We return to Honolulu, Hawaii for our 14th Annual Hawaii Winter Workshop at the Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort on Monday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. 

This program is designed to improve the skills and knowledge base of design and forensics professionals (consultants, architects and engineers), developers and contractors.  The program sessions focus on design and analysis of roofing, waterproofing and exterior wall issues.  The programs will begin each day at 7:30 am and end approximately 4:00 pm and will provide at least 12 AIA LU’s and/or 12 RCI CEH’s.  Breakfast and lunch are included with each registration. 

This year we are excited to be hosting a group of Canadians from the Ontario Industrial Roofing Contractors Association (OIRCA) who are celebrating their 50th year anniversary in Hawaii.  As part of their celebration and attendance we have included several presentations in the program which will be given by Canadian consultants.

Topics to be presented at the program include the following:

• The Wind Investigator – How to Approximate Wind Velocities at Roof Level
  by Phillip Dregger, PE, RRC, Pacific Building Consultants, Concord, CA
• Fenestrations: Vinyl Window Systems
  by Karim Allana, PE, RRC, RWC, Allana Buick and Bers, Palo Alto, CA
• Rooftop Solar PV Hurricane Sandy and Recent IBC Code Changes (Fire Ratings)
  by Phillip Dregger, PE, RRC, Pacific Building Consultants, Concord, CA
• Design and Installation Criteria for Rooftop Solar PV Systems
  by Douglas C. Fishburn, RRO, Fishburn Building Science Group, Hornby, ON, Canada
• PVC Roofing
  by Stan Graveline, Sika Sarnafil, Canton, MA
• TPO Membranes and Performance: What's the Real Story?
  by Kimberly Deaton, Ph.D., Johns Manville, Littleton, CO
• Air Leakage through Metal Roof Decks
  by Joseph Piñon, PE, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, San Francisco, CA
• Osmosis Blistering in Fluid-Applied Membranes
  by Brian Hubbs, P.Eng, BEP, RDH Building Engineering Ltd, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Fluid-Applied Roofing Systems
  by Mark Alexander, Quest Construction Products, Honolulu, HI
• The Realities of Reroofing a Vegetative Roof
  By Joel Dandelé, Dantech Building Technologies, Markham, ON, Canada

Registration forms, abstracts for each session, and biographies for each speaker are available for download at the RCI Southern California Chapter Website.