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Institute Announces 2018 Executive Team, New Board Members

The 2018 National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors is now in place. The Executive Team includes Joseph Donovan as chair; Carl Hedde as vice chair; Joy Marshall Ortiz, […]

Engaging Code Officials Early in the Process to Achieve High-Performance Buildings

In recent years, building owners and communities have increasingly focused on improving the design, construction and operation of…

Institute to Unveil Mitigation Saves Interim Report during Building Innovation 2018

The National Institute of Building Sciences will unveil the Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves: 2017 Interim Report at a presentation luncheon Thursday, January 11, 2018, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm, during Building Innovation 2018 Conference […]

Three Years Later, OSCC Is Asking How Industry Uses Off-Site Construction Today

Survey Closes January 15, 2018 The National Institute of Building Sciences Off-Site Construction Council (OSCC) is conducting a new survey to gain an understanding of how the U.S. building industry has changed […]

Development of the 2020 NEHRP Provisions ASCE/SEI 7-16 Adoption Report

This report, prepared at the outset of the 2020 NEHRP Provisions development cycle, presents some important background on the NEHRP Provisions development process and summarizes the results of the first […]

Building Innovation 2018 Sessions to Deliver 31 Hours’ Worth of Continuing Education

Building Innovation 2018: The National Institute of Building Sciences Sixth Annual Conference & Expo, to be held January 8-11, in Washington, D.C., is a great way to earn continuing education […]

Building Innovation 2018 Sessions to Deliver 31 Hours’ Worth of Continuing Education

Building Innovation 2018: The National Institute of Building Sciences Sixth Annual Conference & Expo, to be held January 8-11, in Washington, D.C., is a great way to earn continuing education […]

Building Innovation 2018 Plenary Keynote to Explore U.S. Embassy in London

Will Discuss Integration of Urbanism, Landscape, Architecture, Sustainability, Diplomacy James Timberlake, FAIA, partner from KieranTimberlake, the architecture firm that designed the new U.S. Embassy in London, will serve as keynote […]

Building Innovation 2018 Opening Keynote to Highlight Ways to Sustain, Strengthen, Secure

Daddazio to Focus on Resilience and Infrastructure The president of Thornton Tomasetti, Raymond P. Daddazio, EngScD, PE, will serve as the Opening Keynote Speaker during Building Innovation 2018: The National Institute […]

2018 FEDCon® Keynote Will Highlight WBDG Whole Building Design Guide®

Join Us as We Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Resource Each year, FEDCon® gives private-sector architects, engineers, contractors and manufacturers an insight into the construction process […]

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