Your Input Needed! Help Shape IIBEC’s Technical Advisories and Code and Standards Work November 21, 2023 The IIBEC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Codes and Standards Committee (CSC) need your input. A major TAC objective is to identify building enclosure technical issues important to IIBEC membership. As you encounter topics, issues, or concerns, please notify the TAC so they may be considered for possible advisory development. Technical Advisories are developed and approved by the TAC, reviewed and approved by the IIBEC Board of Directors, and then posted to the IIBEC website for use. No topic is too large or small to be considered. Major CSC objectives are to develop IIBEC’s strategy on participation in various code- and standards-development activities, and to identify relevant building enclosure issues and concerns to be addressed by IIBEC staff and members in taking them before the appropriate code- or standards-development bodies. Read More
IIBEC Attends Roofing Coalition Meeting at FM September 08, 2022 Emily Lorenz, PE, F-ACI, IIBEC senior director of technical services, joined other roofing industry allies at a meeting hosted by FM Global and FM Approvals near its Norwood, Massachusetts, headquarters on August 30, 2022. The group of approximately 40 professionals received updates on FM products and discussed current industry trends. FM Approvals expects to begin […] Read More
IIBEC Technical Advisory Committee and Codes and Standards Committee Seek Input October 12, 2020 The IIBEC Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and Codes and Standards Committee (CSC) need your input. A major TAC objective is to identify building enclosure technical issues important to IIBEC membership. As you encounter topics, issues, or concerns, please notify the TAC so they may be considered for possible advisory development. Technical Advisories are developed and […] Read More
Raising the Bar in Standards: The ASCE 7 Standard and Low-slope Roof Drainage September 01, 2020 Read More
Remediation Lags on Buildings Constructed Like Grenfell Tower January 03, 2020 Work to remediate buildings with similar cladding in the wake of the tragic Grenfell fire in June 2017 in London, England, has been “not as fast as I should like,” said U.K Prime Minister Boris Johnson, speaking to Parliament recently. He criticized, in particular, owners of buildings in the private sector, saying, “Too many building […] Read More
IIBEC Fails to Overturn Life-Safety Issue Exception During Recent Code Hearings November 04, 2019 By IIBEC Senior Director of Technical Services Emily Lorenz IIBEC member Stephen Patterson, coauthor of Roofing Design and Practice, and IIBEC Senior Director of Technical Services Emily Lorenz represented IIBEC member interests at the International Code Council’s hearings in Las Vegas, NV, that occurred October 23-30, 2019. Their primary testimony was focused on removing Exception […] Read More
Codification Efforts on the Climate-Resilient Design of Commercial Roofs and Wall Assemblies September 01, 2019 By Dominique Lefebvre, Marianne Armstrong, Bas Baskaran, and Michael Lacasse Abstract This article highlights recent Canadian advancements towards codification efforts on the climate-resilient design of commercial roofs and wall assemblies. The roofing advancements on climate resilience have led to the drafting of a new standard—CSA A123.26, Performance Requirements for Climate Resilience of Low Slope Membrane […] Read More
Foundation Funds Update on Roof Drainage Publication June 13, 2019 By Development Officer Rick Gardner The RCI Foundation has approved funding for the update of the 2003 edition of the Roof Drainage monograph as a result of significant changes in the International Building Code (IBC) and International Plumbing Code (IPC) standards and methods for roof drainage design. This effort is being led by IIBEC members […] Read More
