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Call Suzanne at 617-965-0055 x126 before the show to arrange any special accessibility needs. METALCON is a professional trade show and we strongly discourage the participation of children. No one under the age of 18 years of age will be admitted on the show floor.
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METALCON International 2008 is an invaluable resource for all design and construction professionals. Because restricted budgets sometimes preclude attendance for students, government and non-profit agency personnel, METALCON 2008 offers a limited number of seminar program scholarships. The Special Programs (SP) are not included. Candidates must be nominated in writing by the agency or school on official stationery.
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Preview of 2008 Seminars: Back by popular demand
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the seminar preview videos:
Wednesday,
October 1
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
WE01
Understanding Metal Roofing: Part I
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by MBCI
Rob Haddock, President, Metal Roof Advisory Group
The best basic course in the industry, this session is known as "Metal Roofing 101." It includes technical information but is presented in a common sense fashion that makes the art and science of metal roofing clear, concise and understandable. Topics include the history of metal roofing, metals and metallic coatings, metallurgy, galvanic weathering and material selection criteria. Also discussed will be fabrication and manufacturing techniques, various seam types and panel profiles in addition to underlayments, use and misuse of sealants, seam technologies and the principles of thermal cycling and panel anchorage. This is a great introduction to metal roofing for beginning and experienced building professionals.
Rob Haddock is president of Colorado Springs, CO-based Metal Roof Advisory Group. He is a well-recognized authority on metal roofing, a technical writer for several trade publications, trade curriculum author, inventor, and educator.
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WE02
Metal Roof and Wall Systems: What You Need to Know
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by The Metal Initiative
Toy Henson, Director of Education and Market Development,
The Metal Initiative
This session is designed to provide building owners and managers with a working knowledge of the innovative metal roof and wall systems now used in commercial buildings, including low and steep slope roofing, and pre-formed, insulated and composite wall panels. The design opportunities offered by these adaptable systems to create more visually interesting buildings will be examined, as well as the environmental and economic benefits of the systems. The green building portion will detail why metal roofs and walls are an environmentally responsible choice for buildings of all types and includes topics such as recycled content, recyclability, LEED® points and cool roofing. The cost-effectiveness portion of the presentation will examine construction, operating, maintenance and life cycle costs.
Toy Henson is director of education and market development for Glenview, IL-based The Metal Initiative and has more than 20 years experience in the metal construction industry.
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WE03
An Overview of AISI’s Construction Technical Program
(1.5 hours / LUs)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Jay W. Larson, P.E., F. ASCE, Managing Director, AISI Construction Technical Program
This presentation provides an overview of the valuable AISI Construction Technical Program. It includes highlights of its useful resources focused on cold-formed steel framing as well as introduction of the key people involved in the program. To support steel industry construction marketing objectives, the AISI Construction Technical Program strives to ensure that codes and standards for steel construction reflect state-of-the-art industry practices, are technically sound, permit the proper and safe use of steel, promote the recognition of concepts favorable to steel and assure stakeholders have steel as a material of choice. These programs help defend existing markets and support growth initiatives for steel in construction. They include a wide range of technical activities with many strategic partners and offer a valuable resource for contractors.
Jay W. Larson, P.E., F. ASCE, has 5 years as director of AISI construction standards development, 15 years in cold-formed steel product, market, and standards development with a steel producer and 9 years in steel mill plant engineering.
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WE04
Ex-Im 101: The Basics
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Sharyn Koenig, Senior Business Development Office for
Ex-Im Bank, Northeast/Mid-Atlantic Regional Office
Interested in exploring new markets beyond the shores of the United States? This program can help you expand your cold-formed steel framing horizons and opportunities. Presented by an expert from the Export-Import Bank of the United States Government, this session will explain how this respected resource can help you and your company: expand international sales, boost borrowing power, speed cash flow, enter new markets and mitigate risks and losses.
Sharyn Koenig has 27 years of experience with Ex-Im Bank products and advising exporters, bankers, and the trade-related business community in international risk mitigation.
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WE05
Discover Your Unique Selling Positions
in the Gutter Marketplace
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Kevin Corcoran, Vice President, Englert, Inc.
