How History and the Census are Impacting Biden’s Infrastructure Proposal May 10, 2021 Two factors beyond the control of any one person could potentially upend President Biden’s $4.1 trillion infrastructure proposal: history and the census results. Succinctly stated, history shows that the president’s party usually suffers losses in… News/Advocacy
How to Give Owners What They Want Through Performance Specifications May 1, 2021 By Melissa I. Payne, BECxP, CxA+BE, CDT There are numerous sources of potential building enclosure failures. These failures have caused building repairs and litigations to become a billion-dollar annual industry and are one of the… Interface Highlight
Planning Ahead for Climate Change With The Global Resiliency Dialogue May 1, 2021 As climate change makes it impossible for code developers to rely entirely on historical data, code creators and researchers are looking elsewhere in an effort to keep looking forward. The Global Resiliency Dialogue is… Interface Highlight
Blast From IIBEC’s Past: 2002 May 1, 2021 By 2002, the staff at HQ was starting to solidify into what would become a long-term team. Jim Birdsong had taken over as CEO/EVP the previous year, and Kris Ammerman, Micki Kamszik, Karen McElroy, and… Interface Highlight
Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Plan Contains $100 Billion for School Building Upgrades May 1, 2021 By John Boling President Biden. Photo by Evan Vucci/AP. Settling the long-running dispute between the parties that school construction is a state and local responsibility, the American Jobs Plan includes $100 billion in funds… Interface Highlight
JetBrains’ Green New Office May 1, 2021 All images are courtesy of UNStudio. Czech software development company JetBrains had a clear concept for their new offices, revolving around being connective, comfortable, and versatile. The green campus overlooks the Gulf of Finland,… Interface Highlight
2021 Annual Meeting of the Members April 30, 2021 The IIBEC 2021 Annual Meeting of the Members took place on March 8, 2021, via webinar. IIBEC President Scott Hinesley, RRC, PE, welcomed attendees and expressed his hope that this would be our last Meeting… IIBEC Members
IIBEC Member Profile – Jennifer Keegan April 30, 2021 By Rick Gardner Keegan presenting at the Siplast Sales Conference. Jennifer Keegan is the GAF director of building and roofing science. Keegan started her career at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates working on failure investigations,… IIBEC Members
