Courses

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Glass as Filter for Energy: New Ideas in Curtain Wall, Window Wall and Storefront

Driven by two distinct influences, a new generation of glass building enclosures now has a unique trajectory -- toward higher performance and sustainability.

Credit "Courtesy Navien Inc."

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Tankless Water Heaters

Tankless water heaters have come a long way in the last 10 years or so.

Learning Units: 1.5 AIA LU/HSW

When Disaster Strikes: How Do AIA Contract Documents Address COVID-19 Issues?

Description: For the foreseeable future, the design and construction industry may experience considerable disruptions, such as material shortages, construction delays, work stoppages, and projects that are deferred due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Contracts 101: Choosing and Completing AIA Owner/Architect Agreements

Subject matter experts and practitioners examine how to efficiently complete the AIA B101-2017, Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Designing with Commercial & Industrial Insulated Metal Wall Panels

Discover the characteristics, benefits and design options for commercial/industrial buildings using insulated metal panels (IMPs). Recognize the factors affecting panel spans and the relationship of these to structural supports.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Video Surveillance Systems for Multifamily Housing Projects

This introductory course provides detailed technical information and advice from security expert Michael Silva, CPP, on designing a video surveillance system for multifamily housing communities – apartments, condominiums, townhouses, or senior liv

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

AIA 2019 Documents: Construction Manager as Constructor

Presenters will explore the changes in the industry since the 2009 release of the AIA’s construction management documents, and examine how these changes are addressed in the 2019 update of the documents, including expanded Construction Manager’s p

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

AIA 2019 Documents: Construction Manager as Adviser

Presenters explore the 2019 revisions of the AIA Construction Manager as Adviser documents and learn about the contractual relationships set forth in these agreements and how to properly allocate risks and responsibilities.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Materiality and the Reimagining of Historic Buildings

Re-use projects demand a nuanced approach to design to create spaces for today without discarding the value of existing building fabric.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW, 1.0 PDH

Restoration and Replacement of Glazed Curtain Wall Assemblies

Buildings with large areas of glass are often seen as emblematic of the wanton energy waste of the mid- to late-twentieth century. New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio has even threatened to ban them.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Metal Roofing Trends

New ideas in design and constructability are radically changing how metal systems are used as roofing for commercial and institutional buildings.

Photo courtesy of Edmon Leong.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Architectural Glass Mutates as Building Teams Innovate

Novel concepts in glass and glazing are opening new vistas in the buildings world.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Applied Parametrics For Façade Designs and Materials

Parametric modeling has proven an invaluable toolset that enables architects to test complex design concepts and organize large quantities of data into manageable work streams.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

New Skin and Bones: Mastering the Campus Building Envelope

Building envelope choices for campus, cultural, and infrastructure projects are shaped by particular conditions.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Predicting Costs for Tomorrow's Builds: Useful Ways to Future-Proof Today's Designs

Accurately predicting the future costs of construction projects is an essential and growing competency for leaders in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) fields.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Scoping It Out: Cost Estimates Excel with Data-Driven Scopes of Work

What’s the most critical step in creating a new building? Savvy architects, owners and developers find this question easy to answer: It’s the scope, of course.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Building Enclosure Design of Exterior Soffits

Commercial building designs have long incorporated exterior soffits, better known outside of the building design/construction industry as the underside of any projecting building feature.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW, 1.0 PDH

Total Steel Project Performance

Instructor-led video course discusses actual project scenarios where collaborative steel joist and deck design have reduced total-project costs.

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW, 1.0 PDH

System-Based Steel Building Solutions

This course reviews today’s range of structural steel joist and deck systems -- including long-span composite “thin slab” floor systems...

Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU

Design + Construction of Cannabis Facilities

Right now, 33 states allow the sale of marijuana for medical purposes; another 14 allow it under more stringent medical supervision. Eleven states have OK’d it for both medical and recreational use.
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