How to Give Owners What They Want Through Performance Specifications May 25, 2021 There are numerous sources of potential building enclosure failures. These failures have caused building repairs and litigations to become a billiondollar annual industry and are one of the main reasons why the industry needs performance specifications. This article will explain building owners’ directives and discuss properly executing the project requirements as part of the performance […] Read More
How to Give Owners What They Want Through Performance Specifications May 01, 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 main reasons why the industry needs performance specifications. This article will explain building owners’ directives and discuss properly executing the […] Read More
Cool Roofs for a Warming World: Why We Need Cool Roofs and What to Consider When Planning to Install Them March 26, 2021 Rising temperatures are fast becoming the key challenge for our cities and urbanized areas. The effects of heat have negative outcomes for people’s health and well-being, social equity, energy use and peak demand, resilience of health, transportation and electrical infrastructure, crime, education outcomes, and productivity.1 A study of nearly 1,700 cities found that these combined […] Read More
Changes Coming in the 2021 IBC Requirements for Exterior Walls on Commercial Buildings March 20, 2021 28 • IIBEC Interface October 2022 Changes Coming in the 2021 IBC Requirements for Exterior Walls on Commercial Buildings By Jeffrey H. Greenwald, PE, CAE, and Lorraine Ross This paper was originally presented at the 2021 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show. The year 2020 delivered many unexpected changes in our personal lives as well […] Read More
Cool Roofs for a Warming World March 01, 2021 Why We Need Cool Roofs and What to Consider When Planning to Install Them By Kurt Shickman Rising temperatures are fast becoming the key challenge for our cities and urbanized areas. The effects of heat have negative outcomes for people’s health and well-being, social equity, energy use and peak demand, resilience of health, transportation and […] Read More
Amazon’s Arlington Headquarters to Highlight Helix March 01, 2021 Plans designed by architecture firm NBBJ have been submitted for Amazon’s new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, near the United States Capitol. One of the four buildings will be shaped like a double helix and offer two walkable paths of landscaped terrain. The 350-ft.-tall tower, dubbed “The Helix,” will be the centerpiece of the PenPlace campus, […] Read More
Blast From IIBEC’s Past: 1999 February 01, 2021 In 1999, the first issue of RCItems was published. This newsletter took member news, the CEO’s column, and other association information and created a smaller publication, separate from Interface, but inserted into each issue. This allowed Interface itself to focus almost exclusively on technical articles. IIBEC’s expansion continued, and several new chapters were born: The […] Read More
Tribute to Joe Hale January 04, 2021 By Rick Gardner What would you tell someone starting out in the industry today? Base your business on integrity and delivering your work product on time. Associate with people you trust and who can give you advice. None of us knows everything about the structure of the enclosure and roofing. Can you tell me about […] Read More
Raising the Bar in Standards: The ASCE 7 Standards and Low-slope Roof Drainage September 15, 2020 Three important safety issues related to low-slope roofing are: 1) fires on roofs from internal or external sources, 2) roof collapses resulting from the ponding of water (and snow, where present) from extreme storms, and 3)roof blow-offs from extreme windstorms. Fire safety falls within the realm of fireengineering, and the two important U.S. organizations focusing […] Read More
