Facades of the Future: Looking Beyond Compliance, Prioritising Best Practices and Sustainable Design CPD

CPD session overview

In this CPD presentation, Network Architectural look at the state of the façade market – where we have come from and where we are today. They explore Australian and global fire testing methods, their role in evaluating façade designs and systems, and discuss how looking beyond compliance is critical when designing safe buildings and futureproofing your specifications. With the increase of extreme weather conditions and climate change, they also investigate weatherability performance testing methods for common weather events such as hailstorms and severe wind.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this presentation, you should be able to:

Describe the state of the façade market today and how the industry has evolved since the Grenfell disaster.

Explain how looking beyond compliance can help us design safer buildings, by exploring Australian and International testing methods and standards.

Design for extreme weather and explain the importance of impact and pressure testing for extreme weather conditions such as hail and severe wind.

Outline key considerations and inclusions when specifying safe and futureproof facades, including sustainability.

AACA competency standard – NSCA performance criteria:

Practice Management and Professional Conduct – PC16

Project Initiation and Conceptual Design – PC24, PC39, PC46

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