This is a Product SpotLight Presentation - Wilsonart Woodgrains™ provides unlimited species, cuts, stains, and finishes, captured in a tougher, more sustainable material than wood veneer. Learn how you can get the look of wood you love, with the superior durability and availability of a Wilsonart engineered surface. You’ve got to see it to believe it.

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Over time urban parks and other open landscaped areas are being lost to development. One solution to mitigate this issue is to reconsider undeveloped areas such as building roofs to create green amenity spaces. Amenity decks can provide some alleviation of lost green space, while affording developers the potential to monetize unutilized spaces in their buildings and provide an advantage over older buildings to attract tenants.

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This course provides a review of the problems, safety issues, and solutions associated with snow and ice moving on roofs, particularly in heavy snow accumulation areas. It also provides in-depth training on the proper engineering and installation of snow retention systems.

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This course is a targeted course of instruction and professional development for engineering firms engaged in the design of chemical, industrial, and environmental projects such as secondary containment of hazardous waste, industrial wastewater, ozone contactors, and others. The course is technical in nature and describes the role of waterstops in fluid-proofing concrete joints, chemical resistant polymers and steels, and state and federal regulations of compliance.

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Modern interior spaces often feature open areas and hard surfaces. What should be comfortable rooms in these spaces can become unpleasant from noise and echo or sound reverberation. This course discusses how melamine foam can be used to improve the sound quality in a space. The different options for melamine foam products are discussed along with their installation methods. This course also provides an overview of the sustainability features of sound-absorbing melamine foam.

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In this one-hour course, we will review the various types of door interlocks, man traps, sally ports and their applications. We will define and discuss the appropriate use of each type and their configuration to meet the intended design criteria.

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Rooftop decks create valuable living and recreational space for building owners, residents, and clients. Accommodating restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, and everything from residential to government buildings, rooftop deck systems offer the design flexibility to create versatile, unique outdoor spaces over any structural surface. This course explores the features, surface materials, and design options for rooftop deck systems and provides an overview of recommended planning and installation guidelines.

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Modern lab facilities have evolved to be more flexible, adaptable, and sustainable. They are safer for occupants to work in, and more economical to operate. Building systems have evolved to support these needs, and to support scientific advancement by delivering greater capability and performance. And modern science facilities have more diverse occupants with diverse needs of the spaces they occupy. There are wet labs and dry labs, of course. But also offices, collaboration spaces, dining areas, and even on-site amenities like exercise spaces and relaxation spaces that, in total, seek to maximize the health and happiness of the occupants - and thus maximize the productivity of those occupants. With lower lab density in many modern designs, in particular lower wet lab density, modular lab utilities often provide more economical and sustainable solutions for building owners, while providing scientists with better quality tools to support their research. Local vacuum networks are an example of this - they are economical and sustainable systems which deliver deep, stable, high-quality vacuum to lab buildings by taking a modular, yet scalable, approach for virtually any lab. This course will focus on the ways that lab vacuum is supplied to research and teaching labs within multi-use science facilities. We will compare a variety of different supply options, with a focus on local vacuum networks with respect to the components used as well as design and project execution considerations. Brief case studies of representative installations will be used to highlight these strategies in science facilities and the design and performance trade-offs involved.

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In this course, we will discuss vacuum supply strategies while considering the range of applications for scientific vacuum in academic and industrial lab facilities, and the implications of these requirements during programming, design, and construction. Of the strategies considered, the local vacuum network concept will be considered in detail. We will discuss how the vacuum options employed can improve sustainability by reducing energy consumption, mitigating chemical vapor emissions, and eliminating waste water and oil. We will review example installations which benchmark the scientific benefits, sustainability benefits, and health/safety benefits which are achievable with vacuum equipment chosen to suit owner needs.

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This course provides an overview of cable assemblies used as infill on residential and commercial railings. The course will explain the uses and advantages of building with stainless steel cable railing assemblies; identify and evaluate important railing frame design requirements, considerations, and options; discuss safety and code related issues, classify and describe the cable assembly components; outline the installation process of prefabricated cable kits and custom cable assemblies; and provide valuable insight for determining the best choice of cable and fittings for a successful cable railing installation.

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An overview of the components, green features, and testing standards of fiberglass entry doors, as well as a comparison between the properties of fiberglass, wood, and steel doors.

