Designing and Building to Avoid Mold and Moisture Problems
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What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:00 pm
Why Some Buildings are at Increased Risk of G. DuBose, D. Snell
Failure and How to Avoid Failure
Newest building codes and green design requirements:
how they affect designers, contractors, owners and developers
An overview of innovative building concepts and products that are
at the highest risk of significant failures for our Southeast climate
A decade of case studies: what can go wrong, what has
gone wrong and how to achieve consistently good results
Preventing Building Failures in our Diverse Southeast R. Scott, C. Allen
Climate – Specific Techniques to Implement
Checklists, modeling, and guidelines that can predict
future problems and prevent building failures
Identifying the most likely mistakes that will virtually
guarantee catastrophic moisture problems in your
building – learn how to avoid them
Recommendations for alternative approaches that reduce
risk – even for high risk practices
Specific details on what a successful building must include
in Southeast climates
Benefits and Drawbacks of New Design Concepts G. DuBose, D. Snell
Designing and constructing low risk, high performance
buildings for moisture control
• Building envelope • HVAC systems
What defines best practices, standard of care, and risky practices?
How to handle negotiating the dilemma of increased risk,
increased schedule, and no more fees
Practical Tips and Strategies for Approaching and G. DuBose
Resolving Design and Construction Defect Claims
Discovery, investigation and repair of the defect
Contract provisions allocating risk and responsibility
Potentially-available claims against responsible parties
The strategy involved in filing claims
Using New Products or Methods That Have No Track G. DuBose
Record to Achieve High Performance or Certification
Products, green products, and life-cycle analysis
How green products drive the industry
Increased risk of green products
Five ways to protect yourself in the use of green products
Final Tips for Managing Design, Construction and All Speakers
Development of Successful Buildings
Credits
Architects
6.0 HSW CE Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Engineers
6.0 FL Area of Practice CE Hours
International Code Council
.6 CEUs – Building
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 continuing education/contact hours to architects and engineers in all states.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Florida architects (Provider No. 0001388; License No. PVD394), and the American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Florida professional engineers (Provider No. 0004647). This course qualifies for 6.0 Area of Practice continuing education hours.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects via the AIA and is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The International Code Council has approved this event for .6 CEUs in the specialty area of Building.
Attendance will be monitored and reported, as required. Attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Charles (Chuck) Allen Jr., AIA, NCARB
Architect at Liberty Building Forensics Group, Expert in Moisture and Mold Building Envelope FailuresCharles “Chuck” Allen has over 12 years of experience in building envelope and architecture forensics. His experience and knowledge focus on the control layers of building enclosures, including roofing systems, wall assemblies, cladding systems, fenestration systems, and other design issues that can create opportunities for catastrophic mold and moisture failures. He has applied his expert architectural knowledge and cutting-edge technological skills to some of the world’s largest and most complicated building failure projects, many of which span multiple construction industries. These include the 1.2 Million SF Orlando VA Medical Complex, FRHI 2,000+ rooms in Southeast Asia, Disney’s Grand Floridian Building Envelope refurbishment, and The University of Virginia CAS and ITE building. His ability to efficiently aggregate, organize, analyze and deliver information based on massive data points makes him a necessary part of building forensics projects worldwide. He is also a reviewer of the updated NCARB Mold and Moisture Monograph course.
George H. Dubose, CGC, CIEC, MRSA
Liberty Building Forensic Group, Expert in Moisture and Mold Building Forensics and HVAC and Building Envelope FailuresGeorge H. DuBose brings over 30 years of experience in building forensics, focusing on failures related to mold and moisture issues. He is the co-author of three manuals on IAQ and Mold Prevention. These manuals, written for the EPA/ASHRAE, NCARB, and a major theme park owner, have been used on over $4B in construction. He has consulted on multiple mold and moisture-related failures across many industries, such as 1.5M SF in healthcare. In hospitality, he has consulted on resorts and hotel projects comprising over 40,000 rooms, including resorts in Southeast Asia. He has also consulted on moisture failures in apartment, student, and senior living housing totaling over 5,000 units, individual residences, and military housing, including one military subdivision totaling over 1,000 homes. In addition, he has consulted on educational buildings and campuses, including one in the Middle East, totaling over $1B in construction.
Richard Scott
Liberty Building Forensics GroupRichard Scott, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a senior forensic architect/vice president with Liberty Building Forensics Group. Mr. Scott has more than 35 years of architectural experience and has conducted IAQ, mold, moisture and forensic investigations in more than 300 hotels, resorts, office buildings, and other commercial, residential and institutional buildings. Registered as an architect in four states, he is a regular lecturer on the subject of why buildings have mold and moisture failures, and on how these failures can be prevented. Mr. Scott has written multiple technical articles and papers on moisture control, building envelopes, mold and IAQ, and he has presented for organizations including NCARB, AIA and ASHRAE.
Donald B. Snell, PE, CMC, CIEC, MRSA
Liberty Building Forensic Group, Hot-Humid Climate Expert and Problem Solver in Building HVAC, IAQ, Moisture, and MoldDonald B. Snell has over 25 years of experience with HVAC and building envelope systems mold and moisture failures. In cases where HVAC failure can lead to catastrophic moisture and mold intrusion, he is sought after by building owners, building managers, attorneys, and contractors to determine the issues surrounding these highly complex building failures. His experience has helped defend or recover hundreds of millions of dollars in costs in some of the world’s most complicated HVAC system failures. His diagnosis and remedial solutions have helped some of the largest commercial builders in the world, including NASA, Disney, FRHI, and Hyatt, solve HVAC mold-related failures in their buildings.