Architectural Specification and Engineering
12 of 12 modules published. Each module is four lessons, a question bank and a practical task.
4 lessons · about 46 min
CSI MasterFormat and Division 07
How the MasterFormat list numbers construction work, where fabricated and manufactured flashing sit in Division 07, how a three-part section pins down metals, lengths and joints, and how to cross-check a section, spot its defects and keep the record.
4 lessons · about 44 min
Writing Section 07 62 00
Where Section 07 62 00 sits among its neighbors and how a section is built in three parts; how to name metals, thickness, finish, wind testing, joints and lengths; a drafting method worked on a parapet run; and how to find defects and verify the work.
4 lessons · about 40 min
Performance versus prescriptive specifications
The four ways a requirement is written and who carries the result, what ES-1 and ED-1 do for roof edge metal, a method for writing a performance requirement with worked checks, and the defects that show a specification has failed.
- Performance versus prescriptive specifications: principles and terminology
- Performance versus prescriptive specifications: materials, standards and design constraints
- Performance versus prescriptive specifications: methods and worked application
- Performance versus prescriptive specifications: defects, verification and case study
4 lessons · about 47 min
Product selection and substitutions
How a specification selects a product, what equal has to cover on a flashing assembly, a documented comparison method with worked examples, and how a bad substitution shows up and is checked on receipt.
4 lessons · about 46 min
ASTM materials and coatings
How to read an ASTM designation and its edition, which standard covers galvanized, 55 % aluminum-zinc, prepainted, aluminum, copper, zinc and stainless sheet, what G90 and AZ55 mean, and how to check a submittal against a callout.
4 lessons · about 42 min
ANSI/SPRI/FM 4435/ES-1 edge systems
What ES-1 tests and does not, the cover-and-cleat system, how to read a published rating and what limits it, a worked wind screening, installation in the maker's order, the defects that break an "as tested" record, and a verification packet.
4 lessons · about 47 min
ASCE 7 wind load fundamentals
How a wind speed becomes a design pressure on roof-edge metal, which ASCE 7 edition sits behind which code, a worked zone-pressure example, and how ES-1 test ratings, field failures and the engineer of record fit together.
4 lessons · about 40 min
CAD detail standards and coordination
How a flashing detail is found in a drawing set, organized by layer, scale and unit, annotated, checked against tested assemblies and AFS limits, and coordinated with the specification.
4 lessons · about 46 min
BIM objects, metadata and model coordination
What a BIM object carries, how Level of Development, metadata, classification and the information standards describe it, how AFS reads a model of a flashing, and the checks that catch wrong classes, units, levels and revisions before metal is cut.
- BIM objects, metadata and model coordination: principles and terminology
- BIM objects, metadata and model coordination: materials, standards and design constraints
- BIM objects, metadata and model coordination: methods and worked application
- BIM objects, metadata and model coordination: defects, verification and case study
4 lessons · about 57 min
Shop drawings, submittals and RFIs
The paper trail between the contract documents and the shop floor: the submittal types, what a flashing shop drawing must carry, a documented method from register to approved drawing and from question to answered RFI, and why submittals come back.
4 lessons · about 45 min
Test evidence, approvals and certifications
What counts as evidence that a flashing or edge-metal product performs: test standards, reports, listings, approvals and evaluation reports, how to match them to a project, and how to catch a bad evidence package.
- Test evidence, approvals and certifications: principles and terminology
- Test evidence, approvals and certifications: materials, standards and design constraints
- Test evidence, approvals and certifications: methods and worked application
- Test evidence, approvals and certifications: defects, verification and case study
4 lessons · about 42 min
Peer review and constructability
What a peer review is and who may do it, how constructability is defined, the edge-metal tests, joint intervals and metal movement a reviewer checks a flashing detail against, and a worked review of a constructed parapet run with its defects and fixes.