IRCA Winter Conference presented by ABC Supply
February 20-21, 2024
Register Today!DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Cedar Rapids Convention Complex
350 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Phone (319) 731-4444
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Feb. 20
4:00 PM – Social Hour
5:00 PM – Board Meeting
7:00 PM – Dinner/Music
Past Presidents Dinner (all are encouraged to attend)
Live Music by Beau Timmerman
Feb. 21
7:30 AM – Breakfast/Registration
7:45 AM – General Membership Meeting
8:30 AM – Presentation by Matt Dupuis – Frost and Condensation
9:30 AM – Break
9:45 AM – Presentation by Joe Lstiburek – Air and Vapor Barriers for Low Slope Roofs
10:45 AM – Break
11:00 AM – Presentation by Joe Lstiburek – Air and Vapor Barriers for Steep Slope Roofs
12:00 PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Presentation by Kirk Dighton – Safety Culture
Wednesday Field Training
8:00 AM – PFAS with Kirk Dighton
10:30 AM – Rough Terrain Forklift (Classroom) – Bill Speth
12:00PM – Lunch
1:00 PM – Rough Terrain Forklift (Hands On) – Bill Speth
Presentations
Joe Lstiburek (CE credit available)
B.A.Sc., M.Eng., Ph.D., P.Eng., is the founding principal of Building Science Corporation and an ASHRAE Fellow. He is a building scientist who investigates building failures. Dr. Lstiburek received an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Toronto, a master’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Toronto and a doctorate in Building Science Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has been a licensed Professional Engineer since 1982.
The Wall Street Journal referred to him as “the dean of North American building science.” Fast Company magazine called him “the Sherlock Holmes of construction”. He is internationally recognized and his work has influenced building codes and standards in every climate zone.
He is a recipient of the Carl Cash Award from ASTM, a “Becky” from the Ontario Building Envelope Committee (OBEC) and the EEBA Legacy Award all for lifetime contributions to building science. He has also been inducted into the Building Performance Industry Hall of Fame and has received the NESEA Professional Leadership Award for “changing the way we think about building science and how we perform our work”.
Dr. Lstiburek is an acclaimed educator who has taught thousands of professionals over the past four decades and has written countless papers. He has a joy for telling tall tales to his proteges and audiences.
Leaning Objectives – Low Slope Roofs
- Need for air barriers and vapor barriers due to changes in energy flow due to thermal resistance
- Need for air barriers and vapor barriers due to changes in roof membrane color
- Need for air barrier continuity at parapets and wall interfaces
- Learning Objectives – Steep Slope Roofs
- Need for “over-venting” to control ice dams
- Understanding the physics of unvented steep slope roofs
- Understanding the physics of vented steep slope roofs
Matt Dupuis
Dr. Mathew Dupuis is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states with more than 25 years of experience. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin College of Engineering. His area of studies lies within moisture movement, temperature modeling, surface solar reflectivity, research, and envelope failure analysis. He has worked on building envelopes across North America. He has authored or contributed to numerous publications and research papers. Dr. Dupuis is currently the President of SRI in Waunakee, Wisconsin.
Kirk Dighton
Kirk has had over 20 years of successful experience in the safety arena including General Industry, Construction, Wind and Agriculture. Kirk has a Masters in Occupational Safety and Health and is a State of Iowa Certified Paramedic. With a diverse background, experience and proven methods of safety improvements, he is able to bring a common sense approach to your workplace. Kirk has a safety consulting business called Imperial Safety Solutions LLC that he started during the Covid pandemic and has helped a multitude of customers improve their safety performance and create a good safety culture. Coupled with his current full time position as Safety Manager for D. C. Taylor Co Industrial roofing and the track record of safety improvements there, he shows that incredible safety results are possible for everyone who wants to achieve them.
Chasing The TRIR Presentation
By Kirk Dighton MS P
How does your company match up to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS Code) in your class? Contracting with some companies may require comparing your company’ Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) and other injury data to like companies in the nation. If your numbers are higher than the “normal” NAICS Code, your company may not get the bid or you have to go through a tap dance to prove your company is “safe enough” to be worthy of doing the job for your customer. This presentation will explore methods of chasing the TRIR and creating a safe work environment for your employees where everyone wins. The employees go home at the end of the day safe and sound and the company wins more job bids with improved safety data.
Objectives
At the end of this presentation, the attendee will be able to:
- Identify leadership traits that enhance incident prevention atmosphere on the worksite.
- Know how to bring the human aspect in to the environmental health and safety role to enhance the proactive safety climate and achieve desired results.
- Understand transformational and servant leadership styles that will enhance buy in of the safety culture you desire for your company.
- How to influence front line leadership to achieve improved safety performance and bring the data in line with NAICS.
