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Built for Learning: Concrete Masonry and Resilient K-12 Schools

1.0 CEU

This course will provide architects, engineers, and interior designers with the necessary tools to design more resilient K-12 buildings that foster healthier learning environments and safer spaces utilizing concrete masonry. Attendees will learn about structural, acoustic, and fire-resistant properties of CMU while exploring how it impacts first cost, life-cycle costs, and multiple building products and systems. Explore ways masonry will contribute to your sustainability goals through topics like resilience, embodied carbon, and carbon sequestration.

Objectives

  1. Evaluate concrete masonry’s inherent structural, acoustic, and fire-resistance properties against competing wall systems to make informed material specifications for K–12 school projects. 
  2. Analyze relative construction costs of CMU and other factors that contribute to total building life-cycle costs. 
  3. Identify factors that contribute to life-cycle embodied carbon. Introduction to carbon sequestration. 
  4. Investigate the capabilities of CMU towards meeting fire and life safety goals in schools through design optimization.

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