On December 12th, 2019, the Southern Ontario Chapter of IIBEC held its annual Christmas Luncheon at Paramount EventSpace in Woodbridge, Ontario. Guests were treated to an afternoon of networking, acrobatic entertainment, a new rebranding video, and a great lunch reception.

The Southern Ontario Chapter would like to acknowledge the following for their sponsorship of the event:

Presenting Sponsor: Artistic Skylight Domes
Spectacle Sponsors: Durolast and Soprema
Cocktail Sponsors: Tremco Roofing, Dean Chandler Roofing, and Maxim Roofing
Wine Sponsors: Situra Inc and Sika Sarnafil
Entertainment Sponsor: Lexsuco Corporation
Media Sponsor: Render Media

A special thank you to the Social Events and Marketing Committees, including Lora Ferrazzo-Bourck from Artistic Skylight, Jason Campbell from Dean Chandler Roofing, Meagan Kikuta from Tremco Roofing, and Betty Quan from Toronto Construction Association.

IIBEC SOC was proud to include the following charities: Habitat for Humanity GTA, Toronto Region and Conservation Foundation, and a Toy Donation to the Vaughan Food Bank.

In the new year we will be hosting the Annual General Meeting in Etobicoke on January 31st at the beautiful and historic St. George’s Golf and Country Club. Once the AGM has concluded, the social committee has organized a curling event. This will be the fourth year in a row that the AGM has been accompanied by the curling social.

Upcoming Events:

• The Education Committee is holding an upcoming “Workshop” at the TCA Toronto offices on:
  • February 13-14, 2020, the topic is Exterior Concrete Wall Systems.
  • April 24, 2020, the topic is Vegetative Roofing
• An additional “Workshop” will be held on February 5-6, 2020 in Ottawa and the topic is Metal Roofing.
• The next breakfast seminar will be held on March 12th
• The Annual Golf Tournament will be held June 17th, 2020 at Lionhead Golf Club. Stay tuned for more details!

IIBEC Southern Ontario Chapter’s “Rooftop Quality Assurance” Course was held on Friday November 15th at The Toronto Construction Association Head Office in Richmond Hill. The course was a great success with 2 presenters and 38 attendees.

Rooftop Quality Assurance is a one-day course for professionals interested in performing observation to assure that roof installation is consistent with construction documents. The program covers the diverse and challenging aspects of roofing as encountered in the field and is ideal for roofing material manufacturers, general contractors, quality assurance observers, and field inspectors. Instructors covered fundamentals of quality assurance, component assembly and quality practice guidelines for a variety of roofing systems, including: role of the roof observer, construction contract documents, daily reports, low-slope roofing, spray-applied foam, steep-slope roofing, ethics and codes. IIBEC SOC would like to thank our presenters:

• Jean-Guy Levaque from WSP
• Doug Fishburn, Fishburn Building Sciences

On site facilitation was provided by Matthew Bielawski from IKO and Lisa Da Silva of RCACI.

Upcoming Events:

• The Annual Christmas Lunch will be held on December 12th, 2019 at the Paramount EventSpace in Woodbridge.
  • We would like to thank our sponsors:
    • Artistic Skylight Domes
    • Soprema
    • Lexsuco
    • Sika Sarnafil
    • Situra Inc.
    • Duro Last
    • Dean-Chandler Roofing Limited
    • Tremco Roofing
    • Render Media
• The IIBEC SOC Annual General Meeting and Curling Social Event will be held on Friday January 31st at St. George’s Golf and Country Club.

IIBEC Southern Ontario Chapter’s “Roof Technology & Science II” Course was held on Thursday September 19th and Friday September 20th at The Toronto Construction Association Head Office in Richmond Hill. The Course was a great success with 4 presenters and 19 attendees.

The course builds upon the fundamentals presented in Roof Technology & Science I Course that was previously offered in February of 2019. Topics covered in the Roof Technology & Sciences II included wind, fire properties, liquid membranes, roof flashing design problems, roof surveys, moisture surveys, maintenance & repair, roof asset management, expanded use roof systems, steep roofing, clay and concrete tile, and metal roofing. IIBEC SOC would like to thank our presenters:

• Gary Osmond from Rockwool
• Darrel Henderson, RRO
• Adam Gotfraind, IKO Industries
• Meagan Kikuta, Tremco Roofing

In addition to the course, IIBEC SOC offered a review of the RRO exam content on Thursday afternoon to go over any questions the attendees would have for their upcoming exam. A special thanks to Shawn Irani from TSS Building Science and John Mills from Sika for assisting with the review.

On site facilitation was provided by Lora Ferrazzo-Bourck from Artistic Skylight Domes and Paul Yurcich from Sika.

Upcoming Events:

• Our next “Workshop” will be at the TCA Toronto Offices will be held on November 15, 2019. The Topic is Rooftop Quality Assurance.
• Ottawa will be hosting an additional workshop:
  • October 3rd – 4th, 2019 – Roof Technology and Science I
• The Annual Christmas Lunch will be held on December 12th, 2019. Stay tuned for more details!

On August 29th, 2019, the IIBEC Southern Ontario Chapter hosted the first End of the Summer Social to network and meet the new IIBEC Executive Vice President and CEO, Brian Pallasch.

The event was hosted at the Crooked Cue in Toronto and turned out to be a great success with 36 registrants and 3 sponsors. Pool Sharks and Ping Pong enthusiasts from across our industry showed off their skills and welcomed our new CEO with great food and conversation.

Special thanks to our sponsors, Dean Chandler for the Cocktail Sponsorship and Artistic Skylight Domes and Sika for the Dinner Sponsorships and to the Social Committee for putting together such a great event.

Upcoming Events:

• The Education Committee is holding an upcoming “Workshop” at the TCA Toronto offices on September 19th and 20th, 2019. The Topic is Roof Technology and Science II
• An additional “Workshop” at the TCA Toronto Offices will be held on November 15, 2019. The Topic is Rooftop Quality Assurance.
• Ottawa will be hosting an additional workshop:
  • October 3rd – 4th, 2019 – Roof Technology and Science I
• The Annual Christmas Lunch will be held on December 12th, 2019. Stay tuned for more details!