Gutter and roofing industry expert Kevin Corcoran shows contractors how to identify their strengths and use them to distinguish themselves from competitors in both the residential and commercial marketplaces. Kevin also shows contractors how traditional gutters, leaf protection systems and new technologies can advance natural resource conservation related to water reclamation and woodland preservation — a benefit that can be tapped to help advance contractors’ positions in the green building movement.
Kevin Corcoran is a 29-year veteran of the gutter and roofing manufacturing industry. His experience includes managing gutter product sales to portable roll-forming contractors and end users.
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WE06
Measuring Your “Survivability” Index.
Is Everything Working the Way it Could be in Your Business?
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Anthony Burruano, Director, Burruano Group
This interactive session can help you reveal what’s great about your business, what may be hurting you and how to measure financially the impact those aspects have on business. By completing a brief questionnaire at the start of the session, every participant will be able to compare his or her business to a business survivability index. This process will help identify areas of weakness — and strength — within your operation. Anthony will review this self-audit process and how important it can be to addressing, correcting and changing critical components of any business. These steps can help improve communications, revenue, cash flow, and profitability through disciplines of accountability, responsibility, and authority in the work force.
Anthony Burruano is director and founder of Naples, FL-based Burruano Group, a company specializing in creating stronger and more profitable businesses. He has more than 35 years experience in executive management, sales,
acquisitions, turnarounds and financial analysis.
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WE07
LEED 2009 — The Next Generation
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
 
Sponsored by USGBC and Dominion Building Products
Rex A. Wright, P.E., Installation Manager, Johnson Controls, Inc.
Market forces and legislation are expanding the use of the US Green Building Council's LEED rating system. That creates more opportunity for architects, engineers, contractors and building owners to participate and gain from this universally accepted green building guideline. Ongoing changes in the US Green Building Council’s LEED rating system are helping to simplify and expand the program's reach. Rex will provide an overview of the purpose of LEED, recent updates and future plans. Rex will show how you and your business connects with LEED and can benefit from using LEED as a guideline for creating high performing buildings while using it as a marketing tool to expand your project work.
Rex A. Wright, P.E., is a 25-year veteran of the building industry with a primary focus on construction management, energy efficiency, operational efficiency and renewable energy. He currently chairs the Baltimore Regional Chapter of the USGBC.
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WE08
Traditional Sheet Metal Techniques with Zinc and Copper
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Erik Berg, Applications Manager of Umicore Building Products USA, Inc.
Erik will cover time tested details for the installation of zinc and copper, two long lasting metals. He will discuss the different aspects of these historic metals including installation techniques to consider when working with them. He’ll also show how zinc and copper compare to other construction materials in different applications. Contractors will also learn why these proven techniques are so valuable in today’s market and how applications for zinc and copper can expand your skills and your business.
Erik Berg is responsible for instructional seminars and technical assistance for installers of zinc and copper metal panel systems. He has more than 25 years experience as an architectural sheet metal specialist in roofing, wall cladding, and industry related disciplines.
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Wednesday,
October 1
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM |
WE09
Understanding Metal Roofing: Part II
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by ATAS
Rob Haddock, President, Metal Roof Advisory Group
Truly a plethora of fact and insight on metal roofing, this course
is an advanced building block for the metal roofing essentials
covered in Part I. This extended course will cover paints and the
coil painting process, common and popular steep slope construction
and critical details of low and steep slope systems. Finally, the
program delves into system design and selection criteria including
the principles of water-shedding and hydrostatic designs and wind
issues. After attending this course, participants will understand:
basic paint chemistry and types, application techniques, performance
characteristics, failure modes and relative costs; principles and
details of steep slope architectural metal roofing; critical installation
details of low slope (hydrostatic) metal roofing; and slope requirements,
system design, drainage principles and other system selection criteria.
Rob Haddock is president of Colorado Springs, CO-based Metal Roof Advisory Group. He is a well-recognized authority on metal roofing, a technical writer for several trade publications, trade curriculum author, inventor and educator.
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WE10
Do It Right The First Time
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Chuck Howard, PE president of Metal Roof Consultants
You’ve heard the saying: “If you don’t have time to do it right the first time, how will you find time to go back and fix it?” How much is it costing you to not “do it right the first time”? This seminar discusses real-world contracting controls that will allow you to pay for work only once. It describes the financial liabilities of metal roof contractors as well as the liability of design (even if you are not a licensed engineer), material selection, and actual installation of a metal roof. Ways to protect you from catastrophic financial losses from these areas are explained in detail. This includes tools to assist you in estimating and monitoring field labor costs -- the most vulnerable financial aspect of any metal roofing project.
