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2025 Moving Forward Report

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) serves as an unbiased forum for addressing common challenges and identifying opportunities within the building community.

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2025 Vitruvian Honors & Awards Ceremony

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
This program honors outstanding projects, project teams, and individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to facade design, engineering, fabrication, installation, and lifecycle performance.

Implementation of BIM/Digital Twins at MTA NY

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
This presentation will provide a case study on how the Metropolitan Transportation Authority – NY (henceforth MTA) approaches and implements BIM and Digital Twins, including valuable insights, lessons learned, and best practices.

BEC Regional Symposium

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
Chicago has been chosen as the host city for the national BEC Chairs meeting and BETEC Board of Directors meeting in the fall of 2025 along with a full day symposium so please save the date of Thursday, September 25th and look for more information to follow. 

Hindsight 20/20 - 20 Years of Leak Detection

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
As architects and planners seek to maximize the use of all available space, the next generation of low-slope roofs are not only waterproof coverings, but platforms for assets such as solar panels, green roofs, water storage, and amenity spaces.

Home Hardening in the WUI: An Analysis of Recent Fire Testing

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
As an increasing number of homes are built in the wildland-urban interface (WUI), it is important to understand how residential construction performs when exposed to wildland fires.

Coastal Resilience Planning and Adaptation for Waterfront Facilities

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
In 2023 and 2024 a two-part workshop on Resilience of Naval Waterfront Facilities in a Changing Climate was held, co-sponsored by the Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAV-EXWC) and the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute (COPRI) of ASCE.

Using Urban Building Stock Digital Twins to Streamline Building Retrofit Planning for Urban Energy Efficiency and Resilience

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
Rapid retrofitting of America’s existing building stock is of urgent national interest to improve energy efficiency and resilience. But how can cities plan for this significant transition with limited funding, data, resources, and time?

Greater Detroit Building Enclosure Council Annual Symposium

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET

Cognitive Digital Twins: A Roadmap for Evolving Operations and Maintenance in the Age of AI

May 23, 2025   |   7:08 AM – 7:08 AM ET
In this session, TwinKnowledge will discuss a new type of digital twin that has emerged with AI, cognitive digital twins (CDTs), and their implications for the AECO industry.
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