Advanced Design Against Adverse Conditions in Commercial Roofing Systems!

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe certain regional design idiosyncrasies required in North America that mitigate risk from adverse conditions such as wind, moisture, hail, impact, and fire.

2. Understand prescribed test methods an standards commonly used to evaluate commercial roofing resistance systems against these adverse conditions.
   

3. Be able to accurately define and reference the correct manufacturing and product standard in specifications that will ensure optimum performance of the commercial roofing system.

4. Specifically understand FM Very Severe Hail requirements and current methodologies approved to mitigate those risks.

Speaker:  Glenn Miller, Georgia Pacific

Speaker Bio: Glenn Miller has been with Georgia Pacific (formerly Temple-Inland) for over 35 years and in that time has been involved in full-line sales/marketing, product development, architectural marketing, commercial roofing and total building envelope science and marketing. His areas of specialization include Single-Ply and roofing system membrane technical sales, Sustainable Design and Construction, LEED, construction documents , fire and sound assembly design and code / regularity. Miller is passionate about providing value solutions to the design and construction industry and is excited to be a part of a company that has embraced and led the way in these ideals for decades. Miller sits on the ASTM E60 Committee for Sustainability, the Education Committee of the USGBC Texas chapter and is actively involved in CSI, IIBEC and RCA chapters throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. He is the 2019 recipient of Georgia Pacific's Pat Huempfer Award Outstanding Sales Leadership. Outside of professional circles, Miller and his wife Sharon enjoy being grandparents of 6 little ones. He is also an ordained Elder and Volunteer Pastor in his church and enjoys a variety of ministry and international mission activities. hobbies include deep-sea fishing, grilling and gardening.

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. 

​Member/Friend of the Chapter Cost:         $30 
Non-Member/Guest Cost:                            $40