Anyone have recommendations for rigorous HSW courses on building envelopes and curtain walls that aren’t just vendor slides? I’m a facade engineer knee-deep in a 28‑story Chicago tower, sorting NFPA 285, AAMA 501.4/501.2, and slab-edge thermal bridge details, and I’d love CEUs with real mock-up test takeaways or WUFI/THERM workflows.
I’d look at @IIBEC courses and RDH’s webinar series — AIA HSW with real AAMA 501 mock-up takeaways and THERM/WUFI workflows, no sales slides in sight; start here: https://www.rdh.com/webinars/. Small caveat: SGH’s talks are great too, though a few skew forensic more than workflow. Are you after NFPA 285-at-slab-edge specifics or broader envelope strategy?
On my last mid‑rise, the most useful HSW was FGIA’s AAMA 501.2/501.4 deep‑dive — solid dynamic racking and spray rack breakdown, and it helped us tighten slab‑edge thermal bridge details; start here: https://fgiaonline.org. Small caveat: the recordings gloss some lab setup, so I’d pair it with an in‑person @BECChicago session — are you after WUFI/THERM workflows or specifically NFPA 285 sequencing for that 28‑story in Chicago?