SoCal IIBEC Chapter Receives Platinum

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The 2025 Board of Directors is happy to announce that the Southern California Chapter for IIBEC received a Platinum Outstanding Chapter Award for our work in 2024. We look forward to providing more exciting events and services in 2025!

-Missy McLain

President 2025

On January 16th and 17th 2025, the IIBEC SoCal Chapter hosted its 24th Annual Winter Workshop at the Royel Sonesta in Lihue, Kauai. This was our first year at the Royal Sonesta and we had a great turn out! We had nearly 100 attendees and 10 amazing presentations. 

Robert Hinojosa, IIBEC President, spoke about the upcoming IIBEC convention and Brian Pallasch, IIBEC CEO, spoke a few words about involvement in IIBEC national. 

The event sold out on tabletop sponsorships. We had 18 tabletop sponsors present during the event. Our event could not be possible without the generous support of our industry partners, including the following: 

GOLD SPONSORS: Georgia Pacific Gypsum

SILVER SPONSORS (2): Versico Roofing System and IB Roof Systems

BRONZE SPONSORS (6): SOPREMA, Polyglass USA, General Coatings Manufacturing Group, Malarkey Roofing Products, and Element Building Solutions 

TABLETOP EXHIBITORS (9): AVM Indstries, American Hydrotech, GAF Commercial, ASC Coatings, Situra Inc., Westcoat, Cell-Crete Corporation, Polyglass USA, and Tremco Commercial Sealants and Waterproofing 

BANNER SPONSOR: Westcoat

BAG SPONSOR: Epro Services

LANYARD SPONSOR: Tremco Commerical Sealants and Wateproofing

Thank you to all our presenters that made this event possible.

Special thanks to the Hawaii Committee chair Saboura Rokhsari and Erica Reynolds and to the staff at the Royal Sonesta that were fantastic.. 

-Erica Reynolds

Hawaii Committee Chair

The SoCal IIBEC Chapter hosted our 2nd annual Roof Top Quality Assurance Seminar. Attendees included building owner representatives, contractors, construction managers and consultants. A special thanks to our sponsors Western Colloid and Fidelis Enterprises and Shawn LeCrone from Beam Professionals for his assistance with giving the seminar

-Jeremy Roberts

President

The IIBEC Southern California Chapter was pleased to host a Technical Dinner Meeting with an educational presentation about Heat Reflective PVDF coatings on April 11th at the Boathouse on the Bay in Long Beach. 

Participants were able to mingle prior to the presentation and dinner. Approximately 40 attendees were present. We were able to provide this Technical Dinner meeting thanks to our event sponsors Axis Building Leak Detection, Tex-Cote, Smalley & Company, American Hydrotech, Cool Wall and Reflect-Tec!

Guests were greeted by our Chapter President Jeremy Roberts who kicked things off with local Chapter updates along with upcoming IIBEC event reminders. 

Our technical speaker for the evening was Terry Wallace of Tex-Cote. Mr. Wallace gave a great presentation and educated our group on heat reflective coatings. 

Guests enjoyed a delicious dinner right on the harbor in Long Beach at The Boathouse on the Bay. Guests earned 1 hour of continuing education approved by IIBEC and AIA. We would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Wallce for his effort in providing an informed presentation to our IIBEC members. Lastly, I would like to thank and Axis Building Leak Detection, Tek-Cote, Smalley & Company, American Hydrotech, Cool Wall and Reflect-Tec for their support of our chapter.  Thank you to all who attended, and we look forward to seeing everyone again in May at our 2nd Technical Dinner Meeting.

-Jeremy Roberts

Chapter President

IIBEC So Cal Chapter is proud to donate $10,000 to the RCI-IIBEC Foundation!
President Jeremy Roberts will present the check at the upcoming 2024 IIBEC International Convention and Trade Show. 

The 2024 Board of Directors is happy to announce that the Southern California Chapter for IIBEC received a Ruby Outstanding Chapter Award for our work in 2023. We look forward to providing more exciting events and services in 2024!

-Jeremy Roberts

President

 On January 18th and 19th 2024, the IIBEC SoCal Chapter hosted its 23rd Annual Winter Workshop at Aulani Resort in Ko Olina, Oahu. This was our second year at the Aulani and we had a great turn out! We had nearly 100 attendees. The event sold out on tabletop sponsorships. We had 12 tabletop sponsors present during the event. Our event could not be possible without the generous support of our industry partners, including the following: 

PLATINUM SPONSOR: Element Buidling Solutions

GOLD SPONSORS: IB Roof Systems and Versico Roofing Systems

SILVER SPONSOR: Malarkey Roofing Products

BRONZE SPONSORS (6): Polyglass, Bergeman Group, SOPREMA, National Roof Deck Contractors Association, Polyglass USA and General Coatings 

TABLETOP EXHIBITORS (3): AVM Indstries, O'Hagin, and Sika Corporation 

BANNER SPONSOR: USG Securock

Thank you to all our presenters that made this event possible.

Special thanks to the Hawaii Committee chair Sabour Rokhsari and Erica Reynolds and to the staff at Aulani that were fantastic.. 

