Building
designers, facility managers and construction professionals will be in
attendance at the RCI 2012 Symposium on Building
Envelope Technology, Oct. 22-23, 2012, at the Sheraton Phoenix
Downtown in Phoenix, Ariz.
The
two-day program will feature 12 different educational sessions presented by
leading building envelope designers. Speakers will offer experience-based
insights for specification of sound, durable building exteriors. Most programs
will focus on repair and sustainable design methods for strengthening and
improving existing exterior envelopes.
Building envelope product manufacturers will be present with displays of the
latest products and services. More than 250 building envelope professionals
are expected to attend.
For
more information, visit www.rci-online.org or call
800-828-1902.
Educational
Presentations Will Include:
- Seismic Assessment of
the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral
Erik C. Sohn, PE – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Fairfax, VA
- Rethinking Gutter Design
for Steep-Sloped Roofing
J. Lawrence Elkin, PE, CCT – Applied Building Sciences, Charleston, SC
- Building Envelope Design
Under the 2009 Codes: Glazing Ratio Requirements
St̩phane Hoffman, PE РMorrison Hershfield, Bellevue, WA
Medgar Marceau, PE, ASHRAE, CDT, LEED AP – Morrison Hershfield, Bellevue, WA
- Energy and Moisture
Performance of Attic Assemblies
Andr̩ Desjarlais, Fellow ASTM РOak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
- Impressed Current
Cathodic Protection: A Corrosion Mitigation Technique for Transitional
Steel-Frame Masonry-Clad Buildings
Gina L. Crevello – Echem Consultants LLC , Accord, NY
- Cold Roof Design
Practices and Performance: Case Studies
Loren D. Flick, PE – Building Consultants & Engineers, Inc., Littleton, CO
- Solar Reflectivity
Studies
Vicente Montes-Amoros, PE, LEED AP BD+C – Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc., Dallas, TX - Gothic Revival: Lessons Learned From a Failed
Historic Roof Restoration
Robert Fulmer – Fulmer Associates, Building Exterior Consultants, LLC, East Hampstead, NH
- Building Enclosure
Commissioning
William D. Waterston, RRC, AIA – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Boston, MA
Wei Lam, PE – Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., Boston, MA
- Curtain Wall Issues,
Problems, and Solutions
Karim P. Allana, RRC, RWC, PE – Allana Buick & Bers, Inc., Palto Alto, CA
- Low- or High-Vapor
Permeability of Water-Resistive Barriers: Does It Matter?
Marcus Jablonka РCosella-D̦rken Products, Inc., Beamsville, ON
- Combination of Wind Load and Rain Load on Flat
(Low-Slope) Roofs
Stephen Patterson, RRC, PE – Roof Technical Services, Inc., Fort Worth, TX
Madan Mehta, PE, PhD – University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX
