Ontario Roofing Forum. IRCA & Ontario Chapter of RCI Join Forces
By RANDY WALDEN, President, OIRCA
The Ontario Industrial Roofing Contractors Association (OIRCA) in partnership with the Ontario Chapter of RCI Inc., The Institute of Roofing, Waterproofing & Building Envelope Professionals will be staging a forum on roofing related issues.
Scheduled for Thurs. Nov. 9, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, the event will be held in the Northern Dancer Room at Woodbine Racetrack in west-end Toronto. Read more...
INDUSTRY COALITION
FORMED TO ADDRESS CHANGES TO FM GLOBAL PROPERTY LOSS PREVENTION DATA SHEET 1-29
In January 2006,
FM Global made significant changes to Property Loss Prevention Data Sheet 1-29
titled “Roof Deck Securement and Above-Deck Roof Components.” The changes
particularly affect the design of fully adhered roofing systems that require a
Class 1-90 rating or higher on steel decks. Fully adhered systems are defined
as hot applied built-up and modified bitumen membranes, torch applied modified
bitumen membranes, cold process built-up and modified bitumen membranes,
self-adhering modified bitumen membranes and single-ply membranes, and
fully-adhered single-ply membranes installed over mechanically-attached
insulation, with or without a cover board, on a steel deck. Before this change,
the requirements for perimeter and corner attachment could be met by simply
increasing the number of fasteners in the perimeter and corner areas for listed
systems. Read more...
Fire Hazards
By DON B. MARKS, Executive Director, OIRCA
It was one of those coincidences in life. On May 25 of this year, the OIRCA office released a Risk Management Bulletin to the membership. Entitled (itals)“Risk Assessment & Allocation,”(enditals) the communiqué included a summary of the committee’s risk assessment of fire sources in the roofing industry.
Right around 4 p.m. on that same day a rooftop fire received citywide news attention. CTV reported, “fire engulfs apartment building rooftop.” Pulse 24 at CITY TV opened, “there can be fewer more frightening words in the English language than these: fire at a seniors home.”
Fire Testing of Roofing Membranes
Disturbing news from the United States relating to the fire testing of roofing membranes should be of concern to roofing professionals including designers, manufacturers, building owners, contractors, testing agencies and code authorities. The Midwest Roofing Contractors Association (MRCA) and the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) issued a report on the subject this past January. Read more...
Trade Contractors Working Together: The Formation of the National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada.
Back in 2004, a group of national trade contractor associations met to discuss the possibility of working together on issues of common interest. That meeting has resulted in the establishment of the National Trade Contractors Coalition of Canada (NTCCC). Inaugural members of the organization include the roofing industry’s national body, the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association. Read more...
Making a Sustainable City Happen: The Toronto Green Development Standard 2006
The following is an excerpt from the 2006 standard.
Toronto, like all built up areas, experiences the environmental impacts of urbanization. These impacts include deterioration of air and water quality, and production of large volumes of solid waste. Toronto’s infrastructure is also under stress, and is challenged to meet the increasing energy and water demands of a growing population. Read more...
Roofing and Firewalls
The following article is the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association (CRCA) Technical Bulletin, Volume 55 that was released in September 2005.
Firewalls are interior walls that provide fire separation between areas of the same building. They are designed to maintain structural integrity, even in the case of complete burn-out of the structure on either side of the wall, often accompanied by structural collapse of the burned out side. Firewalls must be carried through and above a combustible roof to reduce the risk of fire spread over the top of the wall. The height of the fire wall above the roof depends on the fire resistance rating required for the building, classified by its major occupancy. Typically, they range from 150 mm (six-inches) to 900 mm (36 inches) in height. This parapet above the roof minimizes the risk of direct flame spread over the firewall and reduces the risk of fire spread by radiant heat from flames above the roof. Read more...
ROOFTech 2007
The Canadian Roofing Exposition. June 5 to 6, 2007
ROOFTech, The Canadian Roofing Exposition is Canada’s premier trade show on roofing technologies. ROOFTech’s success stems from the innovative concept of showing the actual application of roofing materials within a major roofing trade show exhibit. ROOFTech has become, according to both exhibitors and attendees alike, Canada’s major exposition of roofing products and technological change. Read more...
Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph Region. Read more...
2006 OIRCA Warranty Committee
The following individuals (and their respective OIRCA member companies) comprise the 2006 OIRCA Warranty Committee. Read more...
Canadian Roofing Symposium
A Call For Papers
A Canadian Roofing Symposium has been announced by the Canadian Roofing Contractors Association who is in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada and RCI, Inc. of the United States.
Scheduled for Jun. 4 to 7, 2007, the Symposium will be held in conjunction with CRCA’s ROOFTech 2007 and Annual Conference in Calgary, Alta.
The Symposium will provide a forum for exchange of information on research and practice in roof-related systems. This Symposium will host experts on those and other related areas to discuss issues relevant to building designers, architects, owners, consultants, builders, regulators and practitioners, and provides state-of-the-art knowledge base for better roofing. Read more...
