Facade Tectonics 2024 World Congress
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
Join Facade Tectonics October 8-10, 2024 for our biennial World Congress at the University of Utah College of Architecture and Planning
Women Executives in Building Symposium
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
Join us for another thought-provoking Women Executives in Building Symposium.
NIBS congressional briefing
Jun 6, 2025 | 5:29 PM – 5:29 PM ET
Nearly half of all Americans live and work in high seismic regions throughout the United States. These regions currently have $108 trillion of national building assets and the work of NEHRP must continue to mitigate risk from earthquakes.
Off-site Construction: Delivering Better Buildings
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
There is no shortage of excuses not to build differently, but the current challenges we face as a building industry and society are becoming too tenuous to continue the status quo. From workforce availability and jobsite safety to housing affordability and availability, building quality and sustainability – we need solutions.
Clean Water, Sanitation, and the Built Environment
As part of the 2024 Moving Forward Report, the Consultative Council is exploring the topic of “Water and Sanitation Access and the Built Environment,” examining key concepts, challenges emerging from climate change impacts and population growth, and considerations that can help to inform decisions about how to plan for, mitigate, and potentially solve water access issues from the perspective of the built environment. This report focuses specifically on the way in which commercial and residential buildings access and use water resources.
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New York Build 2024
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
The two-day show features: 500+ incredible speakers across 15 conference tracks & AIA CES accredited workshops, Networking Parties; 400+ exhibitors; the USA's largest meeting of Women in Construction; a Government Hub, Architect's Hub, live demos, DJs, live music, entertainment and much more!
The Intersection of AI and Building Sciences: A New Era of Intelligent Infrastructure
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
In this session, we will delve into the captivating world of AI applications in the building sciences, share the lessons learned by these pioneers, and present outcomes from a series of global webinars that the National Institute of Building Sciences, Asset Leadership Network, and American Institute of Architects have participated in.
Building Innovation 2024
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
Building Innovation 2024 will bring together everyone who impacts the built environment to explore challenges, possibilities, the latest tools, groundbreaking strategies, and more.
Benefits and Challenges of a Timely Code Adoption Cycle
Many jurisdictions in the United States have put building codes and standards in place to protect the health, safety and welfare of their citizens. The U.S. Constitution delegates the authority to adopt and enforce building codes to state and local governments. Traditionally, the release of updated codes under the model code development process would trigger code adoption procedures at the state or local level, resulting in states and local jurisdictions adopting an updated code about every three years.
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Innovations and Operations: Developments in Sustainable Precast Concrete
Jun 7, 2025 | 2:42 PM – 2:42 PM ET
Precast concrete is a durable and resilient material that provides many benefits to efficient, sustainable structures in the long term. While precast concrete has an upfront CO2 impact, the industry is working to reduce GHG emissions and increase the efficiency of its products.
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