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The cubicle or privacy curtain has been a fixture in clinics, hospitals, and skilled-nursing facilities for decades.  They serve a critical function in both maintaining patient and resident privacy and comfort, and in adding to a pleasing décor.

This course lays out some of the major considerations surrounding the use of cubicle curtains, specifically:

• The Healthier Hospitals Initiative and chemicals of concern as it applies to privacy curtains.
• Factors in employing disposable vs. washable curtains.
• Enhancing patient comfort and healing by employing quieter cubicle curtain track.

Google the phrase “washroom design trends” and you get results that include – functional design, ADA compliance, low-maintenance materials, privacy, transgender accommodation and warm, high-end feel.

This course focuses on commercial washroom and bathroom design, including disability accommodation; bather/use privacy; the problems of mold, mildew and hygiene; and solid surface as a material alternative to help keep bathrooms and showers cleaner.

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) turned 30 years old in 2020. Originally passed in 1990, the major revision to the Standards for Accessible Design (SAD) in 2010 gave the law more teeth – compliance is now required and enforceable on the federal level.

Since the ADA views visual impairments as a disability covered under the Act, there are specific guidelines pertaining to signage products. The two categories covered under interior signage are Wall Mounted, Ceiling Mounted or Projected. Within the Wall Mounted category, Identification of permanent room signs, Directional signs, and Informational signs are covered. Within the Ceiling or Projected Mounted category, Directional and Information signs are covered.

This course addresses some of the basic knowledge needed to understand the role expansion joint system play within your projects. The systems combine form and function, so we will discuss guidelines for evaluating the most appropriate solution in these system types.

We will also cover what happens when fire ratings come into play, review the most common field problems you may encounter, and will talk about how to reduce liability through improved oversight in expansion joint installations.

There is more to an expansion joint system than just the frame and covers. 

This AIA CES program deals with the life safety specifics of fire barriers, industry standards and testing.  In addition, it covers installation concerns, proper detailing of fire barriers, and the current state of joint system verification.

The goal is to limit liability and make sure your building and its occupants are not vulnerable to the hazards of fire, smoke and heat transfer.

When one considers a major building renovation, it’s easy to focus on spaces like corridors, lobbies, offices, guest or patient rooms . . . in other words, all the public-facing spaces. We would argue that right after the lobby, a building’s elevators are the very next public-facing space building occupants and visitors see. This course lays out the case for cab renovations as a part of an overall building interior update.