Chuck Howard, P.E., was in the metal roof contracting business for almost 30 years and is now providing his services as a consultant to contractors, architects, engineers, owners and manufacturers on metal roof issues and projects.
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WE11
Cold-Formed Steel Design:
Thinking Beyond the Specification
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Roger A. LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Civil Engineering and
Director, Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures,
University of Missouri-Rolla
The North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members is the recognized design standard. However, it does not provide all the answers to cold-formed steel design. Through its publications, the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) supplements the North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members in several ways. For example, CFSEI’s information can answer questions such as: What is a reasonable engineering solution to reinforce a web hole in a stud or joist? How can a damaged flange be reinforced? Or, how can a more economical boundary stud design be achieved for a shear wall? Roger will explore these and several other topics in this thought-provoking session.
Roger A. LaBoube, Ph.D., P.E., has an extensive background in the design and behavior of cold-formed steel structures. His research and design activities have touched on many facets of cold-formed steel construction to include: cold-formed steel beams, panels, trusses, headers and wall studs, as well as bolt, weld and screw connections.
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WE12
Pin Fastening: A Key to Success
for Cold-Formed Steel Framing
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Lisa Beally, Marketing and International Sales Manager, Aerosmith Fastening Systems
If you — like many contractors — are faced with the challenges of getting a job done faster and coming in under budget, this session will show you how pin fastening can help you achieve that. Hardened steel pins have been used successfully in construction for decades, but the demand for faster, more economical fastening methods is growing rapidly. Common uses include fastening various materials and/or fixtures to a range of common steel mils, including structural and a variety of concrete densities. Pin fastening continues to meet market demand with innovative new pins for conventional and high-pressure installation systems. Now pins are being used to join as many as four or five layers of steel to steel and can be installed at speeds 5-to-10 times faster than conventional fastening methods. This enables a wide range of design opportunities in cold-formed steel framing and creates tremendous economic benefits for building owners, developers, architects, engineers, contractors and subcontractors.
Lisa Beally helps further the use of cold-formed steel by conducting training programs throughout North America, in Europe and the United Kingdom.
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WE13
Putting the “Wow” in Your Business
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Bill Frazier, President, Austin Gutterman, Inc.
What’s the WOW and how do you get it in your business? When Bill shares his passion and knowledge in this session, you’ll know what WOW is. He has successfully grown his business and helped other contractors do the same. Whether your customers are residential or commercial, you can get them to feel so good about you, your company, your products, and your service that they’ll keep coming back for more. And your business will run so efficiently that you’ll have the prosperity, fun and success we all want. Bill shows you a step-by-step process to achieve all that. All you need to do is attend this session and make a commitment to change.
Bill Frazier is president and owner of Austin, TX-based Austin Gutterman, Inc. He has 35 years experience in home improvement, gutters and business planning and management, 69,000 satisfied customers, 40 employees and more than $4 million in annual revenues.
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WE14
Why Contractors Work too Hard and Earn too Little
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by CM Roofing
Jayme Dill Broudy, Principal, Contractor’s Business School
Many business owners are overwhelmed by the demands of their
business. They aren't making the money they want, they work too
many hours and can't take a vacation. What's their problem? They
run their firms as owner-operators rather than stand alone business
owners. Contractors typically build businesses around themselves,
convinced they are essential to the moment-by-moment operation
of every aspect of their business. Contractors will learn how
to discard this mindset and embark on the path to creating a
stand-alone business with unlimited growth potential. Jayme will
be offering 20-minute, free one-on-one sessions to nine lucky
contractors from 2 to 5 p.m. She'll ask pointed questions, help
determine your objectives, greatest challenges and strengths,
and provide an initial set of recommendations for moving your
business to the next level. To learn more about Jayme, see:
www.contractorsbusinessschool.com
Jayme Dill Broudy is the founder and principal of the San Luis Obispo, CA-based Contractor’s Business School, a coaching, training and consulting firm working with contractors. Since 1993, Jayme has helped hundreds of contractors build successful stand-alone businesses.
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WE15
Building “Green” with Metal Roofs and Walls
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by The Metal Initiative and Englert, Inc.
Scott Kriner, President, Green Metal Consulting, Inc.
