sponsored | Aug 24, 2022
Solutions for cladding performance and supply issues
This course covers design considerations and cladding assembly choices for creating high-performance building envelopes — a crucial element in healthy, energy-efficient buildings.
sponsored | May 10, 2022
Designing smarter places of learning
This course explains the how structural steel building systems are suited to construction of education facilities.
sponsored | May 2, 2022
12 factors to consider in evaluating tankless water heaters for multifamily housing projects
The pace of tankless water heater adoption in the overall residential market could portend greater acceptance in the broader multifamily market. Despite these positive signs, many developers hold fast to the notion that tankless units can’t produce enough hot water to meet the needs of hundreds of apartment or condo dwellers. Here are 12 factors to consider in evaluating tankless water heaters for your next multifamily housing project.
sponsored | Apr 19, 2022
Multi-story building systems and selection criteria
This course outlines the attributes, functions, benefits, limits, and acoustic qualities of composite deck slabs. It reviews the three primary types of composite systems that represent the full range of long-span composite floor systems and examines the criteria for their selection, design, and engineering.
sponsored | Jan 25, 2022
Concrete buildings: Effective solutions for restorations and major repairs
Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps of a European aesthetic that expressed structure and permanent surfaces through this exposed material. Concrete was treated as a monolithic miracle, waterproof and structurally and visually versatile.
sponsored | Jan 24, 2022
Blast Hazard Mitigation: Building Openings for Greater Safety and Security
Increasingly, explosive blast concerns are driving the design of sites, structures, façades and glazed openings for today’s commercial,…
sponsored | Jan 10, 2022
Applied parametrics for façade designs and materials
Parametric modeling has proven an invaluable toolset that enables architects to test complex design concepts and organize large quantities of data into manageable work streams. Parametric iteration makes it possible to achieve unique solutions that require digital surface modeling and then apply them to interesting building materials that might previously have been considered unviable.
May 11, 2017
Chelsea Green Condominiums
“New Yorkers are the highest-performing people in the world. When they come home, they want to relax, escape, reenergize. That’s what we’re…
May 10, 2017
Owens Corning® Enclosure Solutions Overview Video
“Owens Corning® Enclosure Solutions deliver a range of options for commercial walls, roofs and below-grade foundations, all with flexible…
Mar 2, 2017
Nineteen Years Later, Coating on North Carolina Tunnel Still Holding Up Beautifully
Spectacular vistas along the magnificent Blue Ridge Mountains bring thousands of visitors to Asheville, North Carolina, every year. Naturally, the…
