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Preventing Access Failures: 6 Tips for Construction Teams
Construction errors happen, and they are often the most expensive aspect of ADA compliance...
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The ADA and Beyond
The design community has figured out how to satisfy the minimum requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), but what about the spirit of the law?...
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Integrating Lighting and Daylighting in Building Envelope Design
This fifth course in the building envelope series marks a pivotal transition by repositioning daylight as a primary design driver in building envelope performance...
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This is a required training course for those who have accepted the role of reviewing an AXP Portfolio for an employee they supervise...
Nano
Practice Management
Learning Units
(0.50 HSW LU)
Size
55 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$0.00
Details
Work experience under supervision is a requirement for architectural licensure throughout the United States...
1.5-2.5 LU
Practice Management
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
177 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$0.00
Details
In wood-frame buildings of three or more stories, cumulative shrinkage can be significant and have an impact on the function and performance of finishes, openings, mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) systems, and structural connections...
1.0-1.5 LU
Planning
Wood
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
79 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Adaptive reuse is becoming increasingly common because it not only preserves important historical features of existing buildings but is also inherently sustainable...
1.5-2.5 LU
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
102 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
If there were one rule that would net the greatest acoustical yield in the built environment, it might well be, “Maintain ample separation between machines and occupied spaces.” Not only mechanical noise, but plumbing noise, as well, can create a high degree of annoyance to occupants...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
84 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Better building acoustics makes better buildings; architectural acoustics needn’t be a mystery. This course introduces the basic theory of sound with discussions on sound level, propagation, and frequency, followed by an overview of sound absorption materials and calculations...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
89 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The study of architectural acoustics is a three‐dimensional endeavor. Presented here are the qualities of room acoustics that are essential to understand and address from the earliest stages of design, for optimal speech intelligibility and music listening...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
91 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The study of architectural acoustics is itself an act of architecture. This course addresses the priorities necessary to design good rooms for listening, including considerations to avoid acoustic defects and design checklists for unamplified music halls as well as other room types where good acoustics are essential...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
73 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Airborne sound transmission between rooms or from outside of a building is often perceived as unwanted noise. The principles of sound isolation are introduced here, with a focus on techniques to reduce flanking noise and achieve higher acoustical privacy...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
55 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
A century’s worth of research into the effects of noise has found that long‐term exposure to loud sounds contributes to hearing loss; those who sleep in noisier environments are more prone to heart disease; and subjects suffer cognitively when assigned to tasks that involve careful listening in noisy environments...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
68 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Impact noise transmitted directly to the building structure is particularly annoying to building occupants, and unless it is accounted for in the initial design, is difficult to correct. Excessive community noise is common, a source of great annoyance, and a danger to human health, ranking as the greatest single source of dissatisfaction related to where people live...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
78 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The way in which combat veterans perceive their postdeployment environment is impacted by their training and military experiences...
1.0-1.5 LU
Project Planning
Diversity
Equity
Inclusion
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
53 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The reader of this course receives a quick refresher on the history of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the current 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, as well as the approach for the design professional to use in meeting the requirements of the 2010 Standards in any given project...
1.5-2.5 LU
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
90 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This third course in the building envelope series shifts the focus from climate and typology to the tangible world of building envelope materials...
Multimedia
1-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Introductory
LU-HSW
GBCI-General
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
While postoccupancy evaluations (POEs) can be used to measure the overall performance of a building in relation to its intended use, other building performance evaluation (BPE) methods can also be used over the lifetime of a building...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
66 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Although cursory in nature, an indicative postoccupancy evaluation (POE) provides an indication of the major failures and successes in a building’s performance and points to issues that deserve further, more in-depth investigation...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
72 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
While investigative postoccupancy evaluations (POEs) tend to require more planning and resource allocation than indicative POEs, they often provide a more detailed and comprehensive approach to evaluating building performance...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
72 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Compared to indicative and investigative postoccupancy evaluations (POEs), diagnostic POEs tend to provide more comprehensive and in-depth evaluations, especially for large-scale projects...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
77 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course is intended to prepare the architect to recognize and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas encountered at work, especially when engaging with forceful clients or clients with differing values...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Practice
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Listen to an episode of the Practice Disrupted podcast with hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain to earn 1.5 LUs in HSW continuing education...
