Overview:
During the era of social distancing and highly skilled labor shortage, to better serve the health interests of the community, traditional construction methods must change. Contractors must find new ways to work.
How can architects, engineers and designers help their builders and general contractors to succeed in the era of shortage of highly skilled labor? To the greatest extent possible, specify architectural products, which are custom, fabricated 100% offsite (custom prefabricated), and delivered to the jobsite ready-to-be-installed.
Offsite fabrication of architectural products allows the builder/general contractor to use fewer and less-skilled workers on the Jobsite. For example, with ornamental railing, 1 person can complete a job that may have required 2 or 3 highly skilled people to accomplish with traditional construction methods.
After taking the course, you should be able to explain the differences and advantages of architectural railing products built onsite versus those fabricated 100% offsite and you will see how these principles can influence other product choices you make for your projects.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the advantages of a prefabricated custom railing system and an all stainless steel railing system.
- Compare and contrast the railing system materials used for posts, top rails, and infill.
- Describe common challenges with locally fabricated metal rail systems.
- Evaluate how stainless steel railing systems meet health, safety, and welfare requirements.
This course is being presented as part of DesignDC 2022: Code-palooza and is made possible through generous support from AGS Stainless
Time:
April 21st, 2022 1:00-2:00pm
Credits:
1.0 HSW|LU (pending)
Please note: You must attend the entire session to receive continuing education credit.