AIA/CES TRAINING WORKSHOPS
AIA and state requirements for continuing education
Licensed architects must earn continuing education credits each year to fulfill AIA membership requirements. You may also need to complete continuing education requirements to renew your state license(s).
If you’re working on getting licensed, some AIA-approved courses count toward the experience requirement for licensure.
We offer a variety of ways to earn continuing education credits that make meeting your goals and licensing requirements interesting and convenient.
Annual benchmarksAIA measures continuing education in Learning Units (LUs). One hour of continuing education earns one LU. AIA Architect members are required to complete 18 LUs from registered AIA/CES providers each year. Of the 18 LUs, 12 must be in the topic areas of health, safety and welfare (HSW).
Chicago Build offers a range of AIA CES approved training workshops across the two days. See below for the full list of Chicago Build's AIA CES sessions or click here to view the full conference program. For more information on AIA state requirements, click here.
A full list of AIA / CES sessions can be found below. Sessions will either be accredited 1 LU or 1 LU/HSW. Listings will be updated as approval is received. If you have any questions in the meantime, please contact marketing@newyorkbuildexpo.com
- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Explore and define the cost savings of Shotcrete to General Contractors and owners
- Delineate challenges in shotcreting, how weather conditions and proper mix design formulation can help
- Identify the placement techniques for building heavily reinforced, thick monolithic concrete sections with multiple layers of shotcrete
- Explore current project profiles of structural and architectural shotcrete and future potential in the industry
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Recognize who needs workers’ compensation insurance
- Evaluate who is considered an employee, including independent contractor vs. worker
- Identify ways to keep premiums lower
- Understand Paid Family Leave and Disability
- Utilize the office of the Advocate for Business and the array of full-service assistance
11:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Understand how to make an impact with your online presence
- Learn some clever social marketing tricks!
- Understand what are influencers and how to choose the right ones
- Keep pace with the changing face of social media
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Summarize the NYC Construction Code revision process
- Describe the development of the 2020 NYC Energy Conservation Code
- Summarize the phases of the Existing Building Code development project that are underway
- Explain the current need for provisions regulating the construction and maintenance of waterfront structures
12:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Assess how to find local construction talent
- Understand Site Safety Training requirements in NYC
- Understand NYC's workforce referral network
- Examine best practices for on-boarding entry level construction talent
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Identify common differences between the 2010 ADA Standards requirements for accessibility and those found in the New York City Building Code
- Identify common pitfalls in accessible design
- Identify barriers to access in existing buildings to ensure compliance with barrier removal provisions in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
- Identify how individuals with disabilities access the various features in order to better understand the usefulness of accessible buildings and design.
13:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Identify common challenges in the marketing/BD process for AEC firms
- Explore staffing, budgeting and management strategies for key marketing and BD challenges for AEC firms
- Balance big picture perspectives against day-to-day tasks
- Collaborate with attendees to share lessons learned and success strategies
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Review construction code provisions related to third party reviews and inspections
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Understand organizational structure and operational needs of local building departments.
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Discuss best practices to assure quality and effectiveness of municipal services, as well as allocation of responsibilities and liabilities.
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Explore potential benefits to various stakeholders
14:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Discern between the four gate classes as defined by UL 325 so that the specifier can match the appropriate safety accessories for a particular project they are working on
- Identify the various types of accessories approved for use as safety devices by UL 325
- Properly specify and design a gate to comply with ASTM F2200
- Learn to identify safety hazards and other hurdles that a particular job site may have and apply UL 325 and ASTM F2200 to help mitigate those hazards
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Identify mavens, pioneers, innovators, majority and late adapters
- Give them a script they are proud to talk about because it make them look smart, sophisticated and in the know to their peers
- Incentive your clients to share their experiences with their peers
- Find research and stats that support our story and make them known
- Create a cult-following and help find each other
- Build a community
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
- Construction is a minefield of risk
- Failure to identify, categorize and forecast risks may prove devastating to a construction firm’s financial future.
- Mitigating risk can be expensive which could push the proposed cost of the project out of bid consideration.
- Risks come in varying levels including; legal, political, financial, economic, environmental, technical, scheduling, safety and management risks
16:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- BUILDING SOLUTION, MATERIALS & POLICY WORKSHOPS
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Be familiarized with the different types of cranes and able to describe their distinctive functions.
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Examine NYC requirements for cranes and apply these provisions to design installations and inspections.
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Review examples of crane safety hazards and identify potential safety issues and strategies for their prevention. Participants will review rules for cranes and their application to risk mitigation.
