As expectations for building performance increase year over year, owners now expect structures that stand against severe weather, ensure comfort for tenants by eliminating pests, odors, and excessive noise, and deliver reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions—all while ensuring long-term durability and a solid return on investment. This session dives into the critical control layers of the building envelope’s Rainscreen components that tackle these challenges head-on. We’ll explore what to specify in construction documents, why these details are crucial, and how to ensure they’re properly implemented. Attendees will also gain insight into common installation pitfalls and how to avoid them for long-term building performance.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand how each control layer contributes to a building’s overall performance, from resilience to comfort and sustainability.
• Discover why technical data sheets alone can’t capture the full scope of material performance.
• Learn the importance of designing control layers to function cohesively for optimal results.
• Identify key documents that guide the selection of materials to meet demanding performance criteria.
• Explore the necessity of the “trust but verify” approach in ensuring that specified materials and systems are properly implemented and installed correctly.

Presenter:

Steven Gaynor

Principle Consultant, Pivoth Corp.

Steven Gaynor is a Principal Consultant at Pivoth Corp. He also dedicates time to serving in in chair and advisory positions across the construction industry. Steven specializes in commercial façade product market entry and growth strategies, as well as product certification and compliance management. Drawing on over 20 years of industry experience, Steven regularly speaks on topics related to the navigating complex maze of stakeholder needs in order to properly produce, test, market, sell, distribute, and install rainscreen and related products in the US construction market. Steven believes that producers’ understanding and guidance on compliance topics, like fire performance, is essential for sustainable commercial success and constructing better buildings.