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Bob Zabcik

Bob Zabcik is NCI’s Director of Research and Development. He is a LEED Accredited Professional and a Registered Professional Engineer with more than 20 years of experience. He serves on several professional committees such as the MBMA Energy Committee and Sustainability Committee as well as several task groups of those committees.  He is also on the Board of the Cool Metal Roofing Coalition and serves as the Director of their technical committee.

Star Spray Board Foam Insulation
Insulation

Spray and board foam plastic insulation: A primer for metal building suppliers

Over the last few years, I’ve been asked many questions about the use of spray and board foam plastic insulation in metal buildings.  There is little doubt that the use of...
Feb. 19, 2018
Star Steel Protection
Metals

Steel protection methods

Metal panels provide a strong, multifunctional skin for buildings: they shield the interior against the elements, support wind and snow loads, and in many cases provide thermal...
May 4, 2017
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Energy Efficiency

Metal Roofs Have Solar Advantage

Most of the energy on Earth comes from the sun. Sunshine reaching the earth’s surface, averaged over the entire planet, is about ¾ of a KWh per square foot per day. But that also...
July 27, 2016
Taking the LEED in Construction
Metals

Taking the LEED in Construction

The USGBC’s LEED system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is only one of several sustainability programs in construction, but it has become a very important one....
Dec. 23, 2015
Radiantbarrier
Architects

A radiant barrier FAQ: Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask

Here are excerpts from an insightful (and humorous) post on radiant barriers penned by Bob Zabcik, Director of Research and Development for NCI Group Inc., on the MBCI blog.
April 25, 2014
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Architects

The ‘fuzz factor’ in engineering: when continuous improvement is neither

During my nearly 25-year career as an engineer, I've witnessed some 75 code and standard revision cycles representing thousands of pages of text requiring review and interpretation...
Jan. 13, 2014