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Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Steel structures offer faster path to climate benefits

Faster delivery of buildings isn’t always associated with sustainability benefits or long-term value, but things are changing.
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Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Insulated Metal Panels: The “Perfect” Envelop Solution

Review the physics of building envelopes, including hygrothermal loads, control layers, climate zones and cladding functions. The importance of control layer continuity at wall, roof and slab connections is studied.
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ADA & ANSI A117.1 Design Standards for Vertical Platform Wheelchair Lifts & LU/LA Elevators

This course focuses on ADA and ANSI A117.1 code limitations and accessibility code requirements for vertical platform lifts and limited use/limited application (LU/LA) elevators Learning Objectives:
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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

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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.

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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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Mineral Wool IMPs: Sustainable Fire-Resistant Construction

Mineral wool core panels provide an excellent alternative to foam core insulated metal panels and other traditional materials where the wall assembly need to be fire resistive. Ratings of up to three hours can be achieved by this product.
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Save Your Energy with IMPs

  Explore how high R-Value Insulated Metal Panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span easily meet or exceed today’s most stringent energy codes while dramatically reducing initial and operating costs.
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The Ultimate Backup Wall for Rainscreen Cladding

  See how single-component Metl-Span Insulated Metal Panels (IMPs) provide superior and lasting hygrothermal controls as a backup wall for virtually any rainscreen cladding, including masonry. 
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Evolve with IMPs

  Learn how Insulated Metal Panels (IMPs) from Metl-Span improve upon technologies of the past to  become the evolved building envelope solution for a sustainable tomorrow.
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Learning Units: 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 and extent of these light, transparent forms.
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Learning Units: 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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Learning Units: 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

Learning Units: 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 approximately 80% of Americans live in an urban or suburban location, and that number is on the rise.
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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 approximately 80% of Americans live in an urban or suburban location, and that number is on the rise.
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The Importance of Digital Twins in Construction

Digital twins created by DroneDeploy empower construction teams with exact replicas of their sites and assets, providing a referenceable record of pre- and post-design plans.
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The PSAC II is engineered to withstand extreme threats of violence. Norshield windows and doors contribute mightily to its ability to resist forced entry, blast, and ballistic threats. 

Norshield Products Fortify Critical NYC Infrastructure

New York City has two very large buildings dedicated to answering the 911 calls of its five boroughs. With more than 11 million emergency calls annually, it makes perfect sense.
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Learning Units: 1.0 AIA LU/HSW

Blast Hazard Mitigation: Building Openings for Greater Safety and Security

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6 Steps to Designing a Modern Wine Display

Design-focused wine displays are becoming increasingly popular in amazing residential and commercial properties throughout the world.
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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

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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. It is the largest industry in the U.S.
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Learning Units: .25 AIA LU/HSW

Multifamily + Hospitality: Benefits of building in long-span composite floor systems

Long-span composite floor systems provide unique advantages in the construction of multi-family and hospitality facilities.
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