The Cookson Company offers Six [6] AIA/CES Continuing Education Programs.
Each program is worth 1.0 learning units/HSW and all are one [1] hour long.
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Rolling Closure Products
Program Title: Rolling Closure Products, Program: 00CP01
Learning Objective: To gain a general understanding of available rolling closure product lines so that the most applicable products can be specified to meet end user needs.
Attendees will...
- Get an overview of key components that make up the assembly of rolling closure products and how they tie into building openings.
- Review rolling door product applications that solve special design application needs.
- Gain an understanding of automatic closing systems and available fire & smoke control product options.
- Become familiar with fire product accessories that can be specified to meet specific code requirements or to enhance life safety protection.
- Be informed of materials and finishes that are available to meet project performance requirements and aesthetic design needs.
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Rolling Fire Door Closing System Selection
Program Title: Rolling Fire Door Closing System Selection, Program: 00FD02
Learning Objective: This course describes the differences and limitations of rolling fire door product lines and explains the multiple levels of rolling fire door automatic closing systems.
Attendees will learn...
- How to select the correct rolling fire door product line based on application needs.
- Rolling fire door alarm system interface requirements.
- Key factors in selecting the appropriate automatic closing system based on up front and long term cost, resetting complexity and end user safety.
- How rolling fire door accessories can enhance life safety and meet code requirements.
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Emergency Response Rolling Closure Products
Program Title: Emergency Response Rolling Closure Products, Program: 00ER01
Learning Objective: Through education of product availability and applicable code awareness, this program will enable participants to evaluate individual building envelopes and select code compliant Rolling Door Emergency Response Products that will provide life safety for building occupants and property protection for building owners while providing additional attributes such as security, sound attenuation, thermal control, etc.
Attendees will learn...
- About products that enable large functional openings in rated walls while maintaining the fire and/or smoke rating of the wall.
- How Emergency Response Rolling Door products provide balanced fire protection for building owners.
- How security-rolling grilles can be used for protection, yet be part of the building's emergency egress plan.
- About the governing codes and regulatory bodies that are most directly associated with Emergency Response Rolling Door products.
- How today's Fire Door automatic closing systems have evolved to provide convenient and safe routine testing and resetting capabilities.
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Providing Hurricane Protection with Rolling Doors
Program Title: Providing Hurricane Protection with Rolling Doors, Program: 00HP01
Learning Objective: To understand why maintaining secured commercial door openings during extreme weather conditions is critical to the overall structural integrity of buildings and how to specify commercial doors and building openings to meet today's code requirements for intense storm conditions.
Attendees will learn...
- The difference between "Test" and "Design" load requirements and the eleven variables that effect design wind load.
- What to expect with regard to high wind load door construction and load potentials that buildings need to support during worse case storm conditions.
- About potential wind forces and the locations that door loads are transferred to the building structure.
- The normal reactions of a closed door during extreme storm conditions and what to expect if door operation is attempted while the door is subjected to high wind forces.
- How codes are evolving for high wind load and wind-borne debris resistance.
- Potential consequences of commercial door opening failure due to extreme wind conditions.
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Obtaining Fire and Smoke Protection in Means of Egress Openings Using Accordion Fire Doors
Program Title: Obtaining Fire and Smoke Protection in Means of Egress Openings Using Accordion Fire Doors, Program: 00AD01
Learning Objective: To gain a full understanding of how code approved Accordion Fire Doors can be used in required means of egress openings as an alternative product to pivoting or side-hinged swinging fire doors.
Attendees will learn...
- The key attributes of Accordion versus Side-Hinged Swinging Fire Doors.
- The component make-up, functionality and limitations of Accordion Fire Doors.
- How Accordion Fire Doors solve design problems and allow for architecturally open floor plan designs.
- How the International Building Code® and National Fire Protection Association govern the use of Accordion Fire Doors.
- Accordion Fire Door header and opening construction requirements.
Note the delivery of 00AD01 is a Lecture / Slide Presentation with a Competency Component.
Delivery: Lecture / Slide Presentation - Projection screen or area required.
Cost: None. Cookson will bring any of these programs to architectural firms or chapter meetings.
Note: For AIA LU credit, AIA membership numbers will be required following the program.
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Avoiding Most Common Coiling Door RFIs
Program Title: How to Avoid 10 Most Common RFIs – Coiling Doors, Program: RF01
Learning Objective: To gain understanding of the 10 most common building design applications regarding Coiling Door Product that cause RFIs, allowing for more accurate plans, more efficient projects and the best use of resources.
Attendees will learn...
- The most appropriate locking options for coiling doors.
- Motor operator options for coiling doors that provide maximum safety and aesthetics.
- Application appropriate coiling door finish options.
- Properly specifying the most suitable cycle life product for conditions.
- Accurate mounting and support requirements for coiling doors, and the option for supports provided and engineered by the manufacturer.
- How to correctly detail an opening that will be protected by a fire rated coiling door.
- Understanding the difference between a Fire Wall and a Fire Barrier.
- Differences in fire door closing systems with an application guideline for specifying the safest product solution.
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