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AEC DAILY BULLETIN - DECEMBER 2010
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New Courses Featured This Month
Permeable Interlocking Concrete Pavement: Part II Designing with PICP’s    

Provides an overview of data required and methods used for sizing the base and sub base for permeable interlocking concrete systems.

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Sustainable Benefits of Fiberglass Insulation
       
Provides an overview of the sustainable benefits of fiberglass insulation and includes discussions on the features of fiberglass insulation, insulation as part of the building envelope, indoor environmental quality (IEQ), energy efficiency, and ‘green’ certification programs.

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New Hand Dryer Technology: sustainable, hygienic, cost-effective
    
Provides an overview of hand drying concepts and technologies and how today's hand dryer technology provides sustainable, hygienic, cost-effective solutions for drying hands in public restrooms.

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AEC Daily Bulletin - December 2010
AEC Daily Learn & Earn Sweepstakes

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December Learn & Earn Contest

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Events + Conferences
AIA Continuing Education Seminars
STAY COMPETITIVE IN THE MARKETPLACE - Long Island
January 25, 2011 - 6.5 AIA LEARNING UNIT CREDITS (HSW/SD) and 5.5 USGBC GBCI CE CREDITS
For more information click here.
CSI Academies
Registration Open for Spring Exams
Registration is now open for the spring CDT and advanced certification exams (CCS, CCCA, CCPR) March 28 – April 9, 2011. The early registration deadline is January 28, 2011 and the final registration deadline is February 25, 2011. Learn more, or register now.
The CSI Academies – Registration Now Open
February 24-26, 2011 - The Adolphus Hotel, Dallas, TX

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.
    CSI Webinar: LEED™ Version 3- New Construction: Materials and Resources
    Dec. 14, 2010 - 2-3pm ET

    The LEED-New Construction (NC)  Materials and Resources (MR) category for prerequisites and credits toward USGBC LEED certification requires an organized material tracking system and point verifications based on many variables. This webinar updates the information to the latest version 3.0, relates the subcategories in the LEED-NC MR category to MasterFormat 2004's 50 Divisions, and summarizes calculation parameters and materials that can be used for multiple point counts. In addition, details into alternatives for Construction and Demolition Recycling conversion factors are explored. Learn more, or register.
    CSI Webinar: Sustaining It All: Specifying Division 01 for Sustainable Projects
    Dec. 16, 2010 - 2-3pm ET

    Join John Guill, RA, CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA, SCIP, as he discusses specifying Division 01 for sustainable projects. Division 01 - General Requirements is the hub around which the wheel of the contract documents revolves. Successful sustainable projects require administrative procedures and performance standards appropriate to the project's intent. Learn how careful attention to specifying Division 01 will provide great benefits during contract administration of your sustainable project. Learn more, or register.
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