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New Courses Featured This Month
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‘Finishing Touches’ - Enhancements, Options & Trends for Windows and Doors
Provides an overview of the current enhancements and options available for specific window and door types, and how these options relate to Universal Design and the Green Movement.
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Color, Light, and Metamerism
Provides an overview of color, light, and metamerism and how they affect design choices.
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Design Criteria for Ceramic Tile/Stone Installations
Provides an overview of the key design elements that are required for a successful ceramic tile/stone installation, including a discussion of the importance of properly designed crack isolation, waterproofing, and sound control membrane.
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Creating Healthy Living Environments with New Paint Technology - PODCAST
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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Specifying Fireplaces to Meet National Green Building Programs
Provides an overview of the types of how hearth products contribute to home comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental sustainability. Discussions pertain to how to identify different heath product categories, and how some types qualify for the National Green Building Programs, and why others do not.
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Recycled Glass and Porcelain Terrazzo and Secondary Markets
Provides an overview of the glass recycling industry and secondary uses of glass, the benefits of recycled glass terrazzo, including LEED® and health information and life cycle costing, and other recycled glass and recycled porcelain products.
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Decorative Concrete Systems
Provides an overview of features, benefits and applications of different types of stamped concrete systems along with different processes involved during stamping, design considerations and specifications for different types of stamping.
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Integral Crystalline Waterproofing Technology
Provides an overview of the elements that make up a concrete system, what contributes to the overall degradation, and the applications that can be used to prevent weathering of the concrete structure.
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AEC Daily Bulletin - August 2008
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Tradeshows, Events + Conferences
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FREE ADMISSION TO MARMOMACC IN
VERONA, ITALY
OCTOBER 2-5, 2008
MARMOMACC, the leading international stone industry trade show, is offering free admission to trade visitors who pre-register online.
Visit www.marmomacc.com/freebadgenam before September 15th to register for your free four-day pass.
Held annually at Veronafiere, MARMOMACC is the global showcase of stone materials and machinery. In 2007, more than 1,500 exhibitors from 50 countries attracted over 63,000 trade visitors from 120 countries. MARMOMACC is the ideal place to see the latest stone-related machinery and technologies, to directly source stone for commercial projects, and to view the full spectrum of stone materials available for residential applications. Each year, the show features a number of architectural exhibits and conferences devoted to designing with dimensional stone.
For more information: www.marmomacc.com or e-mail info@cig-dc.com). |
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AIA - Sustainable and Energy Efficient Building Envelope Design and Construction
The below AIA Chapters are hosting the new Sustainable and Energy Efficient Building Envelope Design and Construction Continuing Education Workshops this fall. 5 AIA HSW Learning Units for Architects are provided. Also 5 PDH's for Engineers are provided depending on individual state licensing requirements. For further information and to register, please view the brochure or contact the AIA Chapter.
AIA Birmingham - 9/9/08 Birmingham, AL
AIA Kansas City - 9/16/08 Kansas City, MO
AIA San Antonio - 9/23/08 San Antonio, TX
AIA Dallas - 9/24/08 Dallas, TX
AIA Jacksonville - 10/7/08 Jacksonville, FL
AIA Northern Virginia - 10/16/08 Alexandria, VA
AIA Cincinnati - 10/30/08 Cincinnati, OH
AIA Utah - 11/4/08 Salt Lake City, UT
AIA Orange County - 11/5/08 Santa Ana, CA
AIA Pasadena and Foothill - 11/6/08 Pasadena, CA
AIA North Carolina - 11/11/08 Wilmington, NC
AIA North Carolina - 11/12/08 Raleigh, NC
AIA North Carolina - 11/13/08 Winston-Salem, NC |
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CSI Webinars return with a legal series!
CSI has opened registration for the first two webinars in a series on legal issues: “Construction Project Disputes from the Legal Perspective” (2-3:30pm ET, 9/2/2008) and “Implied Legal Obligations in the Construction Process” (2-3:30pm ET, 10/7/2008). CSI webinars are 90-minute interactive telephone/Internet education sessions that provide convenient, quality learning at an affordable price -- $75 for CSI members, $95 for non-members. Participants are charged by site, which means you can invite colleagues to attend the session with you and share the cost! Learn more about the sessions or register now.
Fall CDT Exam
Register now to take the CDT! The fall testing window is September 22 – 27, 2008. The final registration deadline is August 22. Click here to register for the exam or visit www.csinet.org/certification for more information.
CSIWiki
CSI created CSIWiki for the construction community to share definitions and increase understanding of the issues, terminology, and documents that drive commercial construction. All construction professionals are invited to create and edit entries at wiki.csinet.org.
Attention Exhibitors: Aug. 21 Deadline Nearing
CONSTRUCT2009 & the CSI Annual Convention exhibitors are currently securing space for their participation in the June 2009 event at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind. Show management has issued a reminder that the deadline for initial exhibit space reservations is Thursday, August 21. Exhibitor response is positive and space is booking quickly. Read this press release (PDF). |
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BIMWorld
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BIMWorld and Autodesk®
BIMWorld and Autodesk® deliver a seamless online environment that drives 3D CAD collaboration and efficiency. With Autodesk® Seek, building product manufacturers (BPMs) now have a way to market their products to millions of architects, designers, and engineers.
Designers can now easily find manufacturer product content using a powerful, attribute-based search interface, “dragging and dropping” manufacturer-specific 3D & 2D CAD details directly into project designs. Users of 2009 Revit and AutoCAD Architecture, MEP and Structure can search for products listed in Seek directly from their design desktop. |
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Architectural Products Magazine
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Architectural Products Magazine
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 10 issues in 2008 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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