Evolution of Water-Resistive and Air Barriers in Commercial Building Envelope Construction

This program’s goal is to inform the design community of the evolutionary process of water and air barriers in commercial construction since their inception while examining the benefits and purposes of each method. In addition, the program will look extensively at newly-developed methods of incorporating these barriers with the exterior sheathing to for an integrated system.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the function of water-resistive air barriers and air barriers in a building envelope/enclosure.
• Understand the advantages and/or disadvantages of various WRB-AB systems available.
• Discern the differences between (all-in-one systems versus traditional WRB-AB systems.
• Identify dissimilarities between two methods of all-in-one systems available in the marketplace today.
• Design for labor, material and installation time savings in future building envelope projects.

Speaker: Forrest Peugh, CSI, CDT

Speaker Bio: Forest is the Architectural specifications manager for Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, covering the Dens Deck ®product line. He manages nine states in the Central US and is based in the Dallas area. Forrest has spent the past five years in the construction industry. His areas of specialization include below-grade waterproofing, construction sealants, and air barrier systems. Forrest received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Northwood University, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Meeting Location:      The Ranch at Las Colinas

Meeting Address:       857 W. John Carpenter Fwy, Irving, Texas 75039

Registration start time:   11:30 am. 

Presentation begins:       12:00 pm. 

(please arrive before noon so the servers can take your order prior to the start of the presentation)

​Member/Friend of the Chapter Cost:         $15 online or $20 at the door
Non-Member/Guest Cost:                            $25 online or $30 at the door