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2026 AABC Annual Meeting Register Now Destin Florida

AABC Annual Meeting Program

Activities
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Tuesday, October 13th

Option 3 1

Tuesday, October 13th

AABC Open Golf Tournament

  • 8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
  • Regatta Bay Golf Course
Shotgun start at 9:30 am.
*Additional registration required

Registration

  • 12:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  • Crystal Ballroom Foyer

Welcome Reception

  • 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
  • Grand Lawn

Wednesday, October 14th

All sessions will take place in the Crystal Ballroom unless otherwise noted.

Registration

  • 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  • Crystal Ballroom Foyer

Breakfast

  • 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
  • Grand Piazza

Spouse Breakfast

  • 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
  • Horizons

General Business Session

  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

9:10 am – 10:10 am | They Might Not Be Crazy (Keynote Address)

Speaker: Dallin Cooper

Dallin Cooper
  • 9:10 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

They Might Not Be Crazy (Keynote Address)

Dallin Cooper

In engineering and construction, assumptions can be catastrophic. This keynote explores how assumptions, misunderstandings, and miscommunications affect relationships with clients, employees, friends, and family. Attendees will learn how to challenge assumptions, ask better questions, and resolve interpersonal issues before they escalate. The session includes engaging stories, a simple framework, interactive elements, and practical takeaways designed to help each participant identify their own next steps.

Coffee Break with Sponsors & Exhibitors

  • 10:10 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Cody Shook 2026
Justin Garner
Brad Smith scaled
  • 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Holding the Bag: How to Make Sure TAB Doesn’t Pay for the Project’s Delays

Cody Shook, PE, TBE, CxA, Precision Flow Engineering
Justin Garner, PE, TBE, CxA, Engineered Air Balance, Co., Inc. 
Brad Smith, TBE, Optimum Air & Water
This session addresses a common challenge in the industry: TAB firms being held responsible for project delays and expanded scope. Presenters will discuss practical strategies to protect firms from the bidding stage through project execution, with a focus on clear scope definition, schedule management, communication, and change order documentation.
  • Define and communicate TAB project scope early through clear proposals, contract references, and documented responsibilities.
  • Align field technician and project team responsibilities with agreed scope and contractual requirements.
  • Establish and communicate realistic TAB schedules while protecting firms from uncompensated overtime and schedule-related liability.
  • Identify, document, and present scope additions and change orders early to improve communication and increase the likelihood of compensation.
Jimmy Pelezo
Paul Janus
  • 11:40 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.

TAB Project Management: Organizational and Communication Strategies for Success

Jimmy Pelezo, TBE, Engineered Air Balance, Co., Inc.
Paul Janus, TBE, Engineered Air Balance, Co., Inc.

This session provides insight into setting a project up for success through TAB preparedness, tracking project progress, clearly communicating deficiencies, substantiating scope changes, and managing project closeout effectively.

  • Prepare a project for success through TAB preparedness.
  • Clearly communicate deficiencies.
  • Track progress and improve project visibility.
  • Use organizational strategies to substantiate changes in scope.

Lunch

  • 12:40 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.
  • Grand Piazza
Cole Woodward
Justin Lewis
Shook Cody 2026
Ross Brindle Skiles Group
  • 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

From Compliance to Performance: The Real Role of TAB in Achieving Closeout

Cole Woodward, CORE Construction
Justin Lewis, TBE, CxA, Pangea Consulting Group
Cody Shook, PE, TBE, CxA, Precision Flow Engineering
Ross Brindle, Skiles Group

Many systems meet TAB requirements yet fail to perform as intended. This panel explores the gap between compliance and performance, focusing on how late-stage TAB often reveals issues tied to coordination gaps, controls integration, installation quality, and inherent design or testing limitations. Through the perspectives of TAB professionals and general contractors, the discussion will examine how a more proactive GC–TAB partnership—built on early engagement, system readiness, and defined validation checkpoints—can reduce rework and improve closeout outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on practical best practices that position TAB as a quality assurance tool supporting commissioning and functional performance, rather than a final-stage verification step.

