This program encompasses course offerings that may benefit the professional in a variety of ways. Courses may involve the financial aspects of the practice, marketing, innovations, case studies and management issues. Additionally, courses will be included that inform the practitioner about tools available to make the learner a better architect, and organizations and standards that can provide similar professional growth. Users can search the catalog using CSI division numbers, keywords, manufacturer names, or product descriptions.
Program: The Business of Architecture
The program will discuss how architects can get a better understanding of the market today in regards to servicing their customers through the use of personal contact: calling. You will gain a better understanding of the different types of phone techniques to keep specialized services forefront to their customers.
Program: The Business of Architecture
The program will discuss how architects, designers, and other professionals can get a better understanding of the market today in regards to servicing their customers with advertising. You will gain a better understanding of the different types of advertising tools to keep your services forefront to your customers.
Program: The Business of Architecture
The program will discuss how architects and designers can get a better understanding of the market today by conducting targeted research. Attendees will discover how research can provide customer insights and help formulate marketing strategies.
Program: The Business of Architecture
The program will discuss how architects and designers can get a better understanding of the market today in regards to developing a strategic plan. Attendees will ascertain a clearer perception on how to respond to market challenges based on the overall business strategies developed.
Program: Architecture, Design and Building Science
This case study presentation offers a rare opportunity to learn about mass timber from a company that built one of the largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) projects in the US – a five-story, 156,000-square-foot office building in Hillsboro, Oregon. Swinerton Builders, which undertook all aspects of construction in-house, shares information on procurement and erection not easily found through other sources. Insights will cover preconstruction activities, including design optimization, proper use of BIM to manage the many prefabricated elements inherent in a large mass timber project, and phasing techniques. Site logistics, quality management, field production, and erection details are also discussed.
Program: The Business of Architecture
This course is an in-depth case study starting with the entry of certified wood into the retail market in 1994, fast forwarding to the crescendo of the activist campaigns in 1999 and ending with the 2018 cleaning chemicals policy. Learners will hear the strategic planning and decision making process on proactive sustainable sourcing. The course begins with a brief overview of how a retailer manages scores of sustainability concerns, what are considered to be material issues and how those considerations are prioritized. Additionally, learners will hear how instead of waiting for codes or laws, retailers can set purchasing boundaries for product standards in order that they would have less of an environmental impact than standard products.