ATAS is an AIA/CES, GBCI, IIBEC, and IDCEC Continuing Education Provider
In-person
Qualified instructors conduct the seminars and encourage a question and answer session. Training can be held at an architect’s office, an industry association chapter meeting (such as AIA, CSI, USGBC, IIBEC, ASID, or IIDA), or at another convenient location. All courses are approved by the AIA/CES for 1 LU/HSW, four are approved by the GBCI for 1 CE hour, ten are approved by IIBEC for 1 CEH, and two are approved by IDCEC for 1 CEU.
If your office cannot hold a large group, or you would like to combine the seminar with other firms, ATAS will rent a meeting room at a hotel or other large gathering space to accommodate groups of 20 people and over.
Online
ATAS offers two online education courses. “Reducing Operational Carbon Emissions and Increasing Energy Efficiency with Solar Air Heating” is approved for 1 AIA/CES LU/HSW. “Sustainable Building Envelopes: Harnessing the Power of Metal in Modern Architecture” is approved for 1 AIA/CES LU/HSW.
We can also provide any of our in-person seminars as a Virtual Lunch & Learn. Please fill out the request a seminar form, and note in the comments section that you would like the seminar to be presented remotely.
Plant Tours
ATAS provides three plant tours for AIA learning units. Participants in the Morrisville, PA plant tour will experience the processes involved in the coating of metal coils. The plant tour held in Allentown, PA or Mesa, AZ provides a learning experience in manufacturing of metal components for building envelopes. Those who tour the Elkton, MD plant will see how architectural metal plate systems are made. All three plant tours are approved by the AIA/CES for 1.5 LU/HSW.
Course Titles and Learning Objectives
Online
Architectural Metal Plate Systems: Durable Design for Today’s Buildings
- Recognize what defines a metal plate system and how it differs from other metal wall assemblies.
- Identify material and finish options for architectural metal plate and learn about applications and installation techniques.
- Explore the performance attributes and design advantages of plate systems.
- Discover how metal plate contributes to sustainable and resilient building envelopes.
Sustainable Building Envelopes: Harnessing the Power of Metal in Modern Architecture
- Learn how the use of metal as a cladding component may contribute to carbon neutral and net zero building goals.
- Learn how metal walls can use sunlight to provide the building with solar air heating.
- Discover how metal cladding on roofs and walls can contribute to green building objectives, including LEED certification.
- Explore cutting edge cool roof technologies, including UV reflective pigments and above sheathing ventilation, and how metal roofing can provide a solar ready platform for photovoltaic systems.
In-person
Architectural Metal Plate Systems: Durable Design for Today’s Buildings
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # AMP1125 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Recognize what defines a metal plate system and how it differs from other metal wall assemblies.
- Identify material and finish options for architectural metal plate and learn about applications and installation techniques.
- Explore the performance attributes and design advantages of plate systems.
- Discover how metal plate contributes to sustainable and resilient building envelopes.
Reducing Operational Carbon Emissions and Increasing Energy Efficiency with Solar Air Heating
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # RCO0425 | GBCI Course # 0920032401 | 1 LU/HSW, 1 GBCI CE Hour & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Discuss solar air heating principles and how they contribute to a sustainable building.
- Explain how energy efficient transpired solar collectors function and the design considerations.
- Recognize how outside ventilation air is preheated and brought into a building, improving indoor air quality.
- Realize the operating carbon reduction of a building with the use of transpired solar collectors.
Sustainable Building Envelopes: Harnessing the Power of Metal in Modern Architecture
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # SBE0225 | GBCI Course # 0920032397 | 1 LU/HSW, 1 GBCI CE Hour & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Learn how the use of metal as a cladding component may contribute to carbon neutral and net zero building goals.
- Learn how metal walls can use sunlight to provide the building with solar air heating.
- Discover how metal cladding on roofs and walls can contribute to green building objectives, including LEED certification.
- Explore cutting edge cool roof technologies, including UV reflective pigments and above sheathing ventilation, and how metal roofing can provide a solar ready platform for photovoltaic systems.
