Full Day Continuing Education - April 2022

AIR BARRIER EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BEC HOUSTON

• April 20, 2022
• 9:00 - 4:00pm (CST)
• Architecture Center Houston,902 Commerce, Houston, TX
• Free BEC Members, $35 Non-BEC Members
• AIA CEU's 5.0 HSW/LU and 1.0 GBCI
• Course # ABS-5 LU

9:00-9:30 Sign In & Welcome

9:30-10:30
Mission Impossible: Air Barrier Connections

• Roy Schauffele, FCSI, CCPR, FABAA, CABS, Regional Advocate for the Air Barrier Association of America (ABAA), Past Chairman and Current Executive Committee Member, Founder of Division 7 Solutions Inc.

This presentation will help you gain an understanding of how poor transitions can result in reduced energy efficiency, as well as increase the risk of water infiltration and condensation. Learn how transitions impact building enclosure performance and how compatibility issues impact the options available for good transitions. (1.0 CEU/HSW, 1.0 GBCI)

10:30-10:45 Break

10:45-12:15 
Building Enclosure Architectural Details – Conveying Construction Drawing Clarity

• Melissa Payne, Manager Enclosure System Solutions, ESS, Tremco CPG, Inc., Level II Building Science Thermographer, Past Chair: Building Enclosure Council – Ozarks Regional Chapter, ABAA, BEC-OR, CSI, IIBEC, NIBS Member

This presentation will touch upon basic concepts of building science and how drawings can be improved to create beautiful, sustainable structures that function properly, by conveying clarity on building enclosure details at foundation-to-wall, roof-to-wall, window-to-wall, penetrations, and at dissimilar material transition points. (1.5 CEU/HSW)

12:15-1:15 Lunch

1:15-2:15 
A Sticky Subject – Adhesion of Air & Water-Resistive Barrier Materials

• Laverne Dalgleish, Executive Director of ABAA

The presentation will review independent research on 15 years of field tests of various air barrier materials on various substrates on real life construction sites. This will show how it differs from laboratory testing and what one can expect to be base standards for adhesion to either provide guidance in specifications, or as a quality control tool for site observation. (1.0 CEU/HSW, 1.0 GBCI)

2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-4:00 
Understanding Difficult Critical Transitions

• Corey Zussman, AIA, NCARB, ALA, RBEC, RRC, REWC, RRO, CDT, CQM, CxA+BE, BECxP, CABS, LEED AP BD+C, Director of Quality, Pepper Construction

This presentation will identify the many difficult critical transitions on complex building types and will give the tools to better understand the reasoning and sequencing needed to complete the installation in order to prevent constructability issues and potential rework in the field through drawing detailing and correlating construction photos of actual installations and explanations of each conditions. (1.5 CEU/HSW)

4:00 Happy Hour