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
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
Green Schools Save Money (SB 644): IIBEC Recommends Improvements to NC Bill April 24, 2025 In a letter dated April 22, 2025, IIBEC leaders provided North Carolina state senators with three recommendations to improve their bill promoting green buildings on North Carolina school campuses. Government Relations
IIBEC Mid-Atlantic Chapter Members Advocate for Facade Inspections April 17, 2025 By John Bolingacade Inspections Members of the IIBEC Mid-Atlantic Chapter joined with IIBEC Director of Government Affairs John Boling on April 7, 2025, to brief… Government Relations
IIBEC and Industry Peers Prepare for Roofing Day in D.C. 2025 February 13, 2025 IIBEC is again preparing to join industry partners in Washington, D.C., for Roofing Day in D.C. 2025, to be held April 8–9. General Interest
IIBEC Urges Michigan Senate Committee to Expedite QBS Bill December 13, 2024 On December 12, 2024, leaders from IIBEC sent a letter urging the Michigan State Senate Regulatory Reform Committee to expeditiously pass MI HB 5654, which would expand the use of the qualifications-based selection (QBS) process for the procurement of architect and engineering design (A/E/D) professional services. Government Relations
After Recent Building Failures, IIBEC Recommends Wilmington, North Carolina, Establish a Facade Inspection Program October 10, 2024 On October 7, 2024, IIBEC sent a letter to the mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina, and the city council recommending that they consider establishing a building facade inspection program in light of two recent building failures. The letter was signed by IIBEC Executive Vice President and CEO Pallasch; IIBEC Region II Director Nicholas Tribble, RRO; and IIBEC Carolinas Chapter President Scott Singleton, PE, RRC. Government Relations
IIBEC Educates Florida City About Problems Associated with Job-Order Contracting September 26, 2024 Earlier this month the city of Tampa, Florida, released an internal audit of its recently enacted cooperative purchasing job-order contracting (JOC) program. IIBEC, in a letter signed by its Executive Vice President and CEO Brian Pallasch, and IIBEC Florida Chapter President Ricardo Moncada, took the opportunity to educate the Internal Audit Department about problems associated with JOC for design and construction services. Along with the letter, the RCI-IIBEC Foundation report, An Analysis of Unit-Price Procurement, and IIBEC’s Safeguarding Taxpayer Funds During Procurement of Design and Construction Services policy recommendations also were sent to the department. General Interest
