Five years ago, 98 lives were lost when Champlain Towers South partially collapsed. The tragedy forever changed families, a community, and our nation's understanding of condominium safety.
Plan Review runs within UpCodes' QA/QC Platform. Users can create projects and set their jurisdictions, code year, and building type once
June 23, 2026
UpCodes introduced Plan Review, an AI-native QA/QC feature that automatically analyzes project drawings against UpCodes library of 11 million locally adopted building codes.
Building codes and ratings help to define minimal levels of performance for commercial and industrial roof systems, but building owners and operators can exceed these baseline standards with higher-performing options.
This standard is the result of a multi-year effort by CSA Group, Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance, and Window & Door Manufacturers Association
June 3, 2026
The 2026 edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA 101/I.S.2/A440, North American Fenestration Standard/Specification for windows, doors, and skylights (NAFS) has been published.
While drawings express what the building should be, specs define how it gets built, including performance criteria, quality standards, and installation methods
The industry needs codes, specs, and plans operating in a single, connected workflow. When that coordination happens upstream, rework drops, resubmittals shrink, and the industry builds real capacity to close a housing gap that is only getting wider.
Sept. 9-10, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago
May 19, 2026
The North American Modern Building Alliance (NAMBA) of the American Chemistry Council is set to host its third annual Building Fire Safety Symposium on Sept. 9-10, 2026, at theHyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago.
Certification allows for easy conversion from other fire-rated wall design options to high-performance W-Wall
May 14, 2026
Huntsman Building Solutions (HBS) announced UL certification has been obtained for W-Wall™, the fire-rated load-bearing assembly utilized as a wall solution between attached multifamily and townhome units.
On-Demand This course discusses the history and characteristics of high-density cement fiber cladding. It then illustrates how a fully engineered, multi-layered system integrates an air and water-resistive barrier, a robust sub-construction made from aluminum or steel brackets and profiles, mineral wool thermal insulation board, and durable high-density fiber cement. Images illustrate how the fiber cement panels can be custom-fabricated into various shapes, offering design versatility.
On-Demand The session will also examine various roof and wall assemblies, supported by lab tests and real-world data. Finally, we'll cover essential quality assurance protocols, including building enclosure commissioning and whole building airtightness testing, to ensure your designs perform as intended.
On-Demand This presentation will explore how to identify projects that may be good candidates for on-structure or rooftop stormwater management, tools that can help meet water management challenges and how they can be incorporated into the overburden assemblies we already specify.
On-Demand This session provides an overview of the LEED v5 BD+C: New Construction rating system, including its structure, goals, and credits. An emphasis will be placed on critical changes in the rating system since LEED v4/v4.1.
On-Demand This one-hour course will cover the lessons learned from over 20 case studies regarding Electronic Leak Detection (ELD) quality control testing as part of new construction, forensic testing in existing buildings with active leaks, and continuous moisture monitoring for conventional roofing. Participants will learn about the principles outlined in the ASTM Standard Guide D7877 and ASTM Standard Practice D8231 and will be able to identify common causes for moisture intrusion.
On-Demand This presentation delivers a comprehensive look at the performance advantages of continuous insulation, with a special focus on polyisocyanurate (polyiso CI) solutions.
On-Demand The course provides guidelines to follow when designing, specifying and constructing these details to ensure design and code requirements are met while ensuring the long-term performance of the building enclosure.
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This presentation explores the performance of exterior insulation under the demanding conditions of modern rainscreen systems and masonry veneers, with a focus on NFPA 285 compliance, thermal bridging, moisture transport, durability and sustainability
This course will review best practices for detailing critical transitions such as roof-to-wall and wall to below-grade connections, where discontinuities often lead to failures. Special attention will be given to vapor permeable air barrier systems and their ability to maintain airtightness while supporting drying potential within the assemblies.
On-Demand This course will detail the progression of early building joint firestop methods to today's best practices, such as preformed firestopping and fire rated drywall accessories. Architects, engineers and specifiers will gain new perspective from this presentation, discovering more modern approaches to joint firestop methodology.