Resilience is a key component of building design when addressing both seismic and wind design. Properly designed and constructed wood structures that comply with building code requirements are resilient, performing with minimal damage while protecting occupants during both seismic and high wind events.
This course will look at how wood-frame Lateral Force Resisting Systems (LFRS), that resist wind and seismic loads, can contribute to resistance in the built environment.
Passive fire protection systems such as fire rated floor doors provide incredibly important life-safety measures in commercial buildings. This course will discuss construction access products, the difference between active and passive fire protection, and how fire rated floor doors provide passive protection. We will also explain 2024 International Building Code requirements for fire-rated floor doors and how they differ from fire-rated access doors. Finally, you will learn about a project where fire-rated floor doors were used in a large New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority project.
This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Explore the technology, history, and benefits of single ply roof systems, with a core focus on EPDM, PVC, and TPO.
This course offers insight into the environmental performance of Redwood Lumber. The details and results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comparing Redwood and plastic/composite decking options will be shared as will information about Redwood’s Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
The course also provides comparisons between Redwood Lumber and other wood species, as well as details about the sustainability of modern Redwood forestry management practices.
Finally, this course provides details on important product attributes of Redwood Lumber including grades, fire performance, strength, and finishing options among others.
This course offers an in-depth exploration of the design and construction of all-wood buildings, with a focus on Waechter Architecture’s innovative Mississippi Building in Portland, Oregon. The course highlights the flexible "6-Rooms" approach, structural systems using mass timber products, and the integration of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems. Participants will also gain insights from post-occupancy evaluations of air quality, acoustics, and thermal performance. The course will also discuss a matrix of design options developed by Waechter Architecture, offering a range of scalable and adaptable strategies for future all-wood building projects. Supported by research and learnings from completed projects, this course equips architects and design professionals with practical tools and knowledge to design and implement mass timber solutions in future building projects.
This course explores the innovative applications of softwood lumber, particularly western red cedar (WRC), in contemporary residential architecture across North America. Through detailed project case studies, three acclaimed architects—Raylene Hill (RAD Architects, Nova Scotia), Laura Marion (Flight Architecture, Colorado), and Jake Weber (GII Scout and Weber, Oregon)—share their design philosophies, construction strategies, and aesthetic decisions involving softwood lumber products. The course highlights the structural and sensory benefits of WRC, including its natural weathering, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and biophilic appeal, both on building exteriors and interiors.
This course explores how robotics, AI, and computational design are transforming architectural practice and construction workflows. Drawing on research from Princeton’s Adel Research Group (ARG) and ETH Zurich, participants will examine multi-robot assembly, AI-driven material optimization, and human–robot collaboration in off-site prefabrication. Case studies—including the DFAB House—reveal how robotic fabrication increases precision and productivity, improves worker safety, and supports lower carbon and resilient building systems.
This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Facade design is often the most complex aspect of a building project, requiring teams to balance client expectations, aesthetics, performance, regulatory requirements, budget, and schedule simultaneously. This course examines how prefabricated facade systems — integrating exterior finishes, insulation, framing, and pre-installed windows into a single coordinated assembly — can simplify this process while supporting the overall project vision. Participants will explore how this approach reduces design risk, accelerates construction schedules, and improves quality control through factory precision.
The course also addresses how prefabricated concrete facade systems contribute to occupant health, safety, and welfare through enhanced durability, fire and weather resistance, and reduced site hazards. Real-world case studies and a review of the Design Assist delivery model provide practical strategies for incorporating prefabricated facade systems effectively from early design through construction.
This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Artificial intelligence is moving beyond isolated tools and generative outputs. The next phase is agentic: systems that reason across data, coordinate work, and act alongside human teams. This transformation will be both beneficial and disruptive. Productivity will increase. Many new roles will emerge. Expectations will change.
For architecture and engineering firms, this shift reshapes the entire project lifecycle: planning, staffing, forecasting, design coordination, risk detection, and delivery. AI is becoming the connective layer across disciplines, while robotics and new delivery technologies close long-standing gaps between design and construction.
In this session, we take a practical, wide-angle view of what an AI-enabled, agentic A&E firm could look like. We will discuss specific products, real-world applications, and emerging platforms, not to promote tools, but to ground the conversation in practical reality. The focus is on how AI reshapes workflows, roles, decision-making, and firm structure and how to prepare intentionally.
This course provides evidence that Redwood Timbers are a safe, strong, and sustainable option for exterior and interior building projects where natural wood is desired. It will explore the use of Redwood Timbers for post and beam construction, decorative elements, deck posts, and outdoor living structures such as arbors, pergolas, and gazebos.
The course also provides information about Redwood’s insulation properties and Class B flame spread, as well as details about modern redwood forestry management practices that ensure Redwood will remain a renewable natural resource into the future.
Finally, this course provides details on the product attributes of Redwood Timbers including grades, dimensions, fasteners, finishing options, and strength among others.