IIBEC Chapter News – May/June/July 2020 July 23, 2020 New England Chapter Awards Scholarships to Local Students By IIBEC New England Chapter Scholarship Chair William Waterston, RRC, AIA, CSI The IIBEC New England Chapter is pleased to announce the award… Regions and Chapters
2020–2021 Lyons and Newlan Scholarship Winners Announced July 8, 2020 By RCI-IIBEC Foundations Development Officer Rick Gardner The RCI-IIBEC Foundation is excited to announce the 2020–2021 recipients of the Robert W. Lyons and RCI Lewis W. Newlan scholarships. The Lyons scholarship is for $5,000 and… RCI-IIBEC Foundations
Pandemic Makes Virtual World Endemic July 1, 2020 By Raymond Wetherholt, F-IIBEC, RBEC, PE; and Johnathan Bain, PEng This article is also available in audio format as a podcast. Search your favorite podcast app for “IIBEC,” visit https://anchor.fm/iibec, or listen right here in… Interface Highlight
Saudi Arabian Desert Resort Is Inspired by Desert Flower July 1, 2020 In the Saudi Arabian Peninsula’s Empty Quarter—a desert covered with ochre-colored sand dunes below white salt flats (“sabkhas”)—a luxury resort is being planned beside the world’s largest sand sea. A Desert Resort Competition was held,… Interface Highlight
Blast from IIBEC’s Past: 1994 July 1, 2020 The Standards and Practices Committee of RCI/IIBEC, chaired by Robb Smith, RRC, released “Standard Symbols for Roof Conditions and Components.” AutoCAD disk files were available for $25, with single hard copies only $5. The Publications… Interface Highlight
NYC Requires Sustainable Roofing Zones July 1, 2020 Midtown New York. By Royal Olive. Flickr. All newly constructed buildings and all buildings undergoing a complete roof deck or roof assembly replacement in all five boroughs of New York City must now have… Interface Highlight
Price-Fixing Lawsuits Against CSSB Dismissed July 1, 2020 Photo by Boatbuilder / CC BY-SA A U.S. district court judge recently entered an order dismissing all class action lawsuits against the Cedar Shake & Shingle Bureau (CSSB) and other defendants regarding… Interface Highlight
IIBEC Member News – May/June 2020 June 29, 2020 Guido Remo Capolino Dies at 90 Guido Capolino, 90, died May 26, 2020, at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, NY, after an illness. Born Dec. 7, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late… IIBEC Members