1.5-2.5 LU
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Listen to an episode of the Practice Disrupted podcast with hosts Evelyn Lee and Je’Nen Chastain to earn 1.5 LUs in HSW continuing education...
1.5-2.5 LU
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Through this course, you’ll be able to understand the key differences between the 2020 National Building Code of Canada and the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design in the U.S....
Multimedia
1-1.5 LU
Project Planning and Design
Diversity
Equity
Inclusion
Introductory
GBCI-General
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Because the built environment is a major contributor to climate change—creating 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—it is the responsibility of architects, engineers, and owners to target net-zero energy and net-zero carbon building designs...
Series
Sustainability
1.5-2.0 LU
GBCI-General
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Because the built environment is a major contributor to climate change—creating 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—it is the responsibility of architects, engineers, and owners to target net-zero energy and net-zero carbon building designs...
1.0-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Multi-media
GBCI-General
Introductory
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Because the built environment is a major contributor to climate change—creating 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—it is the responsibility of architects, engineers, and owners to target net-zero energy and net-zero carbon building designs...
Multimedia
1-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Introductory
Project Planning
Design
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Because the built environment is a major contributor to climate change—creating 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—it is the responsibility of architects, engineers, and owners to target net-zero energy and net-zero carbon building designs...
Multimedia
1-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Introductory
Project Planning and Design
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This fifth course in the Design for Net-Zero Energy and Carbon series examines net-zero energy tools...
Multimedia
1.0-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Introductory
Part of a series
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This sixth course in the Design for Net-Zero Energy and Carbon series examines net-zero carbon tools...
Multimedia
1.0-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Introductory
GBCI-General
Series
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Floods are currently the most common and costly of all-natural disasters in the US and they continue to increase in frequency, severity, location, and cost...
1.0-1.5 LU
Planning
Project Design
Project Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Wildfire damage mitigation has become increasingly important as wildfires themselves steadily increase in frequency, size, and ferocity, putting more communities, buildings, and lives at risk...
1.0-1.5 LU
Project Planning
Project Design
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
As design professionals seek more creative and effective solutions to new challenges that arise as the world continues to change and evolve, biomimicry can be the source of inspiration to inform and expand the design process...
1.0-1.5 LU
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
71 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Worldwide, there are more than 2,000 termite species, and forty-five can be found in the US...
1.0-1.5 LU
Planning
Wood
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
64 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This course introduces the topic of fire safety in buildings by explaining the fire triangle, transfer of heat, and fire development in an enclosed space...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
110 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course describes the fire-safety concepts tree and zeros in on one branch: preventing ignition...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
109 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course investigates how architects can influence one aspect of the fire safety concepts tree: managing the fire...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
119 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course explores fire safety in buildings by investigating one aspect of the fire safety concepts tree: managing the exposed...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
111 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course presents case studies analyzing the causes and factors in the severity of fires in three different types of buildings: the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, a New York City apartment building, and The Station nightclub in Rhode Island...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The building code is a tool used by designers and authorities with the objective of protecting the public and emergency personnel...
1.0-1.5 LU
Documentation
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
64 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The primary purpose of “What Is Historic Preservation?” is to discuss the history of the historic preservation movement in the United States and present an overview of the processes and programs that have been developed over the years to integrate historic and existing buildings into the architectural field...
2.5-3.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(3.00 HSW LU)
Size
220 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
We preserve buildings to tell our stories, provide continuity in our culture, and stabilize our structures for public safety...
Series
Planning
Heritage
Historical
Learning Units
(2.75 HSW LU)
Size
204 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Whether it is a house museum, a residence, a courthouse, or a church, every building must be safe to enter, use, and exit...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
122 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The primary purpose of “Economics and Sustainability” is to examine preservation in the 21st century as it becomes more relevant and mainstream...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
135 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The past several decades have seen discussions of why preserving modern heritage is different from traditional heritage and how addressing systemic racial and social injustices is key to telling the full American story...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Diversity
Equity
Inclusion
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
130 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) examines the performance of a building in a comprehensive manner and can help architects understand and correct problems on recently completed projects and make better decisions in future projects. POEs contribute to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare as a continuous improvement tool for the built environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
174 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) examines the performance of a building in a comprehensive manner, addressing health, safety, security, and functionality, as well as social, psychological, and cultural appropriateness...
