Time to Rethink Affordability
Advances in steel help meet critical demand for affordable urban housing
Sponsored by Steel Institute of New York
Learning Objectives:
- Summarize the factors influencing the choice of sustainable structural systems for building high-rise multi-family housing.
- Assess the advantages and disadvantages different structural systems offer in accommodating the increasing urban demand for affordable apartments.
- Describe how choosing a steel structure can impact apartment design to create not only affordable but desirable living environments.
- Identify the ways in which the flexibility of steel construction enables it to quickly and efficiently adapt to changing design trends.
Credits:
This course can be self-reported to the AIBC, as per their CE Guidelines.
As an IACET Accredited Provider, BNP Media offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard.
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
This course is approved as a Structured Course
This course can be self-reported to the AANB, as per their CE Guidelines
Approved for structured learning
Approved for Core Learning
This course can be self-reported to the NLAA
Course may qualify for Learning Hours with NWTAA
Course eligible for OAA Learning Hours
This course is approved as a core course
This course can be self-reported for Learning Units to the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Participants will learn about innovative steel products used in meeting the city’s critical demand for affordable, desirable urban apartments and how they are influencing the way in which urban apartments can be built quickly and affordably.
Photo courtesy of Jeremy Bittermann Photography
Originally published in November 2024