Advanced Design Against Adverse Conditions in a Commercial Roofing System
Mitigate Risks Before They Become a Reality
Continuing Education
Use the following learning objectives to focus your study while reading this month’s Continuing Education article.
Learning Objectives - After reading this article, you will be able to:
- Describe certain regional design idiosyncrasies required in North America that mitigate risk from adverse conditions such as wind, moisture, sound, hail, impact and fire.
- Recognize prescribed test methods and standards commonly used to evaluate commercial roofing resistance systems against these adverse conditions.
- Accurately define and reference the correct manufacturing and product standard in specifications that will ensure optimum performance of the commercial roofing system.
- Specifically identify FM Very Severe Hail requirements and current methodologies approved to mitigate those risks.
This course will build upon basic cover board education and teach you how to identify and articulate the most common risk factors (adverse conditions) for commercial roof damage. Further, you'll learn how to identify regional idiosyncrasies with these risk factors and understand the agencies, codes and corresponding test methods that address them. Lastly, you'll learn how fiber glass gypsum-faced panels can mitigate these risks and significantly impact the performance of roof assembly.
Photo courtesy of Georgia Pacific Gypsum LLC
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Reed Scott, has been with Georgia Pacific since 2017 and became a part of the Commercial Roofing industry in 2022. He is currently GP’s Building Envelope Manager for GA, SC, and NC. Reed graduated from the University of South Carolina with degrees in Business & Public Relations and was a 4-year letterman on the baseball team. |