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The idea that every completed building is an experiment with potential surprises can now be replaced with the knowledge that architects can create facilities that will deliver the quality expected of them by relying on building performance evaluations (BPEs) as the basis for programming and design...
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
In a world driven by consumer demand, continuous and systematic feedback and analysis of the performance of facilities is a necessity that yields multiple benefits...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
By relying on building performance evaluations as the basis for programming and design, architects can create facilities that will deliver the quality expected of them...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
To help architects understand and correct problems on recently completed projects and make better decisions in future projects, post-occupancy evaluation (POE) examines the performance of a building in a comprehensive manner...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “Indoor Air Quality Overview” is the first of six courses in the learning program, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “IAQ & Building Design” is the second of six courses in the learning program, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “IAQ in Practice – Building Systems and Activities” is the third of six courses in the learning program, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “IAQ in Practice – Building Materials and Finishes” is the fourth of six courses in the course series, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “IAQ in Practice - Building Moisture” is the fifth of six courses in the learning program, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The course “IAQ in Practice - Building Case Studies” is the final of six courses in the learning program, “Indoor Air Quality for Architects: Design Buildings to Promote Health and Wellness.”...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This fifth course in the building envelope series marks a pivotal transition by repositioning daylight as a primary design driver in building envelope performance...
1.0-1.5 LU
Sustainability
GBCI-General
Multimedia
Introductory
Project Planning and Design
LU-HSW
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This fourth course in the building envelope series marks a critical shift to the high-impact realm of integrative design...
Multimedia
1-1.5 LU
Sustainability
Project Planning and Design
Part of Series
Introductory
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Mass timber (MT) framing has emerged as an increasingly popular option for construction projects across the United States...
1.0-1.5 LU
Project Planning
Project Design
Wood
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Living, regenerative, and adaptive design incorporates interrelated, innovative concepts that challenge traditional building paradigms and even standards for sustainable design...
1.5-2.5 LU
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
93 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
An alarming number of new buildings suffer from moisture and mold problems, which are a risk to occupants’ health, safety, and welfare...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
107 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The schematic design phase is generally considered to include approximately 30 percent of the project design and offers the best opportunity to prevent future moisture and mold problems...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
110 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
During design development, building systems that can help avoid mold problems are selected, construction moisture control guidelines for the builder are provided, and operational requirements to minimize mildew potential are determined...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
125 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The importance of decisions that can help prevent future mold and moisture problems extends through all stages of building design and construction...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
PlanningDesign
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
122 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
With growing interest in taller wood-frame buildings—many with five stories of wood on podiums and with wood-frame mezzanines—there has also been interest in the use of brick veneer at greater heights...
Nano
Planning
Wood
Learning Units
(0.50 HSW LU)
Size
42 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The construction phase is a dynamic time for the project, where the architect has less control, is still required to fulfill their primary duty to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and must navigate potential pitfalls of construction contract administration (CCA)...
1.0-1.5 LU
CE Course
Practice
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
To effectively plan for and implement sustainable development requires a clear understanding of the organizing principles for meeting human development goals while sustaining the natural systems and resources of the environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
109 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
To effectively plan for and implement sustainable development requires a clear understanding of the organizing principles for meeting human development goals while sustaining the natural systems and resources of the environment...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
70 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course focuses on practice management from the perspective of supporting both public welfare and client interests through enhanced service delivery...
1.5-2.5 LU
Planning
Ethics
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
105 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
One of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture, this course discusses the various approaches to predesign planning used over the years...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
One of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture, this course discusses how to develop and present a final predesign plan...
2.5-3.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(3.25 HSW LU)
Size
207 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
One of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture, this course discusses the importance of discovering strongly held values as a beginning point for predesign planning...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
173 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course is one of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture to identify client goals, user and community needs, and codes and regulations...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
114 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course covers the techniques and tools used to gather information from publications and records to identify the values and needs pertinent to the building design...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
106 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This is the second of five courses focusing on methods used in predesign planning...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
115 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
One of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture, this is the third of five courses focusing on methods used in predesign planning...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
100 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This is the fourth of five courses focusing on methods used in predesign planning...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
144 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course is one of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture to identify client goals, user and community needs, and codes and regulations...
