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Sharon Stairs
Sharon Stairs Sponsors Free Continuing Education
Sharon Stairs offers the following FREE on-line continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center. This course is available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and is registered with AIA, CSI, and many more organizations.
Pre-Engineered Metal Egress Stairs
Provides an overview of pre-engineered metal egress stairs including discussions on advantages, types, class, fabricator vs. manufacturer, railings, stair flight and landing construction, connections, and building code requirements.

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Sharon Stairs specializes in architectural metal products precisely designed, engineered, and manufactured to meet your building needs for steel stair and rail systems. The Sharon Drop-in™ Stair system has been specified and installed by architects and contractors for over four decades in projects nationwide. Today’s construction marketplace imposes greater demands on architects, construction managers and building owners than ever before. Sharon Stairs continues to meet these challenges through our pioneered Drop-In™ Stair system design.

Founded in 1963, Sharon has recently outgrown its legacy manufacturing facilities and has consolidated all its fabrication and office functions into a brand new state-of-the-art facility with over 200,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space, more than doubling its previous combined size. Now located in Akron, Ohio, the new Sharon facility is conveniently positioned at the intersection of two main interstate highways. The new Akron plant has been equipped with all new fabrication equipment and will utilize advanced manufacturing methods and state of the art technology to increase production output and efficiency to meet today’s growing needs.

For more information on Sharon Stairs, please visit www.sharonstair.com.

 



The Belden Brick Company
The Belden Brick Company Sponsors Free Continuing Education
The Belden Brick Company offers the following FREE on-line continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center. This course is available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and is registered with AIA, CSI, and many more organizations.
The Benefits & Design Considerations of Larger Brick Sizes
Provides a cost and mason productivity comparison of exterior veneer walls built with various brick sizes and competing materials, as well as a discussion on design issues that are critical in addressing proper movement and wall tie provisions.

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Since 1885, The Belden Brick Company has been making brick in hundreds of colors, sizes and textures.

Throughout these years, Belden has established and sustained a widely recognized reputation for the quality of its products.

Colors
Belden Brick is available in a world of colors including soft whites and creams, golden buffs and dusty tans, delicate pinks and cinnamon reds, chocolate browns, pewter grays and coal blacks. With so many colors to choose from your options are truly endless.

Sizes and Shapes
More sizes mean lower wall costs. With as many as sixteen different sizes to choose from Belden has the size you need. Plus, Belden has made thousands of special shapes to provide special details for individual projects. Need an "impossible" shape for your project? Then call Belden Brick and learn how the impossible can become reality.

Textures
Belden Brick offers thirteen different textures that range from silky smooth finishes to rugged randomly textured styles. Each texture can make its own distinctive contribution to the visual impact you seek.

For more information on Belden Brick, please visit www.beldenbrick.com.







 

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AIA Continuing Education Seminars

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRODUCTS - Providence
6 AIA Learning units (6 HSW / 3 SD / 1 USGBC)

The Consulate of Canada in Boston, the AIA chapter RI and CMHC International (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation), cordially invite you to attend an AIA Building Technologies Continuing Education (CE) Seminar. The seminar will focus on products that can be used in Green, Sustainable and LEED certified building projects for residential, commercial and institutional purposes.

Date: Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
Venue: Hotel Providence
139 Mathewson Street
Providence RI 02903
(Tilden Turber Ballroom)
Time: Registration: 8:00am - Program: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Seminar Fee: $20 AIA Members, $30 Non AIA Members
Max. 50 persons FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided.
To Register: RSVP via Email before Wednesday, April 28th execdir@aia-ri.org.
Send Name, Title, Company Name, Phone, Email, and AIA Member number.

For a list of programs offered please click here.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING PRODUCTS - Boston
6 AIA Learning units (6 HSW / 3 SD / 1 USGBC)

The Consulate of Canada in Boston and CMHC International (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation), cordially invite you to attend a FREE AIA Building Technologies Continuing Education (CE) Seminar. The seminar will focus on products that can be used in Green, Sustainable and LEED certified building projects for residential, commercial and institutional purposes.

Date: Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Venue: Federal Reserve Bank
600 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA 02110
Room Av-1C , Entrance in Main Lobby
Photo ID Mandatory (Drivers licence, passport)
(Plan 15 min to go through security)
Time: Registration: 7:30am - AIA Program: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Seminar Fee: Free – AIA members and non members
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Max. 50 persons FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
To Register: RSVP via Email before Wednesday, April 28th martin.robichaud@international.gc.ca.
Send Name, Title, Company Name, Phone, Email, and AIA Member number.

For a list of programs offered please click here.
SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES - Chicago
6 AIA Learning Units

The Canadian Consulate General, Chicago and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation cordially invite you to attend a free Sustainable Building Technologies Continuing Education (CE) Seminar. Attend for free all day and earn 6 AIA LEARNING UNITS (LU) CREDITS.

