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HOT COURSES
Design Criteria for Ceramic Tile / Stone Installations
This course provides an overview of the key design elements that are required for a successful ceramic tile/stone installation, including a ...
Preserving the Modernist Building Envelope
This course provides expert analysis and advice as to the means for preserving the Modern building and especially the building envelope.
Flexible Plastic Porous Pavers
Engineers and architects are turning to different class of paving materials known ...
Architects, building owners, and contractors put a lot of emphasis on the final choice of flooring materials for commercial, ...
New Developments in Load-Bearing Glass
Today there are more uses of glass as a true load-bearing element.
Sealant Repairs that Last: Hybrid Sealants for Building Restoration
This interactive online course discusses the role that restoration can and does play in the arena of sustainability, and specifically the role that ...
Retrofit Roofing Systems for New or Existing Buildings
High Performance Green Building Products
High Performance EIFS for Sustainable Construction
It outlines key architectural decisions related to EIFS, and illustrates how architects can incorporate EIFS into building designs that maximize ...
Sustainable Design: Eco-efficiency of Roofing Insulation Systems
The course begins with an introduction to sustainable development, compares different plastic insulation systems, then follows up with some technical ...
Concrete Additives: Water-Repellency & Efflorescence Control in Masonry
This interactive online course provides the details of achieving water-repellency and efflorescence control in masonry construction.
Sustainable Sports Floors: Selection Considerations
After completing this course, you will be able to describe what the MFMA Accredeted Installers (AI) Program is, and how it will help you, as an ...
Designing with Fire Rated Glass Webinar
Advances in new fire rated glazing and framing technology and performance have made it possible for architects to design clear and innovative spaces ...
Designing with Fire Rated Glass
This program empowers you to choose the correct code compliant glazing product for every fire-rated application.
Construction Process Improvement Through Progressive Steel Joist and Metal Decking Design
Total Steel Project Performance: Construction Process Improvement Through Progressive Steel Joist and Metal Decking Design
PVC Single-Plies as Sustainable Roofing Systems
Learn about PVC single-ply roofing and how it aids with high-performance design.
With Autodesk Revit Architecture, WMU students model campus buildings for energy analysis, renovations, and retrofits.
Over the last decade, hundreds of colleges and universities have built individual LEED-certified facilities, all the way up to LEED Platinum. Now, ...
Improving the Performance of Existing Commercial Buildings: The Chemistry of Sustainable Retrofits
There are approximately 4.8 million existing commercial buildings in the United States. Commercial buildings have an impact and an influence on every ...
When Safety Matters: Key Factors to consider When Selecting Flame Resistant Protective Clothing
Many companies make significant investments in flame resistant protective clothing programs to protect their employees against electric arc flash, ...
Take this course and learn how you can green your bottom line.
Energy Star for Engineers: New and Existing Buildings
Learn how ENERGY STAR is being used by engineers and owners for new and existing buildings.
Optimizing Moisture Protection and Air Barrier Systems
Buildings Teams have long sought to keep water out of buildings, to prevent corrosion, rot, and other damage and to keep building occupants ...
Adapting Your Business to the Economic Climate
Bernie Smith, of Masterworks Atlanta, gives NARI Radio hosts Ron Cowgill, CR, CKBR, GCP, and Mike Holmes, CR, tips how to effectively make ...
How SEO Tactics Make You More Visble Online
Case Design/Remodeling’s Joaquin Erazo talks to NARI Radio hosts Ron Cowgill, CR, CKBR, GCP, and Mike Holmes, CR, about how a few Web site tweaks ...
Severe Weather and Walls/Roofs: The case for using spray polyurethane foam (SPF) in hurricane zones
There has been an increase in performance testing and materials studies on SPF by industry experts in order to make roofing and envelope systems that ...
Durability, Adaptability & Building Service Life Planning as Applied to Modular Construction
Take this course and learn how to differentiate BSLP from LCA in the management of enviornmental impacts over the life cycle of a building.
Using Offsite Construction to Eliminate Waste in Design Phase
This course will help you understand that choosing alternative methods of construction techniques is an effective way to design out waste.
Does the Offsite Construction Process Equal Green?
After taking this course, you'll have a better understanding on how the modular process has inherently green benefits and what those benefits are.
Combining Offsite & Site Construction
Learn the benefits of incorporating both onsite and permanent modular construction.
Project Management Development Program
This five-course program covers the essentials of project management for emerging project managers and provides a solid foundation for long-term ...
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LEAN Construction Education Program
This program was developed for construction professionals at all experience levels to learn the building blocks necessary to transform their projects ...
AGC’s Supervisory Training Program (STP) is a construction-specific training curriculum developed, updated, and field-tested by and for ...
Don't be caught unprepared by catastrophic roof failure. Taking this course will help you to identify roof design ...
New Developments in Concrete Construction
Concrete has long been a reliable building material for commercial and institutional projects. Yet recent trends, including the growth in hospitality ...
Building Envelope Education Module
Embracing what building scientists have been saying for years, there is now a widespread understanding that a well-insulated, airtight, ...
Engineered Brick + Masonry for Commercial Buildings
Brick and stone masonry have served as reliable and valuable elements of commercial building projects for centuries, gracing urban and rural ...
What should be the first step toward designing an energy-efficient roofing system? According to sustainability experts, it is to see roof materials ...
Good acoustics as a component of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) are now receiving more attention in today’s buildings. However, this complex ...
Large-Scale Concrete Reconstruction
Driven by both current economic conditions and sustainable building trends, Building Teams are looking more and more to retrofits and reconstruction ...
Effective construction waste management is not just the general contractor’s job. Architects, engineers, building owners, and ...
The perennial debate over how much glazing to incorporate into a building’s façade rages on. These days, the energy-conscious advocates of punched ...
Low impact development (LID) refers to a comprehensive land planning and engineering design approach to managing stormwaterrunoff that emphasizes ...
Passive Strategies for Building Healthy Schools
With the downturn in the economy and the crash in residential property values, school districts across the country that depend primarily on property ...
High-Performance Windows and Doors
According to Building Design+Construction's 2011 survey on window and door trends, energy implications and thermal performance came out on ...
Data Centers: Keeping Energy, Security in Check
Power consumption for data centers doubled from 2000 and 2006, and it is anticipated to double again by 2011, making these mission-critical ...
Creating a Robust Environment for Successful Building Information Modeling
Enclosures and Cladding: Boost Building Energy Efficiency
Between the roof and the foundation, Building Teams encounter a veritable warehouse of potential energy savings and efficiencies. These advances in ...
Greening and Upgrading Today's Vertical Transport Systems
The conveyance industry has come a long way since the country’s first passenger elevator was installed in a New York City store, back in 1856, by ...
Public Building Design: The Evolving Library
Learn how the traditional library is turning into a digital forum.
Motivated by the prospect of increased property values, reduced utility bills, and an interest in jumping on the sustainability bandwagon, a noted ...
Better Labs for Breakthrough Science
After reading this article, you should be able to: - Describe how laboratory and research trends affect building design, especially with regard to ...
Design Concepts for Elementary & Secondary Schools
Hard hit by the economy, new construction in the K-12 sector has slowed considerably over the past year. Yet innovation has continued, along with ...