HISTORY

Gregory Warren To Lead IBA Consulting & Engineering Into Southwest Asia Market

Firms Opens First International Office In Abu Dhabi, UAE

NEW YORK CITY – (July 1, 2009) – IBA Consulting & Engineering, PLLC, one of the country’s leading building envelope authorities, announces a new division tailored to finding and evaluating new business opportunities internationally. For complete article, click here.

"Building envelope consultant goes nationwide. Q&A with Mark Baker, head of IBA Consultants"
E-Glass Weekly, January 23, 2007
In 2004, building envelope consulting firm IBA Consultants Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla., operated three offices, all in Florida. Today, the company has seven locations, including offices in Las Vegas, Seattle and New York City. The firm’s rapid nationwide expansion is the result of a strategic plan that includes the launch of one office a year, with the most recent opening of the company’s New York office in January. For complete article, click here.

"Leak Fighter", Sarasota Herald-Tribune
July 30, 2005 - Low mortgage interest rates aside, the current real estate boom has been a tough time to be a home buyer. Builder lotteries are common as a way to sell a limited number of home sites. Buyers feel compelled to sign contracts that are increasingly favorable to sellers, developers and builders. And prices are rising at historic rates. On top of all that, says an engineer whose company advises developers and contractors, the demand is so great that it's difficult to guarantee the quality of the houses and high-rises going up. "There's just too much construction going on, not enough qualified people to do the work," says Mark Baker, whose company, IBA Consultants, works with contractors, architects and developers to prevent, detect or fix water intrusion in the walls, windows and roofs of high-rise buildings. For complete article, click here.

"Mark Baker Purchases Remaining IBA Ownership Shares from Israel Berger", USGlass
May 11, 2005 - Miami - Mark Baker, president of IBA Consultants Inc., announced today that he has purchased the remaining 10 percent of the company from Israel Berger of New York City. As a result of the purchase, Baker is now the sole principle of the company. For complete article, click here.

"Miami-based engineers move to serve high-rise market in Vegas", In Business Las Vegas
February 25, 2005 - Mark Baker, president of Miami-based IBA Consultants, compares what his firm can do for a high-rise project to that of a "skin doctor." "We specialize in the outside of the building from the bottom of the feet to the top of the head," Baker said, explaining what IBA provides owners, developers, architects and construction managers in the high-rise construction industry. For complete article,click here.

"Windows on the World," Palm Beach Post
May 19, 2003 - Mark Baker is a building dermatologist. "We give advise on the buildings' skin," Baker says.

IBA's engineers are problem solvers brought in long before, and sometimes after, a building is erected. They have kept the harsh elements out and climate control in some of the most celebrated building facades in the world, such as the 88-story Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the tallest building in the world at 1,483 feet and the sprawling Atlantis resort in Paradise Island in the Bahamas.

"Fighting Wind and Water," Sarasota Herald Tribune
December 2001 - "Cladding consultant." "Skin doctor." Whatever label Mark Baker wears, he knows about building exteriors and windows. His company, IBA Consultants, Inc. of Miami and Sarasota, works with developers and architects in the design of building exteriors and windows.

"Storm Proofing," Miami Business
February 2001 - "In the months ahead, a major change will happen on the Miami skyline, as the 75-story Four Seasons Hotel and Tower climbs higher than any other building in the city. It will be engineered to weather hurricane force winds of up to 260 miles per hour, with windows reinforced to keep out even the most torrential downpour. The job of making sure the $240 million building is as close to hurricane-proof as a structure in Miami-Dade County can be is up to IBA Consultants."

"He's Skin Doctor to Skyscrapers and Arenas," Daily Business Review
February 2000 - "A leader in the rarified business of cladding consultants, Baker, president of IBA Consultants Inc. in Miami, works with developers and architects in the design of building exteriors and windows. His company monitors the materials used on the outside of a building the building, code compliance of the materials, and the installation and construction process"

"Engineer Carves Investigative Niche," South Florida Business Journal
November 1994 - "It was a line in the South Florida Building Code mandating that the exterior walls of high-rise structures, or curtain walls, be inspected before installation on area towers that has company vice president and partner Mark Baker busy with investigations throughout South Florida."

"Curtain-wall Expert Takes Inspection Show on the Road with Van," Engineering News Record
October 1992 - "Conversation with U.S. building engineer Mark Baker sooner or later gets back to the van he's fitted out in London with hoses, pumps, fans, and other tools for on-site testing of curtain walls" "Baker is spending most of September setting up a similar operation in Miami, a location selected even before the winds from Hurricane Andrew created new openings for curtain-wall troubleshooters."