In this session, Scott takes a look at energy usage in the U.
S. and how metal roofs and walls can help reduce energy consumption
in buildings. He begins with an explanation of cool metal roofing
and how it helps lower air conditioning loads. Compliance with new energy codes and the findings of independent research studies are then discussed, and a case study is used to compare two identical buildings, one with a standard roof, and the other with a cool roof. The session continues with a look at the role of cool metal walls and insulated metal panels in reducing energy use. It concludes with a discussion of the environmental benefits of metal roofs and walls, including their contribution to LEED® points.
Scott Kriner is president of Macungie, PA-based Green Metal Consulting, Inc. and an accredited LEED professional and founding chairman of the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition. He consults with manufacturers and suppliers of roofing systems and provides advice on technical issues to the Metal Construction Association. He has more than 27 years experience in the domestic and international metal and coatings industry.
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WE16
Modern Facades in Zinc and Copper
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Dan Nicely, AIA, Architectural Coordinator, Umicore Building Products USA, Inc.
In this session Dan will discuss the advantages of using zinc
and copper to achieve the maximum in design and application.
These metals have been used in many ways for centuries, but today’s market is driven by a combination of design innovation and durability. Dan will show how zinc and copper can meet today’s criteria and explain the most common application techniques, special considerations in working with these materials and their environmental advantages.
Dan Nicely, AIA, is responsible for working directly with architects on roof and wall applications and details. An architect by trade, Dan brings more than 20 years of related experience to the table, including eight years as a carpenter in the U.S. Navy Reserve Construction Battalion.
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Thursday,
October 2
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM |
TH17
Metal Roofing: The Devil is in the Details
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Metalforming Inc. and METALCOFORMING
Inc.
Vaughn Bacon, Manager Technical Services MBCI / NCI Building Systems
Despite their crucial role in a successful roof application, metal
roof details are often overlooked. But if you take this session,
you’ll learn how to think long-term when installing various details in metal roof systems. Vaughn will identify the seemingly subtle differences between poor and proper detailing. And he’ll
show you the proper techniques for preventing leaks and other long-term
problems for both retrofits and new installations. He will address
and demonstrate penetrations, flashing, trims and the use of dissimilar
materials, all within the context of the MBMA Metal Roofing Systems
Design Manual. Vaughn will also discuss correct and incorrect details,
as well as conditions that should be avoided.
Vaughn Bacon has been in the metal buildings industry for more than 30 years serving in various sales and engineering positions.
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TH18
Metal Roof Marketing for Contractors: New Tools from the MRA to Build Your Business
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Coated Steel Corporation
Tim O’Mara, Director of Research & Development, Copacino+Fujikado
For the past year, the Metal Roofing Alliance has worked with data
from tens of thousands of metal roofing buyers to identify the
most likely prospects for metal roofs. Now the MRA has created
a marketing kit that allows individual contractors to customize
this information to their own local marketing area. In this seminar
Tim O’Mara will tell you how purchasers were segmented, provide
details about who is buying metal roofing and show how you can
identify 50,000 strong prospect households in your local area.
The best way to improve your close rate is to start with a prospect
who is more likely to buy! Come to this seminar and learn how.
Tim O’Mara’s 25 year career in marketing and advertising includes work on numerous national brands. For the past five years he has led the agency’s strategic work for the MRA.
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TH19
Advances in Design and Applications of Non-combustible, Structural Cementitious Panels
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Kumar Natesaiyer, Ph.D., Manager, Sales and Market Development, Structural Technologies Group of USG Corp.
Frank C. Pospisil, P. E., MBA, Market Development Manager, FORTACRETE Structural Panels
Non-combustible, cementitious structural panels are dimensionally stable, have
a high strength-to-weight ratio and do not promote mold growth. Can this floor
system improve your construction schedule and save money? This presentation will
inform owners, designers and constructors of advances made in the design and
use of non-combustible, structural panels — an option that ideally fits
the cold-formed steel design system. Cementitious structural panels are reinforced,
lightweight concrete sheathing that are mechanically fastened directly to the
cold-formed steel structures and become part of the structural assembly. As the
sub-flooring, they are able to resist axial as well as diaphragm shear loads
and eliminate the need for additional reinforcing or wet top coating. Attend
this session and see if advances in cementitious, non-combustible structural
panels can help improve your projects.