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Be able to summarize recent legislation related to crane modernization, personnel requirements, event recorders, and anemometers.
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- MARKETING TOOLS, BUSINESS SKILLS & INNOVATION WORKSHOPS
- Define personal resilience
- Discuss the importance of developing personal resilience in an ever-unpredictable world
- Examine methods for developing personal resilience
- Use those skills to help accomplish personal and professional goals
10:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Recognize the impact of the building envelope on the energy profile of the asset
- Understand the key variables that can be addressed at the building envelope that support the systemic design of mechanical heating and cooling strategies
- Identify opportunities to integrate these systems in novel ways
- Compare different strategies of systems integration that impact the building energy profile
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Impact that healthy materials have on the full life cycle of the products
- Understand the role different agencies and organizations have on the selection of the healthy materials
- Learn the top three factors you need to know in selecting healthy materials
- Learn about future trends for healthy materials and their impact on social change
11:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Evaluate new software applications and their potential implications
- Integrate usability testing into their current technology evaluation procedures
- Leverage more from your vendors during technology testing
- Develop an effective technology rollout plan
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Identify specific electrical trends and incidents
- Evaluate and pin point areas of improvement that affect workers safety
- Collaborate with stakeholders and develop path that addresses targeted areas and includes new technology
- Implement steps and procedures that are achievable, can be measured and updated as conditions change.
12:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Understand the flood hazards associated with the site and the asset(s) in question
- Understand building code requirements for structures in Special Flood Hazard Areas (SFHAs)
- Understand dry floodproofing and wet floodproofing approaches and limitations of their use
- Understand the vulnerability assessment process and prioritizing flood risks at existing buildings and facilities
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Understanding how climate impacts to your design decisions considering Vernacular and Passive strategies. Implement strategies to identify important measures with biggest impact on early stages of design.
- Evaluate basics requirements on comfort (daylight, glare, visual, thermal) and performance (EUI, energy usage). LEED impact.
- Organize Inputs & Output information on different technology platforms with simple explanatory diagrams, selecting relevant information to communicate with clients, consultants, manufacturers and builders.
- Optimized Design Intent with different scenarios to help users find potential savings on mechanical sizes, LCCA, operative costs. Industry Challenges.
13:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Understand the functions of the Dynamo interface with Revit and its uses
- See how Dynamo or Revit can be used as to extract information from the model to be used in third-party software
- Use Dynamo to improve processes and workflows for more efficient drawing production
- Create information sharing platforms to coordinate between trades
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Describe floods and the potential hazards to buildings
- Explain the differences between wet and dry floodproofing techniques
- Define the differences in engineered and non-engineered flood openings and their ability to ensure resilient structures
- Active vs. passive floodproofing solutions and the overall impact of ownership
14:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Describe anticipated changes to the flood-resistant construction standards of Appendix G of the New York City Building Code
- Summarize the current status of the Department’s efforts to develop a Code for waterfront structures and describe the waterfront code development tasks that have been completed
- Explain the filing and submittal requirements associated with battery energy storage system
- Describe current construction code requirements applicable to the creation of sustainable roofing zones on building roofs
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Describe what 3D scanning technology is and how it works
- Discuss the different types of scanning systems and their uses
- Define what a point cloud is and how the data it documents can be utilized by the project team
- Describe the conversion of a point cloud into a BIM model
15:00
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- RESILIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY & HSE WORKSHOPS
- Discover, recognize, and evaluate, common construction industry challenges within their organizations when it comes to measuring safety climate and safety culture. Explore and analyze safety culture and climate leading and lagging indicators within their organizations
- Determine the influences of safety culture on employers' return on investment, management involvement, and employee commitment, fundamental company values, communication, mutual trust, training and information, and business
- Collaborate and brainstorm with the presenter and attendees to overcome challenges within their organizations that prevent full implementation of their safety programs and the achievement of positive safety climates and cultures. Learn positive safety culture practices, procedures and compliance
- Evaluate their organizations' safety plans relative to established safety culture models and begin next steps to implementing new and improved organizational models that strive towards achieving zero accidents, zero incidents and zero tolerance for unsafe behaviours
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- AIA CES WORKSHOPS
- ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & BIM WORKSHOPS
- Understand the general traffic study program requirements for NYC capital construction projects
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Discuss the resources available to successfully execute a traffic study
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Evaluate ways to improve traffic study project delivery process between NYC DDC, its Partner Agencies and Consultants
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Collaborate with attendees to overcome traffic study implementation challenges
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