Ballantyne Gear Named a 2026 Best of IBS Finalist in Two Categories
The Announcement
Ballantyne Gear has been named a finalist in two categories in the National Association of Home Builders 2026 Best of International Builders' Show Awards (#BestOfIBSFinalist):
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Best Outdoor Product
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Most Innovative Construction Tool
The finalists list was published by the National Association of Home Builders as part of the 2026 International Builders’ Show in Orlando next week.
Why This Matters
Fall protection continues to top OSHA’s #1 most frequently cited standards list year after year, and the construction fall protection requirement (29 CFR 1926.501) is consistently among the most cited.
That’s not because people don’t care.
It’s because sloped roof work creates a problem most fall protection was never engineered to solve at scale:
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Protect the installer at the start of the job
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Reduce swing-fall risk
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Protect an entire crew without slowing the job down or damaging property
For decades, the industry has worked around this challenge, ignored it, or invested in fall protection and PPE that still left giant gaps that still expose sloped roof workers to risk, damage customer's property, and drain business profits.
We chose to engineer through it.
Sloped Roof Safety Requires a Different Approach
Sloped roof safety requires a different approach. We’ve made it intuitive, scalable and robust enough for the entire crew to be protected in both fall restraint and fall arrest...and we start by installing fall protection before anyone steps onto the roof.
The Eveook™ Fall Protection System was engineered to change the outcomes sloped roof work has produced for decades — by addressing exposure where it actually begins.
Not after someone steps onto the roof.
Before.
What Eveook™ Is Engineered to Do
Eveook™ delivers:
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True first-installer protection
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Reduced swing-fall exposure
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Up to 8 users per system (fall restraint & fall arrest)
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Installs in about 15 minutes
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Non-penetrating design
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ANSI-certified engineered system
This is not incremental improvement.
It is structural change in how sloped roof crews are protected. We have solved age-old problems that have plagued the industry for decades.
See Us at IBS 2026
If you’re attending IBS 2026 in Orlando, come see why Eveook™ was named a finalist in two categories — and what engineered sloped-roof protection looks like up close. If you're not coming out, be sure to follow along on social media.
Protect the installer.
Reduce swing falls.
Protect the entire crew.
What the industry has tolerated for decades no longer has to be accepted.