Kumar Natesaiyer was a co-inventor and part of the team that developed FORTACRETE Structural Panels and is currently sales and market development manager for the Structural Technologies Group of USG Corp.
Frank C. Pospisil, P. E., MBA joined USG Structural
Technologies Group as market development manager for FORTACRETE
Structural Panels in 2000.
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TH20
Clinching — Framing Without Screws, Rivets or Pins
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Dr. Hans Bergkvist, President & CEO, ATTEXOR, Inc.
Clinching is a cost-effective, clean and silent method for framing,
panelizing and truss-making without screws, rivets, pins or other
added fasteners. Clinching creates a rivet-like joint from the
studs and tracks them in less than a second. Clinching can be
combined with sealant and structural adhesives to open new avenues
in the cold-formed steel construction area. Participants will
learn what clinching is, its advantages, limitations and how
clinched structures react to hurricane winds, earthquakes and
fire — important elements of green buildings. Case studies
will illustrate how to select clinching tools and what savings
to expect over traditional framing methods. Finally, participants
will learn how clinching minimizes training efforts, yet offers
top-quality fastening for unskilled labor. No prior knowledge
of clinching is required.
Dr. Hans Bergkvist has more than 25 years of experience in the cost-effective use of clinching in most industry segments and lectures frequently on various applications related to clinching, from cold-formed steel fastening to fastener-less assembly in the automotive, appliances and HVAC sectors.
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TH21
Choosing Gutter and Downspout
for Commercial Applications
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Harry Schouten, President, ADVANCED Architectural
Sheet Metal
Do you find that designers leave it to the contractor or architectural
sheet metal manual when looking for installation of commercial
sized gutters? Do you find yourself in discrepancy with your
general contractor, architect, building designer or building
owner? This might be a good time for you to sit down and go over
some pertinent questions with them before you begin to quote
or plan for installation. We know that gutters are there to catch
the water and not hold it. Geographical location is another factor
to consider when choosing material. Pitch or no pitch is dependent
on the age and construction of the building. And what is the
most important part to the gutter installation — getting
water out of the gutter. These are some of the points that will
be covered in this seminar as well as sizes, material, warranties
and cost effective solutions to commercial applications.
Harry Schouten has more than 40 years in the sheet metal industry and specializes in architectural metal, gutters and downspouts for the roofing and metal building industries.
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TH22
The Accidental Leader
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Jayme Dill Broudy, Principal, Contractor’s Business School
There will always be natural leaders — those who almost have it in their blood. But in the world of business, effective managers are usually not born. They are developed through a conscious commitment to build the skills and processes to effectively hire and manage employees. Unfortunately, many construction business owners are accidental leaders: business owners who came to their new role as skilled tradesmen, but who have not developed the necessary “people” skills to be effective managers. Managing people is an essential skill. And like any other essential skill: it requires patience, determination and training. This
program offers the solution. It will show contractors owners
how to build upon their natural leadership skills, characteristics,
experiences and create a solid leadership foundation for themselves
and their businesses. This challenging program will provide solid
content, real-life examples and a plan for practical application.
Jayme Broudy is the founder and principal of the San Luis Obispo, CA-based Contractor’s Business School, a coaching, training and consulting firm working with contractors. Since 1993, she has helped hundreds of contractors build successful, sustaining stand-alone businesses.
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TH23
Energy Design Guide for Metal Building Systems
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by MBMA and U.S. Steel Corp
W. Lee Shoemaker, P.E., Ph.D., Director of Research and Engineering, Metal Building Manufacturers Association
Dan Walker, P.E., Senior Staff Engineer, Metal Building Manufacturers Association
Jay Johnson, Director of Architectural Services, Metal Building Manufacturers Association
Be among the first to learn about the soon-to-be-released Energy Design Guide
for Metal Building Systems. This guide, produced by the Metal Building Manufacturers
Association is a synthesis of all of the pertinent information on how to design,
construct and maintain metal buildings to be energy efficient. This promises to be a valuable resource for building owners, architects, specifiers, contractors, builders and metal building manufacturers. Don’t be a “greenhorn” about
information regarding compliance options for satisfying the building envelope
provisions of the latest energy codes. Attend this seminar and get advance information
that is unavailable to others until this guide is published later this year.