2.5-3.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(2.50 HSW LU)
Size
165 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
One of a series of ten courses about the reasons to conduct and methods to accomplish effective predesign planning in architecture, this course shows how to use the value-seeking and information-gathering methods described in the previous courses to conduct a comprehensive analysis of site and climate for a project...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
156 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Construction errors happen, and they are often the most expensive aspect of ADA compliance...
Learning Units
(0.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The structures architects design and bring to life offer joy to clients, building occupants, and the public...
1.5-2.5 LU
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
100 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an overview of registration rules for architects, with a discussion of the meaning of the practice of architecture and the design professional...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Practice Management
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
100 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an overview of NCARB’s Model Rules of Conduct as they apply to competence, with actual and hypothetical cases illustrating the importance of attention to detail, listening carefully, and thinking like an engineer as a means of ensuring competence in the practice of architecture...
3.0 LU
Series
Practice Management
Ethics
Learning Units
(3.00 HSW LU)
Size
105 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an overview of the Model Rules of Conduct as applicable to accountability, with actual and hypothetical cases illustrating the importance of the designer having detailed knowledge of the content of the plans during their preparation as a means of exerting accountability in the practice of architecture...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Practice Management
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
59 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an overview of the Model Rules of Conduct pertaining to honesty, with actual and hypothetical cases illustrating the issues related to corruption and bribery in the practice of architecture...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Practice Management
Ethics
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
102 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an overview of the Model Rules of Conduct pertaining to conflicts of interest, with actual and hypothetical cases illustrating the issues of compensation and disclosure, as well as a discussion of how to best understand the concept of a conflict of interest...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Project Management
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
47 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Growing US cities face escalating housing costs, residential and commercial displacement, homelessness, and the suburbanization of poverty...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Diversity
Equity
Inclusion
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
82 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Growing US cities face escalating housing costs, residential and commercial displacement, homelessness, and the suburbanization of poverty...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Diversity
Equity
Inclusion
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
75 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course explores contextual issues for security at regional, community, and local levels...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
77 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Part 2 of this series examines threats driving the need for security planning and design in buildings...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
95 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This part of the series highlights the assessment process used to define security needs...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
87 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course explains concepts for making buildings more resistant to the effects of ballistic attacks, forced entry, and explosions...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
79 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course profiles available security equipment and systems for surveillance, detection, and access control functions in buildings...
1.5-2.0 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
96 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course presents concepts and technologies for protecting people in buildings from the effects of chemical, biological, and radiological (CBR) contamination, including response strategies for HVAC and potable water systems...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
81 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course looks at both security and emergency preparedness in building operations so that design professionals can better anticipate the implications of design decisions on these aspects of building use...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
60 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides practical advice about security considerations in both the business operations and project delivery aspects of architecture practice...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
133 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Earthquakes can cause immense structural and nonstructural damage to buildings and injury to the occupants of these buildings...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
139 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Earthquakes can cause immense structural and nonstructural damage to buildings and injury to the occupants of these buildings...
2.5-3.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(3.00 HSW LU)
Size
232 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The forensic investigation of buildings and infrastructure has been extensively conducted by engineers, architects, and scientists after every recent major earthquake that has impacted the built environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
127 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
While the traditional approach to seismic mitigation focused on strengthening building resistance, in recent times more advanced techniques have tended to focus on reducing the level of earthquake-related stress placed on buildings...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
101 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Ongoing research and experience from recent seismic events have added to the store of knowledge that allows architects to address problems in the design of new buildings...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
127 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The design of complex objects involving many people and functions requires careful management if progress is to be made toward a successful conclusion...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Seismic
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
129 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course explores and illuminates the design process, from orchestrating stakeholder participation to finalizing schematic designs...
