IIBEC Online Education

This presentation was initially provided at the 2021 Virtual Spring Symposium The need for office space declines as existing offices have become more efficiently designed and telecommuting becomes more common. The recent COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the challenges facing offices and created unexpected opportunities. At the same time, the demand for high-density housing within urban centers continues to increase. These factors have created opportunities to utilize adaptive reuse as a strategy to convert underutilized office and industrial buildings into residential housing. Adaptive reuse projects can result in distinctive and attractive housing options while at the same time posing a myriad of unique building design and construction challenges. This presentation will focus on design solutions intended to address the unique building enclosure challenges posed by these projects. Presenters will draw from their professional experience designing and investigating both within and outside of litigation the challenges associated with adaptive reuse in order to offer risk mitigation techniques. Presenters will also show how various computer modeling programs and testing protocols can be used to analyze the existing building and assist in the building conversion design. This presentation is intended for building owners, designers, enclosure consultants, and contractors to identify problems and solutions. The presentation will contain one design case study and one litigation case study. Erica Reynolds, PE McGinnis Chen Associates, Inc. | Long Beach, CA Erica Reynolds is a registered professional engineer in the state of California and an associate at McGinnis Chen Associates. She heads MCA’s Southern California office, based out of Long Beach. Reynolds joined the firm in 2013 and has managed numerous design projects and performed investigation and evaluation on many building assembly systems, including roofing, plaza decks, exterior wall assemblies, and skylights. Reynolds earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of Southern California. Tracy Myers, RRO, AIA, LEED AP Myers Consulting | Huntington Beach, CA Tracy Myers is the president and founder of Myers Consulting. Her Southern California-based practice focuses on issues related to building enclosure performance, forensic architecture, and expert witness services. Myers has over 29 years of experience in traditional and forensic architecture, building enclosure investigation, peer review, quality assurance, building codes, and roofing design and investigation. She provides sworn testimony on behalf of both the defense and plaintiff on cases involving architectural standards of care, general construction, roofing, and waterproofing. She holds architectural licenses in several states, is a licensed California general contractor, an RRO, and is NCARB certified. Read more

This course was initially presented at the 2021 International Annual Convention and Tradeshow Continuous air barriers are required by the energy code to reduce the overall energy consumption of a building. Air barriers also have benefits beyond energy savings and contribute to long-term enclosure durability by preventing significant condensation from air leakage. This paper discusses code development updates, design-based applications, construction best practices, and provides a roadmap with real-world examples for continuous air barrier strategies to achieve performance in building design, construction, and operations. Recognizing that materials often serve dual functions to contribute to the continuous air barrier is key to success—such as roof system vapor retarders that are part of the air control strategy, as well as roof membranes designed as part of the air barrier tie-in to the wall below. This presentation will review key enclosure interfaces, including the roof-to-wall connections, parapets, and transitions between enclosure assemblies. Construction quality assurance and performance testing for owner acceptance are important steps to ensure the design intent is delivered onsite. With regard to air barriers, this presentation discusses the impacts of whole building performance, design requirements, material and assembly requirements, and installation verification requirements during construction. It will provide expert-level insight into the current energy code development process and experience from field observations. James R. Kirby, AIA James R. Kirby is a GAF building and roofing science architect with a masters of architecture (structures option) degree. He has over 25 years of experience in the roofing industry covering low-slope, steep-slope, metal, SPF, vegetative, and rooftop photovoltaics. He understands the effects of heat, air, and moisture on a roof system. Kirby presents building and roofing science information to architects, consultants, and building owners, and writes articles and blogs for building owners, facility managers, and the roofing industry at large. Kirby is a member of AIA, ASTM, ICC, IIBEC, NRCA, and WSRCA.   Benjamin Meyer,  AIA, NCARB, LEED AP Benjamin Meyer is a building and roofing science architect with GAF. Previous experience includes enclosure consultant principal, technical management for enclosure products, commercial design, real estate development, and construction management on a range of projects, including residential, educational, offices, and DuPont industrial projects. Industry positions include: voting member of the ASHRAE 90.1 Envelope and Project Committees, LEED Technical Committee member, past technical advisor of the LEED Materials (MR) TAG, and director of the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA). Read more

This presentation initially took place at IIBEC's 2022 International Convention and Trade Show in Orlando, Florida. The American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE has updated the wind design provisions in the 2022 edition of ASCE 7. Many of the provisions aim to simplify the use of the component and cladding design provisions, particularly in determining roof zoning and design pressures. The presentation reviews these revisions and discusses the reasons for eliminating the tabular methods, the basis of the new tornado design provisions, and updates to the wind speed maps. Donald R. Scott, PE, SE, FSEI, FASCE PCS Structural Solutions | Tacoma, WA Donald R. Scott is a senior principal with PCS Structural Solutions. He has nearly four decades of experience in the design, evaluation, and rehabilitation of building structures. He was the principal investigator for the American Society of Civil Engineers/Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE/SEI) Prestandard for Performance-Based Wind Design. Scott is chair of the SEI Codes and Standards Executive Committee, chair of the ASCE 7 Wind Load Subcommittee, member of the ASCE 7 Main Committee, and past chair of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations’ Wind Engineering Committee. Scott is also a member of the SEI Board of Governors and a past president of the Board of Directors of the Applied Technology Council.   Read more

IIBEC is proud to partner with the U.S. Department of Energy for the Better Buildings’ Building Envelope Campaign! The campaign is an opportunity for building owners to save energy and money by recognizing the role a high-performing building envelope plays in an energy-efficient building. In this webinar, you’ll get an introduction to the campaign and be part of an interactive discussion about the new building envelope performance metric and the corresponding assessment tool. This campaign is ongoing and open to new participants. Read more

This webinar will discuss select rated roofs and edge metal systems as well as establish roof zone layouts based on prescriptive and performance methods. A discussion of the new code requirements and compliance tools regarding ASCE 7-16 will also be covered. Learners will be able to immediately put their learning into practice, as they will be placed on a project team to work through a wind uplift design.   Speaker(s) Information: Kristen Westover and Jennifer Keegan, AIA | GAF Materials Corp. Kristin Westover is a technical manager of specialty installations for low-slope commercial roofing systems at GAF. She has experience with a wide variety of projects in the civil engineering consulting industry specializing in repair and restoration of existing buildings, primarily for commercial buildings and high-rise residential structures. Project expertise includes roofing, waterproofing, facades, parking garages, and pavements. She has performed assessments, written specification, and design documents, provided bidding services oversight, and performed construction contract administration. She also has experience in arbitration and litigation support as well as LEED O+M certification for existing buildings. Jennifer Keegan is the director of building & roofing science for GAF, focusing on overall roof system design and performance. She has more than 20 years of experience as a building enclosure consultant specializing in assessment, design, and remediation of building enclosure systems. She provides technical leadership within the industry as the chair of the ASTM D08.22 Roofing and Waterproofing Subcommittee, and the education chair for IIBEC; and as an advocate for women within the industry as an executive board member of National Women in Roofing and a board member of Women in Construction. Read more

These 5 sessions were originally presented at the 2023 IIBEC International Convention & Trade Show in Houston, Texas.  The courses include the recording of the session, a summative assessment consisting of 10 multiple-choice questions, and surveys required to claim continuing education credit. The bundle includes the following courses:  Recertification Resurgence—Mitigating Risk in our Nation's Older Structures Building Codes- Implications for Repair of Buildings and Building Enclosures Building Fire Safety: No Singular Solution, It Takes a Village Historic Industrial Building Reuse and the Building Enclosure Six Frequently Misunderstood Topics Related to Commercial Building Enclosures Read more