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A two-day program exploring the dynamics of wildfire behavior and how it exploits various building vulnerabilities, leading to severe property damage.

Join us for a special Disaster Dynamics Academy (DDA) to explore the vulnerabilities of commercial buildings when confronted with high winds, wind-driven rain, hail, and wildfires.

Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety presents the 2020 FORTIFIED Award Dinner and Research Center Tour Join us in celebrating the leaders in construction innovation at our 2020 FORTIFIED Award Dinner. The following day we will tour the IBHS Research Center and explore resilient construction with hands-on exhibits and demonstrations. Award-winners will also receive a customizable […]

Our first virtual DDA explored how IBHS developed the suburban adaptation roadmaps...

Explore the aged performance of asphalt shingles through this virtual Disaster Dynamics Academy event which will blend virtual teaching sessions with live streamed laboratory demonstrations from the IBHS Research Center.

IBHS members have raised concerns over higher hail claims frequencies in the Front Range and High Plains. This webinar explores possible physical science reasons behind this difference in hail claims for those regions compared to other areas of the Great Plains.

Join us live from the IBHS Research Center, as we recognize our FORTIFIED partners in the building industry!

Roundtable Discussion – 2020 Midwest Derecho
(emphasis on vulnerability of metal grain bins)
Wind Speeds, Damage Investigation, Design Implications

Three years ago, we released our last Rating the States report, which evaluates building code enforcement and administration, as well as contractor licensing in the 18 states most vulnerable to catastrophic hurricanes.

This special Disaster Dynamics Academy (DDA) 3 day event explores the vulnerabilities of commercial roofs when confronted with high winds and hail.