Architects Speak Up! Advocacy Training

Virtual - Online

Getting engaged in local and state advocacy is critically important to advancing the ideals of the profession. Legislators can’t be experts in every topic — they need your insights into important issues such as school security, resilience, sustainability, and housing access and affordability. Learn how the “sausage is made” and find out to get involved […]

An Architects Guide to Fire Rated Head-of-Wall Fire Joints

Virtual - Online

By completing this course, the design professional will be able to: Identify a variety of wall-to-wall, bottom-of-wall, and head-of-wall joints, including their UL assemblies and ratings Evaluate different joint treatment types for their advantages and disadvantages, particularly in regard to their durability, cost, and safety Discuss International Building Code that relates to fire resistant joint […]

AIA Virginia’s Meeting of the Roundtables | Spring 2022

Virtual - Online

Join your colleagues at the meeting of the firm, academic, and career-stage roundtables to cultivate leadership skills, identify solutions to common business problems, and fuel collaboration across the profession.

Architects Speak Up! Message Book Training

Virtual - Online

While there is great respect for architects, there’s little understanding of what we do, or how our work affects others. Architectural practice is constantly evolving. To move the profession forward, architects must work together to understand each other and communicate our value. Using findings from extensive research the AIA conducted about the general public’s perception […]

Online Safety-Assessment Program (SAP) Training

Virtual - Online

Post-disaster Safety-Assessment Program (SAP) training provides architects, engineers, and building inspectors with the knowledge to provide evaluations of facilities and buildings in the aftermath of a disaster.