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This course title emphasizes the focus on prioritizing safety in horizontal access design, specifically for roof hatches and floor doors. It highlights the importance of creating secure access solutions while also incorporating daylight solutions through skylights. Attendees can expect to learn about best practices, safety considerations, and design strategies for designing safe horizontal access points. Additionally, the course will provide insights into effectively specifying skylights to optimize daylight penetration, enhancing the overall illumination in areas accessed through roof hatches and floor doors.

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The purpose of this webinar is to learn how to design safe, secure, patient rooms and bathrooms in your behavioral facilities. Attendees will learn about ligature resistant design, how to test for it and why it's important to make sure all patient rooms and bathrooms follow this guideline.

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This course covers the aesthetic choices available to designers with concrete masonry, including colors, textures, scale and contours, and the best approach to the specification and construction process to achieve desired results. The course discusses how to add cost-effective aesthetic details by using specialty face designs. Finally, the course discusses considerations for using veneers or single wythe concrete masonry units.

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An overview of how masonry exteriors have changed since 1949, and the challenges and procedures involved in cleaning them correctly.

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Soft flooring has experienced a surge in popularity in recent years due to its aesthetics, lower costs, durability, and ease of care. This course discusses how to create the optimal soft flooring system through proper substrate and surface preparation.

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This course is an introduction to spray foam insulation in commercial construction. Presentation goes into detail on building code requirements, effect on indoor environment, the impact on a building's energy performance and a life cycle analysis of spray foam insulation.

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This course covers the wall assembly thermal performance requirements of current energy codes (both the 2009 and 2012 versions of the IECC are covered). In addition, the course discusses the alternative compliance paths that are available for masonry walls under IECC and ASHRAE, including the use of COMcheck software, and provides an introduction to the basic concepts and terms that are used with respect to thermal performance. Finally the course covers how masonry wall assemblies may contribute credits under LEED.

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An overview of the effects of water on masonry architecture. Types of masonry water repellents are compared and contrasted. Application methods are discussed. The program ends with a look at treatments for protecting masonry against non-water threats such as oil and graffiti.

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Learn about integrated door systems, sustainability, compliance, and code. Understand the importance of smoke and fire protection in various applications and vertical markets and how with the proper protection from integrated door systems you can save lives.

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Based on published studies, a vented rainscreen assembly provides the following for a wall assembly:

• Effectively drain water that has entered behind the cladding

• Reduces the wet time of absorptive claddings

• Increased drying of the interstitial wall assembly

• Mitigate reverse vapor drive for highly permeable Water Resistant Barrier / Air Barrier (WRB/AB) systems

Learn the current research and field practices on vapor open (permeable), vented rain screen cladding wall assemblies and their impact to mitigate water long-term intrusion and enhance the drying capacity of the building envelope assembly for the life of the building.

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Explore alternative stucco lathing and stucco compositions while providing a review of advantages and disadvantages of the various lath products and compare lathing alternatives. In addition the course reviews the essential design details for stucco wall systems and identifies specific challenges of stucco wall systems while reviewing best practices and solutions. In addition Standards and Code compliance of various stucco lathing are explored

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Light-manipulating materials use internal channels to capture, bend, scatter, and redirect light and create visually stunning spaces. Panels and slabs in resin, glass, and terrazzo create an experiential surface for privacy screens or signage, primary or accent lighting, countertops or flooring—anywhere the interplay of light and shadow is desired for beauty and inspiration. This course describes the different types of light-manipulating materials and substrates as well as the design and installation options for a wide range of dynamic, unique applications.

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This program introduces building retrofits as a method to achieve green building standards by adapting existing structures. While a building retrofit may have several types of interventions, participants will learn how effective air sealing will improve overall occupant comfort, health, and safety. This includes a detailed look at sources of air leakage and the various methods to address this infiltration. Several real-world examples will demonstrate the importance of identifying source of air leakage, investigating existing conditions, and proper detailing.

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Doors and hardware make up 1%-2% of the entire cost of a construction project yet create more than 20% of the problems. In this presentation you will learn how Integrated Door Opening Assemblies can prevent or mitigate these problems. And use integrated opening assemblies to make smoke and fire control more effective. Course has been updated with current code and application information.

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