Designing with Metal Wall Panels | AIA & IIBEC Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # DMW0923 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Define metal wall panel substrates and coating
- Explain the basic requirements of a wall assembly
- Describe the different types of metal wall panels
- Understand the basic detailing and flashing components
Metal Roofing: History, Material, and Application | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # MRH0425 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Observe and recognize the history of metal roofing and the different types of metal used
- Explain the manufacturing process and the importance of finish coatings
- Describe the difference between low slope roof systems and steep slope roof systems
- Understand the environmental benefits, sustainable technology and the features of metal roofing
Demystifying Rain Screen Concepts Utilizing Metal Wall Panels | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # DRS0223 | 1 LU/HSW
- Differentiate between the primary types of rainscreen wall systems by evaluating their components, attachment methods, and performance characteristics in commercial building applications
- Explain the critical role of air and water resistance barriers in rainscreen assemblies, including how proper selection and installation impact energy efficiency, moisture management, and overall building envelope performance
- Define the principles of continuous insulation and assess its integration within rainscreen wall systems to reduce thermal bridging and improve compliance with current energy codes
- Analyze how insulated metal panels can simplify rainscreen design by consolidating multiple envelope functions, and evaluate their effect on construction efficiency, thermal performance, and long-term durability
Design & Testing of Perimeter Edge Metal for Low-Slope Commercial Roofs | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # PEM0325 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Identify on drawings or in the field the three roof conditions that utilize perimeter edge metal, and name the ANSI/SPRI standards written for those conditions
- Use ANSI/SPRI ES-1 to calculate the vertical and horizontal negative pressures on perimeter edge due to wind
- Specify in Division 7, Thermal and Moisture Protection, the three perimeter edge metal test methods required by code (IBC)
- Recognize, when designing or specifying perimeter edge metal, three common perimeter edge metal design and installation errors, and explain how they can be avoided
Metal Roofing: Proper Design for Performance in High Wind Regions | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # MRP0125 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Identify the types of metal roof panels and their performance capabilities and understand the test methods established for metal roof panels
- Create specifications that identify the proper test methods to be included for the various roof products, styles and application
- Recognize proper code requirements for metal roof systems and perimeter edge systems
- Discover how actual field performance of products relates to test methods and procedures, and implement best practices
Insulated Metal Panels – Creating the Perfect All-In-One Barrier Back Up Wall System | AIA, GBCI & IIBEC Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # BBU0625 | GBCI Course # 0920032400 | 1 LU/HSW, 1 GBCI CE Hour & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Recognize the key elements of the perfect wall and understand how the primary control layers enhance a building’s sustainable design
- Identify the different types of wall assemblies and understand the energy efficiency of each
- Review the different components and performance of an Insulated Metal Panel Barrier Back Up Wall System and recognize how they contribute to green building and energy savings
- Identify the key benefits, including thermal performance, of an Insulated Metal Panel Barrier Back Up Wall System
- Distinguish Green Building / LEED contributors of an Insulated Metal Panel Barrier Back Up Wall System
Insulated Metal Wall and Roof Panels – High Performing Systems in Design, Sustainability, and Operation | AIA, GBCI & IIBEC Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # IMP0525 | GBCI Course # 0920032399 | 1 LU/HSW, 1 GBCI CE Hour & 1 IIBEC CEH
- Have a better understanding of insulated metal panels and components
- Explain how insulated metal panels prevent air and vapor infiltration, increase thermal comfort for building occupants and improve building performance through increased energy efficiencies.
- Compare insulated metal panels to traditional systems based on attributes, aesthetics, and sustainable performance.
- Recognize the durability, thermal performance and energy efficiencies gained when using insulated metal panels vs. traditional systems and how they reduce their environmental impact.
