scope for the TAC.
IIBEC Advocates for Protecting Qualifications-Based Selection in Wisconsin IIBEC sent a letter on November 6, 2025, to the leading proponents of Wisconsin’s Assembly Bill 217 and Senate Bill 216, Rep. Jerry O’Connor and Sen. Cory Tomczyk, sharing the organization’s perspective on this legislation. While IIBEC supports efforts to modernize procurement procedures and improve efficiency for local governments, the organization expressed concern that raising procurement thresholds without explicitly exempting professional design services could unintentionally weaken Wisconsin’s long-standing commitment to qualifications-based selection.