Date: Thursday, May 13, 2010
Venue: Crowne Plaza - Chicago Metro
733 West Madison Chicago, IL, 60661
Room – Salon A & B
Time: Registration: 8:00am - Program: 8:30am - 4:15pm
Seminar Fee: FREE.
Seating is limited. Register early to ensure a spot!
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided.
To Register: RSVP via email to Priscilla Prias-Molina pprias@cmhc.ca.
Send Name, Title, Company Name, Phone, Email, and AIA Member number.

For a list of programs offered please click here.
GREEN HOUSING SOLUTIONS - Washington
6 AIA Learning Units (LU, HSW, SD)

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and AIA Washington Chapter cordially invite you to an AIA Washington Continuing Education (CE) Seminar. Attend a full day seminar and earn 6 AIA LEARNING UNIT CREDITS (LU & HSW/SD).

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Venue: MAA Carriage House
1781 Church St. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Time: Registration: 8:00 am - Program: 8:30am - 4:15pm
Seminar Fee: Members: FREE - Non-members: $40
Max. 40 persons FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
Complimentary breakfast and lunch will be provided.
To Register: Click here to register online.

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Holcim
Holcim Sponsors Free Continuing Education
Holcim offers the following FREE on-line continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center. This course is available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and is registered with AIA, CSI, and many more organizations.
Cementitious Materials in Concrete: Performance & Sustainability
Provides an overview of the manufacturing, characteristics, and performance properties of cements and Supplementary Cementitious Materials in concrete and how they can enhance concrete performance, including a discussion on their role in sustainable construction.

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The Holcim Awards is an international competition of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. The competition celebrates innovative, future-oriented and tangible sustainable construction projects and visions from around the globe and provides prize money of USD 2 million per three-year competition cycle.

The main Holcim Awards category is open to professionals from architecture, landscape and urban design, civil and mechanical engineering and related disciplines. The "Next Generation" category promotes the visions of young architects and designers up to the age of 35.

The third Holcim Awards competition cycle will open for entries July 1, 2010. Discover how you can shape the future and help define sustainable construction on a global level while competing for 2 million dollars.

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At Holcim, we strive to help you bring your creative visions to life while conserving the environment at the same time.

Demand for greener structures is rapidly growing. As innovative new designs lead the way toward more environmentally responsible architecture, you need partners who can help you achieve your visions in a more eco-efficient fashion. When you specify Envirocore™ products, your structures will be greener thanks to the reduced CO2 intensity and smaller environmental footprint of this entire line. Additionally, products with the Envirocore seal have been proven to handle even the most challenging projects from interstate highways, to magnificent bridges, to soaring skyscrapers.

At Holcim, we take our longstanding commitment to sustainable construction seriously. From eco-efficient products and industry-leading environmentally advanced facilities, to the use of alternative energy sources and wise transportation choices, we are passionately devoted to bringing you better product choices so you can help design a greener world around us. With Holcim on your team, you remain at the forefront of product development, building approaches, and environmental practices.

For more information on Holcim, please visit www.holcim.us.

 



Contrarian Metal Resources
Contrarian Metal Resources Sponsors Free Continuing Education
Contrarian Metal Resources offers the following FREE on-line continuing education course at AEC Daily's Online Learning Center. This course is available 24 hours/day, 7 days/week, and is registered with AIA, CSI, and many more organizations.
The Value of Designing with Stainless Steel
Provides an overview of the features, classifications, finish options, and fabrication techniques of stainless steel, including examples of architectural designs.

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Contrarian Metal Resources has been helping architects, panel manufacturers, fabricators and contractors succeed in creating sustainable buildings with high performance flat rolled metals, including stainless steel, titanium and solid zinc alloy since 2001.

We manufacture and distribute high quality decorative metals designed and engineered specifically for architectural applications. We also provide metallurgical support to architects so that proper specifications for high performance architectural metals can be written.

CMR offers a vast selection of decorative stainless steel, titanium and other metal finishes, all specially engineered for architectural applications. Our portfolio includes a variety of textures, surface treatments and finishes and represents only best-in-class products – primarily manufactured in the United States as well as imported from across the globe. In addition, Contrarian Metal Resources also offers custom finish solutions – to assure maximum design flexibility.

We have expertise in architectural metals that encompasses dull stainless steel and titanium for roofing and a variety of stainless steel finishes matte to mirror for curtain wall panels, elevators, column covers, and other decorative sheet metal applications. We also stock zinc sheet for countertops and other architectural applications.

Made primarily from recycled material, Contrarian's portfolio of products are designed to last the life of the building without finish deterioration. Given the intrinsic value of these materials, stainless steel and titanium components are likely to be recycled when the building is eventually torn down. The result is sustainable design with low maintenance costs and low environmental impact that generates long-term value to the building owner.

For more information on Contrarian Metal Resources, please visit www.metalresources.net.

 

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