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Welcome to the Building Design+Construction campus. This is the platform for which the courses found in each issue of BD+C will be hosted. Visit the campus for the latest trends and news from BD+C magazine. Check back often for the latest articles and Webcasts.
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Contextually inspired material mixing for One Essex Crossing’s curtain wall façades weave together panels of warm brick and Italian terra cotta. Photos courtesy CetraRuddy

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues

From a distance, today’s building innovations in cladding performance, aesthetics, and construction appear unconstrained and quite varied.
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Material and MEP system choices drove reductions in embodied carbon and operational carbon for Arizona State University’s new Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health. Photo courtesy McCarthy Building Cos.

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Brighter Vistas: Next-Gen Tools Drive Sustainability Toward Net Zero Line

New technologies, innovations, and tools are opening doors for building teams interested in better and more socially responsible design.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

For glass openings, how big is too big?

Advances in glazing materials and glass building systems offer a seemingly unlimited horizon for not only glass performance, but also for the size
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Photo: AdobeStock

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Planning for hospital campus access that works for people

Well-functioning hospitals and medical centers are no accident that a team of healthcare professionals bandaged and fixed up in the emergency room.
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© Richard Mandelkorn Photography

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Concrete Buildings — Restoration and Major Repairs: Effective Solutions for Challenging Problems

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S.
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Photo courtesy Hoffmann Architects

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Choosing the right paver system for rooftop amenity spaces

Since the industrial revolution, the United States has been rapidly urbanizing. The most recent census data shows that approximate
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Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers, represents the innovation in structural engineering that is occurring at the grass roots level by professionals who are exhilarated by technology and continually incorporating creative new ideas. Photo: © HKS – Daryl Shields

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

7 Game-Changing Trends in Structural Engineering

The built environment, which consists of construction plus real estate, represents almost $6 trillion in U.S. GDP per year.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Facade Design for Cost, Performance, and Delivery

The façade is one of the most important factors in shaping the overall aesthetics and performance of a building.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Design Guide for Parapets: Safety, Continuity, and the Building Code

Parapets serve not only as a functional building component, but also as an aesthetic statement.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

MEP Design Considerations for Rural Hospitals

Rural hospitals present unique opportunities and challenges for healthcare facility operators.
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

26 Ways to Prevent Cracks in Brickwork

This course describes numerous ways designers, mason, and contractors can prevent cracks in brickwork due primarily to elastic deformation of the b
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Performance Considerations for Historic Window Replacement and Repair

From the stained glass windows that welcome variegated light into cathedrals to the steel-framed geometric designs of Art Deco and the bold leaded
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Bigger Windows, More Glass: Efficient, Safe and Inspiring

Thanks to data and analytics used routinely today to model and predict building performance, new and remarkably subtle approaches are being used to
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Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Design Strategies for Metal Wall and Roof Systems

Years ago, prefabricated metal panel wall and roof systems did not find wide acceptance in high-end commercial applications.
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Course Credits: 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 susta
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Credit "Courtesy Navien Inc."

Course Credits: 1.0 AIA LU

Tankless Water Heaters

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