W. Lee Shoemaker is vice president of technical services for
Cleveland, OH-based Thomas Associates, Inc., and has served as
director of research and engineering for the Metal Building Manufacturers
Association since 1994.
Dan Walker has worked with the Metal Building
Manufacturers Association since 1996. He is MBMA’s liaison to the American Society for Heating,
Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers and was a contributor
to ASHRAE’s Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Warehouse and
Self-Storage Buildings.
Jay Johnson has 20 years of experience in light
commercial and residential construction. He has taken an active
role with the Metal Building Manufacturers Association in projects
and code activities.
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TH24
Roll Forming: Everything You Need to Know
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Metal Roofing Magazine
Moderator: Jim Austin, Metal Roofing Magazine
Are you looking for a way to expand your metal roofing business?
Or do you just want more control over schedules and quality of
panels? Learn from a panel of roll formers and manufacturers
what it means to own and operate your own portable roll forming
equipment. Find out what you need to consider — such as your primary market, single or multi-profile machine, coil storage and transport, manufacturer support, training, and staffing. The roll formers who’ve
made these decisions and the manufacturers who support them will
explain the variety of options and advice available to you. This
insightful team will cover every aspect so you have all you need
to know to evaluate whether this growing trend is right for you.
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Thursday,
October 2
10:15 AM – 11:45 AM |
TH25
Metal Retrofit Roofing — As GREEN as GREEN Gets!
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Roof Hugger
Chuck Howard, P.E., President, Metal Roof Consultants
Using green roofing components and procedures is the primary driving force in
today’s metal roofing market. Contractors and manufacturers in this
market can access products and techniques that satisfy the rising demand for
green roofs. Paint and coating advancements over the last decade give metal roofing
the advantages of eliminating the constant maintenance and eventual replacement
needed with flat, petroleum-based systems. In addition, in most roof conversions
to metal, insulation is added to the composite roof system. These benefits can
be accomplished with metal retrofit engineering — a tool that has been
in place since the late 1970s. This seminar will show how the retrofit market
has developed since then and how very viable the basics are in today’s
market. Chuck will use his experience in pioneering the metal retrofit market
since 1979 and his involvement in more than 15 million square feet of metal retrofit
roofs to explain not only the basics of metal retrofit roofing but also how these
roofs are truly “As GREEN as GREEN Gets!"
Chuck Howard, P.E., was in the metal roof contracting business for almost 30 years and is now providing his services as a consultant to contractors, architects, engineers, owners and manufacturers on metal roof issues and projects.
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TH26
Building a Profitable Metal Roof Company While Other Roofers Struggle
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
 
Sponsored by Metal Roofing Alliance and SAMCO Ltd.
Frank Farmer, President, American Metal Roofs
Over the last 25 years Frank has grown four businesses and since 2000 he has developed American Metal Roofs to be one of the most successful residential metal roof companies in the United States. In 2007, it was recognized by INC Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S. This leader and innovator will walk you through his step-by-step approach to growing a profitable residential metal roof business. He will show you how to turn around an ineffective cycle of bidding on jobs and effectively convert leads into sales. His three major topics will be: generating leads through effective marketing; skillfully converting leads to set appointments and developing a presentation to effectively sell the job on your first visit. Using these proven principles, Frank has developed million dollar producers. He can help you take your business to the next level of volume and profitability.
Frank Farmer is president of Flint, MI-based American Metal Roofs. Before entering the metal roofing business, he began and has grown an apartment locator service, a $21 million window business and a tax business with 12 franchises throughout Michigan.
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TH27
Distortional Buckling: What is it and How to Design Against it
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Ben Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Department of Civil Engineering
The latest version of the AISI Main Specification, AISI-S100-07, includes new provisions for distortional buckling in cold-formed steel beams and columns. These provisions have a potentially far-reaching impact on the design of cold-formed steel members and systems. This presentation explains the distortional buckling limit state and the research performed to characterize and understand this mode of buckling. Emphasis will be placed on the new provisions and how you can use a recent Cold-Form Steel Engineers Institute Technical Note, authored by the speaker, which provides guidance and design aids for the distortional buckling mode.
Ben Schafer, Ph.D., P.E., has worked as a practicing structural engineer at Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger, Inc., Boston, MA. In his current role at Johns Hopkins University, Ben serves on numerous technical committees related to cold-formed steel structures.
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TH28
Energy Codes and CFS: Obstacle or Opportunity?
