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New Courses Featured This Month


Creating Healthy Living Environments with New Paint Technology (CDN)
Daylighting 201 - A Simple Guide To Motorized Shades And Controls

Provides an overview of specifying motorized window shades so the benefits of natural light can be maximized, and energy conserved through the control of daylighting.

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Creating Healthy Living Environments with New Paint Technology (CDN)
Creating Healthy Living Environments with New Paint Technology (CDN)

Provides an overview of sustainable design and the creation of healthier environments in reference to architectural paints. Included are discussions regarding the components of paint; independent testing methods and standards; categories of LEED®; and specification of paint systems for today’s designer.

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Metal Ceiling Technical Guidelines
Metal Ceiling Technical Guidelines

The CISCA Metal Ceilings Technical Guidelines was created by the CISCA Metal Ceilings Committee of manufacturers and installation contractors to promote the use, design, production and application of quality metal ceiling systems in construction projects.

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Wine Cellars: Room Construction and Design Considerations
Wine Cellars: Room Construction and Design Considerations

Provides an overview of the design and construction requirements for wine storage, including climate control.

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Overview of Firewalls and the Use of Paperless Gypsum Shaftliner Panels
Overview of Firewalls and the Use of Paperless Gypsum Shaftliner Panels

Provides an overview of the advantages of using paperless shaftliner panels for firewall assemblies in multi-story, multi-family housing, and covers the installation procedures and special conditions.

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Pre-Finished Opening Systems
Pre-Finished Opening Systems

Provides an overview of pre-finished metal frame systems including a cost comparison with standard frame types and a review of the product features.

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Preserving Wood Windows and Doors: Design Solutions and Treatments
Preserving Wood Windows and Doors: Design Solutions and Treatments

Provides an overview of the causes and prevention of wood decay including treatments, coatings, and wood engineering technologies, along with a discussion on exterior clad products for window and door products.

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Hinge Selection Guide
Hinge Selection Guide

Provides an overview of hinge standards, types, applications and selection tools.

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Podcasts Featured This Month


Green Roofs: A Sustainable Strategy
Custom Showering - Dreams Fulfilled - PODCAST

Provides an overview of custom showering trends, key planning questions, planning with imagination, and executing a plan which will fulfill your client’s dream expectations by creating the ultimate showering experience. Water, from sea to tap, is and always will be H2O but custom showering allows you to take that basic mixing of molecules and shape it any way you want!

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AEC Daily Bulletin - March 2008


AEC Daily Learn & Earn Sweepstakes

AEC Daily Learn & Earn Sweepstakes
March Learn & Earn Contest

The Learn & Earn With AEC Daily
Sweepstakes

Has Been Extended to June 30, 2008

You could WIN a $100 PRIZE just for successfully completing any of the FREE online AIA-certified courses available at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center.

With 214 FREE online continuing education courses available, you have multiple chances to win!

Please visit http://redirect.aecdaily.com/s18122/www.aecdaily.com/contest for complete rules & regulations.

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Tradeshows, Events + Conferences


CSI Academies Fall CDT Exam Registration – Now Open!

Register now to take the CDT! The fall testing window is September 22 – 27, 2008. The early registration deadline is June 23, 2008 and the final registration deadline is August 22.
Visit www.csinet.org/certification to register for the exam or for more information.

CSI Academies CSI Online Courses -- Education Anywhere, Anytime!

    CSI’s online courses offer comprehensive, on-demand, multi-media distance learning to construction industry professionals, including specifiers, engineers and architects. You can expect:
  • Multi-media lectures
  • Reading assignments
  • Online quizzes and final exams
  • CSI CEN continuing education credits and AIA learning units
  • Education that meets the rigorous standards the construction industry has come to expect from the Construction Specifications Institute
For a limited time, all participants will receive the CSI members-only price of $39 (a $20 savings), so register for a course today at www.csionlinecourses.com!

CSI Academies CSI Webinar: Specifications 101
March 20, 2-3:30pm ET


This “Entry Level” learning Webinar is designed for students or employees of design or construction firms who come to the job with little or no experience or knowledge of specifications. Click here to learn more or register now for this webinar.

  CSI Webinar: The Unified Technology Building System and the New MasterFormat Process
March 25, 2-3:30pm


Construction practices for low voltage systems have been in place and mature for more than 25 years, and have seen incremental changes over the past decade with the convergence of voice and data cabling infrastructure. Other low voltage systems exist within commercial buildings. These systems are going through a similar convergence to enable the next generation of buildings to take full advantage of the scale, management, footprint and standardized installation owners are demanding. Common names for these systems include: Building Automation Systems, BAS, Building Networks, and Building Systems. Participants will review the new design process as dictated by MasterFormat 2004 Edition, and discuss best practice for next generation building system design. Click here to learn more or register now for this webinar.

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BIMWorld


BIMWORLD

Are you a Revit® user?

Then visit BIMWorld.com to see the recently developed and published Revit® content for companies such as Trainor Glass, Delta and Brizo plumbing fixtures as well as over 1500 unique Revit® objects for the Sherwin-Williams color palates.

BIMWorld continuously develops and publishes manufacturer specific BIM and CAD content for use by the design community, so make sure you come back regularly because you will also see Revit® content developed for Technical Glass Products (Fire Rated Glass), CP Films (Solar Control Film) and Laticrete International.

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CADdetails


PDF Solutions for CAD professionals
Bluebeam is a professional PDF application for creating, viewing, editing and redlining PDF files. The intuitive interface uses tabs to display open PDF files and allows for multiple, side by side PDF viewing. The CAD specific symbols and markup tools make it quick and easy to redline PDF drawings. Bluebeam also integrates with AutoCAD and SolidWorks for one-click PDF creation and batch processing.

Bluebeam just released version 6.0 with exclusive new functionality that integrates web browsing with PDF viewing, editing and markup. WebTabs™ allows users to search online for PDF brochures, catalogs and documents and open them in Revu. Once open, users can combine the content with other PDFs, add comments or markups and share with colleagues. Revu also stores the url for CADdetails.com and other favorite websites for easy access.

Bluebeam PDF Revu is available in Standard edition and CAD edition. A 30-day trial can be downloaded at www.bluebeam.com.
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Architectural Products Magazine


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Find out why Architectural Products Magazine is the fastest growing magazine in all of construction! Click to start your FREE annual subscription and get the latest on products, materials and applications for commercial and institutional design. Now with 9 issues in 2006 and a live web version connecting you to all the products appearing in the magazine with no registration requirement. This subscription is free to US citizens only.

Architectural Products Magazine is a publication of Construction Business Media, LLC.

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