News and Press | IIBEC - Part 9

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…

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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…

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Change Is Still “Up in the Air”

June 1, 2020

By Melinda Sokoloski 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 your browser. Introduction Figure 1 –…

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Albany Egg Roof Is Restored

June 1, 2020

Adhesion test on The Egg. The Albany, New York “Egg,” an iconic performing arts venue named for its shape, underwent a challenging roof restoration and installation of a new “cool roof” in 2019. Built from…

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IIBEC COVID-19 Resources Page Provides Clearinghouse on Pandemic Information

June 1, 2020

Shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread shelter-in-place orders across North America, IIBEC created a COVID-19 resource center. The site provides a clearinghouse of information on the association’s actions and…

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Miami-Dade Enhances ePermitting

June 1, 2020

The Miami-Dade County Building Department stepped up its online Roofing Permitting Application System to allow contractors to apply for permits from the county’s Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources Construction, Permitting, & Building Code Division.

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Software Spots Social Distancing on the Job

June 1, 2020

Computer vision, paired with artificial intelligence (AI), has been in use on jobsites for a few years now, used to analyze safety hazards such as whether construction workers were wearing personal protection equipment (PPE) such…

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Blast from IIBEC’s Past: 1993

June 1, 2020

Ten years following IIBEC’s (then RCI’s) founding, the association claimed 546 members “in a time of financial problems,” according to then- president Richard Horowitz. Its membership categories were expanded to include Affiliated members and Government…

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