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Cracking the Concrete Anchor Codes
Provides an overview of the changes that have taken place in the concrete anchor industry, and explains how the different standards relate to one another, looking closely at some of the requirements in order to properly design structures and specify anchors in compliance with the latest revised standards.
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Green Building With Steel Floor Joist Systems
Provides an overview of steel floor joist systems, including discussion on what they are, how they can be applied to different residential and multi-residential projects, and its use toward sustainable construction methods and achieving LEED® accreditation.
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Preventing Callbacks with Enhanced OSB Subflooring
Provides an overview of how to prevent callbacks through a superior understanding of structural subfloor panels, including the evolution of subflooring from 1920 to today and an in-depth comparison of modern subflooring materials based on performance and environmental benefits.
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A Concept Kitchen for 2010+: Contemporary Casual - PODCAST
Provides an overview of the changing kitchen design preferences for 2010+, discusses specific differences between the European Contemporary and American Contemporary design aesthetic detail and shows product installation options the design professional can consider when merging contemporary cabinet details with American appliance specifications.
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AEC Daily Bulletin - October 2010 |
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Events + Conferences |
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October 26, 2-3pm ET: CSI Webinar: Specifying and BIM
Today’s BIM software and specifications can be coordinated to produce effective project manuals! Let Mark Kalin, FCSI, CCS, show you simple techniques that allow specification writers to review information in the model, and add product attributes to it. Learn to apply UniFormat numbering that can be used to produce preliminary project descriptions (PPDs), and MasterFormat numbering that can be used to prepare full project manuals. A highly rated CONSTRUCT speaker, Kalin is an experienced specifier and leader of CSI’s Sustainability Practice Group. Join him as he reviews several case studies of actual BIM/spec interfaces in use by progressive design firms today. Learn more, or register now.
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Oct. 26, 2pm ET: Free CDT Certificate Information Webinar!
Registration will soon open for the Spring 2011 CDT and advanced certification exams. Still debating taking the Construction Documents Technologist (CDT) Certificate exam? Participate in the FREE CDT 101 webinar on the CDT Certificate October 26 at 2pm ET. The webinar will cover the requirements and resources needed for successful exam preparation and study. Register now!
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February 24-26, The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX: The CSI Academies – Registration Now Open
For more than 60 years, CSI has focused on improving construction communication between architects, specifiers, product reps and others to save money, time and stress for all the parties. The CSI Academies are your chance to learn the construction industry skills that can improve your performance. Designed for experienced professionals, the Academies:
• Instill confidence by teaching you the roles and responsibilities of all the construction teams, and how they should interact (and what to do when they don’t!)
• Improve your marketability and productivity today with skills and information you can use immediately
Education sessions are focused on small, intense group work in three areas of practice: Product Representative Academy (PRA), Contract Administrator Academy (CAA), and the Construction Specifier Academy (CSA). To register, or for a complete course listing, speaker profiles, hotel information and other details visit www.csinet.org/academies.
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COP 16 CANCUN 2010
UIA Participation
As part of the 16th United Nations Conference on Climate Change, the Federation of Architects’ Colleges of the Mexican Republic (FCARM) is organising a programme of events in Cancun, Mexico from November 29 to December 1, 2010.
This programme will promote the UIA Declaration of Copenhagen on Sustainable by Design launched by the UIA during COP 15. The programme consists of the second open UIA forum, an Exhibition and a Forum for architecture students.
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