2.5-3.5 LU
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.50 HSW LU)
Size
128 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Soil and subsurface water conditions affect the design and performance of building projects...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
84 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Soil and subsurface water conditions affect the design and performance of building projects...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
74 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Soil and subsurface water conditions affect the design and performance of building projects...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
77 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Soil and subsurface water conditions affect the design and performance of building projects...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
66 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This course provides an introduction to green building standards and certification systems in use around the world with an emphasis on differentiating between single-attribute and multiattribute programs...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
126 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The integrated design process is a key strategy in designing and constructing buildings that are healthier for occupants, have a lower impact on the environment, and protect public welfare...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
89 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The primary purpose of “Performance Metrics for Sustainable Design” is to explore what building designers can do to reduce the impacts of building construction and operation on the environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
107 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The primary purpose of “Performance Metrics for Sustainable Design” is to explore what building designers can do to reduce the impacts of building construction and operation on the environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
107 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
In order to ensure that future iterations of sustainable design will respond to the changing requirements of environmental, societal, and economic conditions, research continues to document the successes, challenges, and opportunities to make continuous improvements in this important area of design...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Sustainable design provides not only improved indoor environmental quality for building occupants and reduced environmental impact on the earth, but also financial benefits to building owners...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Programming
Analysis
Sustainability
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
112 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The design community has figured out how to satisfy the minimum requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), but what about the spirit of the law?...
1.0-1.5 LU
Multimedia
Introductory
Project Planning and Design
LU-HSW
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Some of the most common disciplinary actions against architects consist of those related to the use of the architect’s seal...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Practice
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Transitioning from employee to sole proprietor of an architecture firm is the dream of many architects, but it comes with a need to understand licensing laws more fully and have a good grasp of acceptable rules of conduct for the profession...
Nano
Series
Practice
Ethics
Learning Units
(0.50 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
The building envelope represents the most fundamental cultural act of humans: the separation of the interior from the external environment...
1.5-2.5 LU
Introductory
Multimedia
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
This course addresses those elements that comprise the standard of care and the linkage to liability that an architect faces during a project’s pursuit, negotiation, design, and construction document production and the construction administration process that affects the architect’s standard of care.
1.5-2.5 LU
Project Management
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
78 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
This second course in the building envelope series establishes the fundamentals of weather, climate, and environmental context as the essential groundwork for understanding building envelope performance...
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
0 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
Even the most successful individuals keep in mind that failure is a possibility...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Construction
Wind
Seismic
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
118 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The design professional is faced with the tremendous challenge of anticipating, predicting, and mitigating against all possible modes of failure...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
62 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Architects face countless challenges in the performance of their work, including the obligation to anticipate all reasonably predictable sources of failure and to provide a design that successfully lessens the likelihood of any kind of failure...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
81 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Failures seldom result from a single error made by an individual; they more often result from a combination of interrelated factors involving both technical and human (procedural) deficiencies...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
49 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Failure is an always present possibility, especially when the potential for failure is not fully considered by design professionals...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(2.00 HSW LU)
Size
100 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
The study of failures equips the competent design professional with increased knowledge that leads to more successful achievements...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Construction
Learning Units
(2.25 HSW LU)
Size
95 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Ethics provide a method for architects to deal with the dilemmas they often encounter in practice...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Practice
Ethics
Learning Units
(1.00 HSW LU)
Size
50 Pages
Level
Introductory
Format
Multimedia
Price
$25.00
Details
While advances in technology have led to expanded code requirements and greater client expectations for building performance, the unexpectedly high pressures associated with wind forces often result in extensive building failures...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Wind
Intermediate
Learning Units
(1.75 HSW LU)
Size
106 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
While wind pressure typically develops on the surfaces of any obstruction placed in the path of the flow, the distribution of pressure on any surface of the obstruction varies, and the variation depends on the size, shape, and proportion of the obstruction...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Wind
Intermediate
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
116 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
Buildings can be considered an assembly of parts or components...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Wind
Intermediate
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
88 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
While architects cannot alter unexpectedly high wind pressures, building connection details and their strength can be considered within the architect’s scope and control...
1.5-2.5 LU
Series
Planning
Wind
Intermediate
Learning Units
(1.50 HSW LU)
Size
116 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
For existing buildings that are found to have wind resistance deficiencies, there is often no easy way of correcting the deficiencies without damaging finishes...
1.0-1.5 LU
Series
Planning
Wind
Intermediate
Learning Units
(1.25 HSW LU)
Size
95 Pages
Level
Intermediate
Format
Text-based
Price
$25.00
Details
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