AIA Connecticut has you covered! Join our annual Procrastinator Days virtual sessions and earn what you need without leaving your home or office.
With three sessions each day, offered in the morning or afternoon, you can customize your learning experience.
*discount for AIA CT Members only
*SUBSTITUTIONS MAY OCCUR
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*You cannot receive double credit for a program you have attended previously.
** If you do not join within the first 15 minutes of the session and stay on for at least 45 minutes, you will not receive credit.
TUESDAY, APRIL 7TH
Course Description – 1 HSW: Our knowledgeable Local Representative will present the information you need to confidently design originative projects using operable glass walls. You will learn the definition of folding and sliding operable wall systems, typical usage, operation animations, material options, performance testing, and examples of unique installations. Participants will learn how the function of operable glass wall systems improves the health safety and welfare of building occupants, supports design freedom and blurs the lines between outdoor landscape and indoor living space.
Presenter: Jeffrey Calabrese and Maria DeFiore
Company: Nana Wall and Rings End
Course Description –1 HSW: The structural engineer is responsible for the overall structural design of the building. However, there are often items, that for various reasons, get assigned to a third-party structural engineer to design. This course will review this process, limitations, and provide best practices in the execution of delegated designs to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the future built environment users.
Presenter: Chad Vogt and Scott Erricson
Company: e2 engineers
Course Description –1 HSW: Concrete is often treated as a finished product—static, inert, and complete at the moment of construction. This session challenges that assumption and reframes concrete as a long-duration system with agency that unfolds across decades and centuries.
Through the lenses of deep time, resilience, cultural memory, and circular material flows, this presentation explores concrete as a custodian of civic safety, an archive of social and environmental decisions, and an urban quarry for future reuse. Rather than focusing on novelty technologies or speculative “smart” systems, the session argues that concrete’s true agency lies in its persistence, adaptability, and ethical obligations over time.
Participants will gain a new framework for understanding concrete not merely as a structural solution, but as a material that carries responsibility for energy performance, life safety, carbon stewardship, and intergenerational equity. The session connects material choices directly to public welfare, climate resilience, and long-term urban stability—positioning designers as custodians of material futures, not just specifiers of products.
Presenter: Frank Mruk, FAIA
Company: NRMCA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8TH
Course Description –1 HSW: This course examines the risks of vapor-closed wall and roof assemblies in residential wood-framed construction and introduces elective design strategies for moisture control using vapor-open building materials. Participants will explore the building science behind vapor diffusion, condensation, and dew point management. Through technical insights, case studies, and product-integrated solutions, the course demonstrates how vapor-open assemblies improve drying potential, reduce moisture-related failures, and enhance overall building durability.
Presenter: Danielle Chin
Company: Benjamin Obdyke
Course Description -1 HSW: The presentation “Resinous Floor Solutions in Municipal and Government Spaces” covers the challenges of these projects due to diverse needs and highlights the benefits of resinous flooring, such as its chemical and moisture resistance, numerous decorative options, and quick return to service. These systems are used in a variety of facilities, including K-12 education (kitchens, classrooms), correctional institutes (cells, corridors), public works buildings (vehicle storage), firehouses (apparatus bays), and police stations (sally ports, jails). The document stresses the importance of detailed drawings, clear responsibilities, and specific requirements in project specifications, noting that the same floor system can be customized in terms of topcoat, texture, color, and other details.
Presenter: Tilly Murray
Company: Pro Rez Coatings
Course Description -1 HSW: Have you considered building materials as a source of optimizing energy performance and reducing operational carbon emissions to meet sustainability goals? In this course, participants will understand how building materials such as phase change material ceilings can address building occupant discomfort related to acoustics and temperature. The course will review the fundamentals of thermal mass in buildings, explore phase change material and dive into applications and case studies. This course will demonstrate how innovative products like phase change material ceilings can contribute to numerous sustainability criteria such as LEED credits.
Presenter: James Anderson
Company: Armstrong World
THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH
Course Description -1 HSW: Wood fiber insulation is now being produced domestically. Learn how wood fiber insulation can be used in residential, light commercial, multifamily buildings in code compliant fire and sound assemblies. This course will
also provide the basic fundamentals of why to consider wood fiber insulation for high performance, vapor open assemblies offering stable, long-term R-values, improved temperature stability. Wood fiber is readily available in the United States, supplied by a robust distribution channel, retailers and installation providers. To help owners and architects confidently specify use in their buildings.
Presenter: Michael Schettino and Kali Sipes
Company: Branford Building Supplies and TimberHP
Course Description -1 HSW: Owners look to you for products that help buildings look better longer. Greater expectations for space utilization and project design are reframing how traditional building products should contribute to the efficient use of resources and promote wellbeing for the occupants. This course will highlight coating innovations engineered to work harder. We will
walk through the new generation of coatings and review how they can be utilized on new and renovation projects.
Presenter: Stuart Millstein and Andrew Stempel
Company: Sherwin-Williams
Course Description -1 HSW: This seminar provides an overview for incorporating popular technologies, such as Smart Thermostats, motorized shades, lighting control, and security systems. In this fast paced course you’ll learn the latest interior technology and how it shapes the experience of spaces you design. You will get inspiration for how you can expand the breadth of your practice by incorporating technology into your designs without needing to be a technology expert.
Presenter: Jay Minsky
Company: STS Corporate and Crestron
FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH
Course Description -1 HSW: This case study features the restoration and repurposing of an 1850’s mill into a modern apartment complex, spurring economic growth and revitalization within the greater Prattville, AL, community. With seven historic brick structures within the site, the design team had to navigate multiple layers of requirements, from design to financing to floodplain mitigation to National Park Service approvals.
The restoration brought a balance of old, new, refurbished and original elements through careful consideration of how best to reveal the original buildings while also illustrating its evolution. The fenestration solutions for the project demonstrate the planning, research, design, execution, and deciding factors between repairing or replacing windows.
Presenter: Ashley Anderson
Company: Marvin
Course Description -1 HSW: The course will educate the audience on how to design with nature in mind, minimize the footprint on the surrounding environment, preserve future generations, and foster environmental stewardship.
Presenter: Brian Phillips and Kristen Mitchell
Company: LANGAN
Course Description -1 HSW: This course investigates the use of MgO sheathing panels for exterior wall applications in wood frame projects of Type III and V construction through a review of MgO material properties and characteristics of MgO panels that make them uniquely suited for use as exterior sheathing, a discussion of how MgO panels meet code requirements for exteriors walls in these applications, and an overview of the structural performance, fire resistance properties, and specifications of selected fire-rated assemblies.
Presenter: Matt McCammitt
Company: Huber Engineered Woods
AIA CT Member Rate:
*The more programs you register for at one time, the greater the discount!
Non-Member Rate: $80/program
Tuesday, 7th
12pm – 4pm EST
Wednesday, 8th
9am – 1pm EST
Thursday, 9th
11am – 3pm EST
Friday, 10th
10am – 2pm EST
Disclaimer:
Please notify the AIA Connecticut Staff Events Team of any cancellation or substitution. Refunds are only available 72 hours prior to the start of the event (April 4, 2025). Any cancellations after April 4 will not be given a refund.
AIA Connecticut reserves the right to amend, modify, or otherwise revise the Refund/Cancellation and the Disclaimer policy in accordance with applicable federal or state guidelines.