Building Science & Avoiding Construction Defects

Poorly designed and/or constructed buildings cause serious problems such as mold, excess energy usage, poor indoor air quality, moisture issues, and the list goes on. It costs everyone involved large amounts of money and time to remedy these issues, but the simplest way to stop these problems is to avoid them in the first place! At this workshop, you’ll learn how to identify potential problems in advance, design to avoid problems, collaborate with the general contractor and subcontractors, benchmark and measure performance, and teach (using the results from the benchmarking and measurements) everyone on the jobsite to avoid defects. 
 

Participants will learn:
  1. How to form a collaborative team between the owner, design team and contractor.
  2. Defining the expectations and risk tolerance levels of clients.
  3. Common construction hotspots and how to prevent defects.
  4. How to greatly reduce the likelihood of expensive and unnecessary lawsuits.

Target Audience: Building Owners, Architects, Engineers and Building Contractors

This fast-paced workshop is all about using simple science and engineering principles to help you avoid construction defects in new and existing buildings.  Discussion and presentation will be specific to management of building construction issues and integrated management systems to solve and prevent problems.


This workshop will identify and evaluate alternative solutions based upon the lessons we’ve learned from forensic investigations on buildings that have failed.  This is your chance to learn from somebody else's mistakes! 

*PDHs are awarded for this course

Course Schedule


Sorry, we do not have any courses currently scheduled.

If you would like to be notified when we schedule the next course, please contact Heather:
(225) 761-9141 x 21 or hhernandez@wynnwhite.com

If you would like to book us to deliver this training customized for your employees, please click here.

FREE TRAINING

Is your company a small business (50 or less employees)? Contact us today to find out how to get reimbursed in full for your training tuition. Call Heather at (225) 761-9141 ext. 21.

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Workshop Testimonials

You shed a whole new light on design details. Your comic book approach will eliminate many construction defects.

J. David Brinson, AIA

 

I’m a recent graduate learning every day. I was afraid of missing a day of production for this program- I am glad I decided to attend!

I learned moisture control methods that they didn’t teach me in school and the details/wall sections you gave us are super.

I’ll be able to use what I learned on every project.

Paulo Perkins, Intern Architect

 

I really appreciate your approach to coordination between disciplines and collaboration with contractors and owners.

When you add the building envelope discussion into the mix, it brings me to recommend this program.

Kevin Babb, AIA

 

Just because there is a new building material, doesn’t mean we should innovate and use it- until we’ve tested and analyzed it. The concept of building science reminds me that designing and building new buildings is becoming more and more a building science.

Randy Rivera, AIA

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Is there anything on this website that bugs you? Sure there is. Just let me know what. If I can fix it, I will. Report a Bug!
 

No bug is too small to fix. I appreciate being told so much that I even offer a reward. I give away a product worth no less than $50 for the best bug of the month!