- Understand the criteria, attributes and sustainability benefits of insulated metal panels and how they may qualify for credits under LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
Designing for Acoustics Utilizing Interior Metal Panels | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # DAU0325 | 1 LU/HSW & 1 IDCEC CEU
- Define sound and its physical properties, and identify how sound travels and interacts through a typical space
- Examine the history of architectural acoustics, and utilize Wallace Sabine’s formula to convert Sabins in order to meet a specific area’s need for acoustical sound control
- Understand Noise Reduction Coefficients (NRC), Ceiling Attenuation Class (CAC), Sound Transmission Class (STC), and how each helps in acoustical sound control
- Demonstrate placement of metal panels to provide acoustical treatment within a given space
Metal Coil Coating Technology – Processing and Performance of Prepainted Metal in the Building Products Industry | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # MCT0425 | 1 LU/HSW
- Understand how a continuous coil coating line operates and the different processes which are involved
- Recognize the importance of proper cleaning, pretreatment, primer and paint to achieve a quality coated metal coil
- Discover the different test methods that are employed for quality control in the coil coating process
- Realize the advantages that prepainted metal offers, including the energy and environmental benefits
Today’s Architectural Metals for the Interior World | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # TAM0426 1 LU/HSW & 1 IDCEC CEU
Learning objectives:
- Explore how metal can enhance an interior environment with beauty, strength, resilience, and sustainability.
- Learn about innovative and intuitive uses of metal in interior wall systems and ceiling assemblies, with emphasis on improving durability, occupant safety, and overall building performance compared to traditional construction methods.
- Understand the options of colors and textures available in today’s architectural metals.
- Examine how acoustical sound control can be achieved by utilizing metal wall and ceiling panels.
Plant Tours and Objectives
Plant Tour of a Facility which Manufactures Building Envelope Components from Metal | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # PTM0225 | 1.5 LU/HSW
Tour Held in Allentown, PA or Mesa, AZ
Participants in this plant tour will experience first-hand the processes in which metal components for the building envelope are manufactured.
Learning objectives:
- Discover several types of metal used to create building envelope components, and understand the processes of metal roll forming, metal stamping and custom forming metal on a brake, to create a variety of different profiles and shapes.
- Identify the importance of precision leveling metal prior to forming it into panel profiles, to eliminate the metal memory and to alleviate stressing of the metal in the roll forming process.
- Recognize the differences of factory-formed metal panels versus those which are formed at the job site, by viewing the process of slowly forming metal through many forming stations, within a quality controlled environment.
- Realize the customization that can be achieved within the metal forming processes to obtain particular aesthetics, to create ease of installation or to provide a solution to a project challenge. As well, understand how to integrate sustainable technologies into building construction and renovation using metal panel systems.
Plant Tour of a Facility which Manufactures Architectural Metal Plate Systems | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # PTP0326 | 1.5 LU/HSW
Tour will be held in Elkton, MD
This plant tour provides architects and design professionals with a behind-the-scenes look at how architectural metal plate systems are manufactured and prepared for installation in modern building envelopes.
Learning objectives:
- Discover the different types of metal used to create metal plate systems and understand the manufacturing processes and fabrication techniques, and the finishing methods, to create a variety of different profiles and shapes that influence performance and aesthetics.
- Evaluate the design flexibility of metal plate systems, including panel sizes, attachment methods, joint configurations, and finish options used in contemporary building envelopes. Also, understand how they differ from other metal wall cladding assemblies.
- Realize the customization that can be achieved within the metal forming processes to obtain particular aesthetics, to create ease of installation, or to provide a solution to a project challenge.
- Recognize key performance considerations for metal plate systems, including durability, weather resistance, sustainability attributes, and installation best practices that contribute to long-term building performance.
Plant Tour of a Metal Coil Coating Facility | AIA Approved
Provider # J447 | AIA/CES Course # PTC0225 | 1.5 LU/HSW
Tour will be held in Morrisville, PA
Participants in this plant tour will experience first-hand the processes involved in the coating of metal coils.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the importance of proper cleaning, pretreatment, primer and paint to achieve a quality coated metal coil which can then be used to manufacture architectural metal panels.
- Understand the differences between wet chemistry pretreatments and dry-in-place pretreatments of metal in the coil coating process.
- Discover the different types of industries that use coil coated metal in the manufacturing of their products, including architectural metal panels for the building envelope.
- Realize the design ideas that can be achieved within the coil coating process to obtain particular aesthetics for the building envelope, with a variety of colors, print coats and laminates.