Learning objectives:
  1. Why is it better for the project to have the general contractor hold the TAB contract?
  2. What added value is typically overlooked in the TAB scope?
  3. When should TAB be brought in on a project?
  4. What are general contractors main pinch points when it comes to TAB?
Wade Conlan
  • 2:55 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.

Weighing the Pig vs. Making it Fly: Improve Energy Performance while Maintaining IEQ through Retro-Commissioning

Wade Conlan, PE, CxA, Hanson Professional Services, Inc.

A lot of existing building stock needs to have its energy, and thereby operational carbon, improved if we are to meet the challenges for net-zero energy or carbon-neutrality in the next few decades. The improvement of the existing building stock, which is often looked at as energy hogs, can be greatly improved through the retro-commissioning process. This session covers the stages of weighing the pig (benchmarking) versus actively making improvements for systems. Actual projects for laboratories, hospitality and gaming, and university facilities will be used to demonstrate how to use retro-commissioning to make your pig fly.

Coffee Break with Sponsors & Exhibitors

  • 3:55 pm – 4:10 pm
Josh Green
Jared Llewellyn
  • 4:10 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.

Fume Hood Certification Update

Josh Green, TBE, CxA, Environmental Test & Balance
Jared Llewellyn, CCE, NSF-BSC(E), RCP-SCF, Engineered Air Balance Co., Inc.

This session introduces the new AABC guideline, certification program, and technician training, while connecting fume hood performance to the broader critical environment in healthcare, laboratories, pharmacies, and cleanrooms.

Mix & Mingle Beachside

  • 5:15 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
  • Henderson Beach Resort Lawn
*Additional registration required

Thursday, October 15th

Breakfast

  • 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.
  • Grand Piazza

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Knox Hardy
Dennis Karatzias
Test Balance Corporation Pat Young
  • 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Employee Retention, AI Encroachment, and Getting Paid: What Keeps You Up at Night?

Knox Hardy, TBE, Augusta Air Balance 
Dennis Karatzias, Air Balance Co., Inc.
Pat Young, TBE, CxA, Test & Balance Corporation

Session description to be announced

Tommy Taylor
  • 9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Beyond the Spreadsheet: A Strategic Approach to Managing Employer Health Benefits

Tommy Taylor, Higginbotham
This session equips executives and senior leaders with a strategic framework for managing health benefits as a business asset. Attendees will learn how to identify the real drivers of healthcare spend, evaluate high-impact interventions based on organization size, and build a proactive strategy that delivers measurable return on investment while maintaining a competitive employee value proposition.
  • Identify the structural limitations of spreadsheet-driven benefit decision-making and quantify the financial exposure created when premium cost is used as a proxy for total healthcare spend.
  • Analyze the four primary drivers of healthcare cost: utilization, unit price, plan design, and employee engagement.
  • Select high-impact cost management strategies appropriate to organizational size and funding structure, and assess the ROI, implementation risk, and timeline for each.
  • Develop an executive roadmap for transitioning to a proactive, data-informed benefits strategy, including board-level metrics, CFO-ready reporting, and organizational alignment.

Coffee Break with Sponsors and Exhibitors

  • 10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Darryl DeAngelis
  • 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

New Laws and Changes in Standards and Codes That Will Generate Additional Revenue

Darryl DeAngelis, LEED AP, EBTRON
This presentation reviews new legislation, updated ASHRAE standards and guidelines, and mechanical code changes that are creating new opportunities for TAB services, including school construction verification and ongoing compliance requirements.
  • Know which states have adopted new laws.
  • Understand changes in ASHRAE standards and guidelines that may create opportunities.
  • Identify important changes in the mechanical code.
  • Gain insight into potential future developments.

Technology Showcase & Adjournment

  • 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Annual Closing Reception & Celebration

  • 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  • Location to be announced.
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