Event Description As cities and states nationwide adopt "solar ready" roof requirements, a critical gap has emerged between code compliance and real-world performance. Many roofs certified as "solar ready" have...
Technical Dinner Meeting: 10, July, 2024 Synopsis: Mass timber is an emerging structural technology with both environmental and architectural benefits. Aggressive moisture protection of mass timber products is generally recommended during installation but can result in significant cost and coordination challenges for builders. Field measurement of wetting and drying of mass timber on built projects...
TECHNICAL DINNER MEETING: 01 November, 2023 Exterior Elevated Elements: Current Discussion and Recommendations Presented by: Kelly Cobeen Principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. Synopsis: Following the 2015 collapse of a Berkeley, California balcony that resulted in fatalities, there has been much activity in the engineering, building envelope and regulatory arenas regarding exterior elevated elements...
