Opening Ceremony, Education Among Saturday Highlights at the 2023 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show
March 5, 2023
A full slate of educational sessions started early Saturday morning with “Resilience: What Does that Mean for the Design of Buildings?” Donald R. Scott, PE, SE, FSEI, FASCE, of PCS Structural Solutions, showed images of damaged hospitals and other buildings as he walked through the considerations that go into building resiliency, including the importance of building codes and standards, the public expectation among communities for their buildings to be resilient, and climate impacts on buildings.