IIBEC Has a Podcast March 5, 2020 The IIBEC team is pleased to announce that we have added another way for you to consume the content historically only offered in print. You may know that we feature a… About IIBEC
Diamonds Are A Student’s Best Friend Promotion March 2, 2020 Diamond earrings will be raffled off to benefit the RCI-IIBEC Foundation Student Participation Fund. This year, as part of the Foundations’ Auction, there will be a very special drawing to benefit the IIBEC Convention/Student Participation… RCI-IIBEC Foundations
The Most Common Problems With Residential Counterflashing March 1, 2020 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. By Derek Hodgin, RBEC, RRO,… Interface
Proposed New Drone Rules Would Require Live Location Reporting March 1, 2020 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in December proposed a rule that would require all commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) or drones to report their locations while in operation. The proposed rules have logged thousands of… Interface Highlight
Inventor of Hard Hat Inducted Into National Inventors Hall of Fame March 1, 2020 Edward W. Bullard, inventor of the hard hat, will be inducted (posthumously) into the 2020 class of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. Originally designed for miners, hard hats are now used by millions of… Interface Highlight
Dune Museum is Subterranean Gallery March 1, 2020 The UCCA Dune Art Museum is carved into sand dunes along the northeast coast in Qinhuangdao, China. Designed by Beijing-based OPEN Architecture, the 10,000 ft.2 museum is almost buried in the sand. Three terraces open… Interface Highlight
Blast From IIBEC’s Past: 1990 March 1, 2020 The Fifth National Convention of RCI officially opened in Chicago on Sunday, March 18, 1990, with the Certified Roof Consultant (CRC) examination (now the Registered Roof Consultant or RRC). A roomful of hopefuls labored for… Interface Highlight
World’s Largest 3D-Printed Two-Story Building March 1, 2020 The Warsan municipal building in Dubai, claiming to be the world’s largest 3D-printed two-story building, opened in October 2019. It has been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records as the first two-story printed… Interface Highlight
