Procrastination Day

State the features and benefits of natural stone products. Analyze the stone quarrying and stone fabrication processes. List the applications of natural stone in a variety of market segments. Identify the characteristics of certain natural stone products which make them more or less suited for specific applications. Learn how building with natural stone helps reduce carbon and time while keeping your design intact.

Learning objectives

• Analyze stone quarrying and stone fabrication processes. How to choose the right stone material for your project.
• Identify the characteristics of certain natural stone products which make them more or less suited for specific applications.
• State the features and benefits of natural stone products.
• What makes natural stone sustainable.

Participants will learn how to choose the appropriate silicone for use when designing and building curtain wall and store front sealant applications.

Learning objectives

• Specify the right sealants in structural and non- structural applications.
• Understand different curtain Wall Systems
• Recognize structural sealant joint configurations
• Identify non-structural curtain wall sealant applications
• Choose the right accessories for curtain wall applications
• Understand product compatibility considerations

In this seminar, design professionals, general contractors, owner or facility managers will gain a thorough understanding of flexible spaces using automated operable partitions.

Learning objectives

• To recognize the advantages of automated flexible spaces to manage spaces more effectively and efficiently. Automation makes flexibility easy.
• To compare horizontal and vertical solid and glass automated partitions – including sizes, acoustical and finish options, and safety measures.
• To understand acoustical separation (how sound moves) as it relates to flexible spaces in general and partitions in particular. Discussing STC, NIC and surrounding construction.
• To understand storage and structural considerations of these dynamic systems and the overall impact on design.
• To compare overall cost implication – both initial and life cycle. Selecting projects with an eye to overall cost to the client and also to the environment

This course explores the fundamentals of interior acoustic design, including sound isolation and speech privacy, and how this information can be used to effectively optimize the acoustic design and installation of glass partitions and office fronts.

Learning objectives

• Understand the principles of acoustics in architecture.
• Establish a common language when discussing acoustical issues.
• Explain the acoustic limitations of office fronts including glass, glazing, doors, demising constructions, and terminations.
• Be able to identify common and readily available methods to optimize the acoustic performance of glass partitions and office fronts.

This course provides a working knowledge of how space shortage has become an increasingly important consideration within today’s workspace environments, and allows participants to gain a better understanding of storage issues related to commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities.