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• Frameless Glass Railings: Designing Stunning, Code-Compliant Systems

  6 Lessons in AIA Courses, All Courses, Finishes, LEED / Sustainable Design, Openings, The Architects Newspaper

  Glass railings can be a beautiful addition to your residential and commercial projects, adding value to your portfolio and raising your profits; however, specification questions, code changes and misinterpretations can stand in the way of a successful glass railing project. In this session, attendees will learn about design considerations, code requirements, installation methods, testing standards, […]

• Innovations in Solid Surface for Ventilated Rainscreen Design

  6 Lessons in AIA Courses, All Courses, Corian® Exteriors by DuPont, Finishes, Openings

  In this course, we review various aspects of solid surface technology such as the production process, features, benefits and design considerations for this versatile material. While most design professionals know solid surface for interiors, this presentation explores the use of the material in exterior cladding applications. In particular, the audience will gain insight into its […]

• Understanding Window and Door Hurricane Requirements for Your Region (Duplicate)

  0 Lessons in AIA Courses, Al-Farooq Corporation, All Courses, Finishes, LEED / Sustainable Design, Openings

  This on-demand course is a recorded webinar.  The course will provide an introduction to hurricane design criteria and impact requirements for windows and the building envelope.  The course will also address how to determine and design for the minimum criteria that are needed to meet your project requirement based on building type and location. NOTE: […]

• Understanding powder and liquid FEVE coatings for curtainwall and architectural applications

  6 Lessons in AIA Courses, All Courses, Finishes, LEED / Sustainable Design, Lumiflon, Openings

  This course will review the features and benefits of FEVE fluoropolymer topcoats for bridge and curtainwall applications. The course will examine the various uses on new and existing structures and will detail a number of performance tests both real and accelerated to determine the life of the coatings. Lastly this course will assess the life-cycle […]

• Understanding the impact of transitions on façade performance

  6 Lessons in AIA Courses, All Courses, Finishes, LEED / Sustainable Design, Openings, The Architects Newspaper

  This course will explore the challenges on air and water tightness, thermal continuity, constructability and accountability caused by changes in geometry, materials, systems and gaps in scope allocation using completed interface examples. Using at-grade, in-plane, overhead and parapet transition details from one project as a baseline, the importance of careful interface detailing for high-performance envelopes […]

• Understanding Window and Door Hurricane Requirements for Your Region

  6 Lessons in AIA Courses, Al-Farooq Corporation, All Courses, Finishes, LEED / Sustainable Design, Openings

  This on-demand course is a recorded webinar.  The course will provide an introduction to hurricane design criteria and impact requirements for windows and the building envelope.  The course will also address how to determine and design for the minimum criteria that are needed to meet your project requirement based on building type and location. NOTE: […]