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Steel Framing Alliance
Mark Nowak, Senior Member, Newport Partners LLC
Mike Moore, Research Associate, Newport Ventures
These experts will discuss several areas related to current trends in energy codes and standards — the performance approach to meeting the codes, how to create high performance steel framed homes and continuous insulation and its impact on steel framing. First up will be an overview of the main energy codes in the United States, implications of code requirements on the cost and performance of steel framing and recent code changes that will impact the way steel framed homes are designed and built. The second portion will cover computer simulation tools available for steel framing. This will explain various calculation methods for determining the U-factor or R-value of steel wall assemblies and suggest low cost trade-offs to meet or exceed code. The final portion will focus on the use of continuous insulation with and without cavity insulation as a way to address thermal performance and moisture protection in buildings.
Mark Nowak, LEED AP has over 20 years experience evaluating new technologies and their adoption by the building industry. He helps clients incorporate technologies to increase the cost effectiveness, durability and energy efficiency of their buildings.
Mike Moore’s experience focuses on green building, renewable energy, and advanced technologies in the home building arena. He has worked with government agencies and private sector groups.
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TH29
Aluminum Gutter Coil
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Ken Low, Product Director, ALSCO Metals Corporation
This pictorial and narrative overview of the gutter coil manufacturing
process moves from molten aluminum through various steps to the
finished coil. Ken helps participants understand alloys, tempers
and mechanical properties and explains aluminum casting technologies
for gutter coil, and the coil coating process. He also discusses
gutter coil coatings and applications. The benefits of aluminum
in the green building movement — how products made from recycled aluminum can help qualify buildings for LEED and NAHB certification — will
also be covered in this interesting, energetic program.
Ken Low has 35 years of experience in the aluminum and vinyl building products industry, holding positions in marketing, supply chain and information technology project management.
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TH30
America’s Construction Crisis: Can Broken Buildings and Busted Budgets be Fixed?
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Barry LePatner, Founder, LePatner & Associates, LLP
Boston’s Big Dig broke ground in the mid-1980s and ten years later broke records as the most expensive highway project in U.S. history, running nearly $11 billion over its initial $4 billion budget. But it’s only the most visible example of an increasingly common trend. Across the nation, construction projects large and small are spiraling out of control with delays and cost overruns. In this presentation, Barry builds a powerful case for transforming America’s sole remaining “mom and pop” industry — an industry that consumed $1.17 trillion last year but has wasted at least ten percent of that — $117 billion — each year. He’ll
examine the issues and the rippling effects currently plaguing
the construction industry along with the players involved and
their role in either effecting change or perpetuating the status
quo. This informative session will highlight: the importance
of construction to our economy; the state of the industry today;
how owners can regain control of the process; and what the future
holds for the construction industry.
Barry B. LePatner, Esq. is author of Broken Buildings, Busted Budgets: How to Fix America’s Trillion-Dollar Construction Industry. For three decades, he has been prominent as an advisor on business and legal issues affecting the real estate, design and construction industries.
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TH31
Developing Your Solar Installation Business
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Sponsored by Drexel
Yann Brandt, Vice President, Advanced Green Technologies, Inc.
This session offers a comprehensive overview of solar solutions for people, the planet and profit. Companies exploring solar energy options can choose from a broad array of solutions. Different options will be presented through case studies on solar systems. In one case study, a major chain grocery store installed a photovoltaic laminate system that is one of the most efficient commercially available PV systems. In the second case study, an international big box retailer installed a system of solar concentrators combined with evaporative cooling systems that optimize solar energy usage and significantly reduce the carbon footprint and energy bill of the retailer. The case studies demonstrate why the triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic benefits led two large corporations to choose solar solutions and shows how contractors can be part of this growing market.
Yann Brandt, identifies and develops the technologies and partnerships that help companies succeed. His previous experience includes project engineer for Advanced Roofing where his responsibilities included roofing related engineering and quality assurance.
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TH32
Energy Codes of the Future, Today — The New Science in Metal Building Insulation
(1.5 hours / LUs – HSW)
Chris Kasprzak, Technical Leader, Owens Corning
Dr. Manoj Choudhary, Senior Technical Staff, Owens Corning
2010 may seem far away, but it’ll be here in a little more than a year. That’s when the Department of Energy’s
proposed Codes Initiative would start t |