-Jeremy Roberts

Chapter President

Thank you to everyone who came out to attend our festive annual meeting & holiday party at The Hacienda in Santa Ana on December 7th. We received an amazing amount of contributions to our annual Toys for Tots donation drive, to give to less fortunate children in low-income families. Guests enjoyed passed appetizers, open bar refreshments, and plated dinner in a cheery and warm atmosphere.

Chapter President Erica Reynolds and Vice President Jeremy Roberts delivered the results on the Board of Officer elections, updates on the IIBEC SoCal Chapter summarizing the year in review, and looking ahead to 2024. Erica Reynolds presented special awards to chapter officers and volunteers for their hard work throughout the year and recognized and welcomed this year’s new members. The following members received awards: 

Presidents Award – Erica Reynolds

Committee Chair of the Year Award – Missy McLain

Volunteer of the Year Award – Missy McLain

Outstanding Sponsor Award – Beacon Waterproofing Products

Speakers of the Year Awards – Gina Griffiths Rodda

IIBEC SoCal Chapter would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to our generous sponsors, who helped to deliver a successful year.

-Jeremy Roberts

President

The IIBEC Southern California Chapter was pleased to host a Technical Dinner Meeting with an educational presentation about the overburden over roofing on October 12th at the Boathouse on the Bay in Long Beach. 

Participants were able to mingle prior to the presentation and dinner. Approximately 25 attendees were present. We were able to provide this Technical Dinner meeting thanks to our event sponsors Axis Building Leak Detection, Soprema, and Siplast!

Guests were greeted by our Chapter President Erica Reynolds who kicked things off with local Chapter updates along with upcoming IIBEC event reminders. 

Our technical speaker for the evening was Rick Kyle of Siplast and Erin Andes of GAF. Ms. Andes and Mr. Kyle reviewed the various overburdens available on the market and specific tips for their design and install. Following the presentation, the attendees and speaker had a very in-depth discussion with many questions and responses.

Guests enjoyed a delicious dinner right on the harbor in Long Beach at The Boathouse on the Bay. Guests earned 1 hour of continuing education approved by IIBEC and AIA. We would like to extend our appreciation to Mr. Kyle and Ms. Andes for their efforts in providing an informed presentation and Axis Building Leak Detection, Soprema, and Siplast for their support of our chapter.  Thank you to all who attended and make our chapter great!

-Erica Reynolds

Chapter President

 On August 31, 2023, the IIBEC SoCal Chapter hosted its 21stAnnual Golf Tournament at Arroyro Trabuco Golf Course in Mission Viejo, CA. This was our first year at Arroyo Trabuco and we had a great turn out! We had 156 golfers with many on a waiting list!  The event sold out on tabletop sponsorships the first day! We had 13 tabletops, and 13 Gold sponsors. Our event could not be possible without the generous support of our industry partners, including the following: 

DIAMOND SPONSOR: Beacon

PREMIER SPONSOR: SOPREMA

PLATINUM SPONSOR (3):  Best, Strategic Building Products LLC & Carlisle Syntec

BREAKFAST & BLOODY MARY BAR SPONSOR: EPRO

HOLE IN ONE: Western Colloid 

We had many industry sponsors contribute to the goodie bags - tees, golf balls, chapstick, bottle openers, and snacks. A HUGE thank you to Greg Morrow with Eagle who donated the bags and the crew at Beacon for putting them together. 

Thank you to Jason Mullis and Brittany Seidel with ABBAE for picking out amazing raffle giveaways. We had a great turnout for the raffle and raised a lot of $$. 

The tournament winners are as follows:

1st Place Team:  Kurt Anderson + Chad Gamell + Mark McCauley + Larry McCauley (-18)

2nd Place & 3rd Place Teams (Tie): Marty Borges + Drew Lazo + Murphy Cox + Jeff Vilott, & Ryan Schreppel + Hugo Lara + Hugo Jr. Lara, + Jon Smith (-17)

Putting contest: Shawn LeCrone, Kevin Lea and Randy Barker tied with 5

Special thanks go out to the Golf Chairs Missy McLain and Jeremy Roberts, Golf Committee, event volunteers and to the staff at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Club. 

-Erica Reynolds

Chapter President

The IIBEC Southern California Chapter was pleased to celebrate IIBEC’s 40th Anniversary and host our Summer Social and annual Membership Drive, on July 20th at Top Golf in El Segundo. 

Guests were greeted by our Chapter President Erica Reynolds who kicked things off with local Chapter updates along with upcoming IIBEC event reminders. 

Guests enjoyed some delicious appetizers and drinks while practicing their golf swings for the upcoming Golf Tournament. We raffled off some wonderful prizes including registration for the upcoming 21st Annual Golf Tournament, a pair of AirPods, a Ring video doorbell, a waterproof Bluetooth speaker, and a electronic power block charger. We encouraged non-members to attend by providing discounted registration to the event for non-members and for members who brought a non-member. Also if any non-members registered as an IIBEC member by July 30 we refunded their registration fee to the Membership Drive. 

One August 31st we will be hosting the 21st Annual Golf Tournament at Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course. We would like to extend our appreciation to Axis Building Leak Detection and Soprema for being sponsoring our refreshments for this event. We would also like to especially thank our Event Sponsor, Specified Sales. Thanks to all of those who took the time to attend.

-Erica Reynolds

Chapter President