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Reading Rock plays an active role in educating industry professionals by maximizing their skills through effective learning and continuing education programs. Please choose from one of the below presentations by scheduling a lunch and learn or by contacting us at (800) 482-6466. Each presentation is one LU/HSW hour.
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – AB Walls 3D Software
The AB Walls 3D software presentation is an introductory course on Allan Block’s segmental retaining wall (SRW) design program. The intent is to develop a basic understanding of the software’s main features. (IACET CEUs available)
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – Best Practices
The Allan Block Best Practice presentation is intended to communicate the best practices for design of Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) as determined by Allan Block Corporation based on 25 plus years of research, design and field experience. As part of the presentation, twelve different design topics will be introduced that will cover topics from initial design considerations to how the top of the wall will be finished. Each topic is discussed by examining specific details and expanded information presented for each. (IACET CEUs available)
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – Best Practices with GRS-IBS
The Allan Block Best Practice presentation is intended to communicate the best practices for design of Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) as determined by Allan Block Corporation based on 25 plus years of research, design and field experience. As part of the presentation, twelve different design topics will be introduced that will cover topics from initial design considerations to how the top of the wall will be finished. Each topic is discussed by examining specific details and expanded information presented for each. In addition to the Best Practices discussion, the presentation will review Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge Structures (GRS-IBS). The presentation will discuss how GRS-IBS systems work, where they are applicable and advantages of such structures which include speed of installation and reduced cost of installation when compared to traditional bridge structures. (IACET CEUs available)
Allan Block SRW Design Presentation
The Allan Block SRW Design presentation is a course on segmental retaining wall (SRW) technical information. The intent is to develop an understanding of how all SRW’s function to ensure that these wall structures are properly designed. As part of the presentation, the advancements in the industry will be discussed, which include seismic design consideration and the addition of Internal Compound Stability. (IACET CEUs available)
Architectural Design with Cast Stone
Attendees will have a clear understanding of Cast Stone, how it is produced, and how it differs from associated materials. The various applications of Cast Stone for residential, commercial, municipal, educational and other uses will be presented. Also discussed will be design recommendations, as well as anchoring details and inherent sustainable attributes of Cast Stone and LEED®.
Brick Paving Systems
Various brick paving systems are more appropriate to certain applications—patios, sidewalks, and other pedestrian venues are very different from requirements for vehicular routes. You’ll learn basic information about ASTM paver standards, base design, setting beds, edge restraints, bond patterns, and installation.
Burnished Concrete Masonry
This course is designed to provide an overview of ground faced / burnished masonry as a building material. This presentation highlights applicable standards, aesthetic options and construction techniques that ensure successful burnished masonry applications.
Concrete Masonry Veneer Units
This course is intended to provide an overview of concrete masonry veneers as a building material. This presentation covers concrete masonry veneer properties and attributes; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Concrete Thin Veneers
This course is intended to provide an overview of concrete Thin Veneers as a building material. This presentation covers concrete thin veneers properties and attributes; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Decorative Concrete Face & Thru Wall-Load Bearing Brick
An overview of concrete brick properties and attributes; comparison to alternative products; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Designing Projects Utilizing Walls & Permeable Pavements
This presentation will teach and explore the variety of choices available to the design community in the areas of segmented wall products and permeable pavement options. The presentation will detail all aspects of each product and system, qualifying with real time data. The presentation will highlight real case studies encompassing all the SRW products and permeable pavement systems. Finally, the presentation will provide general economical information as to the cost effectiveness of utilizing these hardscape solutions on their projects.
Dry Pressed Brick Paving
This course will cover the materials and methods used in brick paving systems including discussion on life-cycle costs and ideas to improve adaptive reuse potential. You will learn to identify the various paver types and paving system best practices, and learn how to select, specify, and install these systems to achieve design goals while mitigating the effects on the site’s ecosystem. You will also learn to identify areas in which clay pavers can contribute to sustainable environments through careful material selection and system design and be introduced to and given a review of permeable segmental pavement best practices.
Dry-Pressed Permeable Clay Pavements
This course will help you identify the life-cycle cost benefits of permeable clay brick pavements and know the materials and methods used in their construction. You will identify the characteristics of permeable clay brick pavements that can improve water quality and reduce runoff. There will be a discussion of the advantages, limitations and best practices of these systems. You will learn how to mitigate the effects on the site’s ecosystem through proper selection, specification and installation of permeable clay brick pavements, as well as learn to identify areas in which permeable clay brick pavements can contribute to sustainable environments.
Engineered Wall Solutions. Specifying Segemental Retaining Walls
Engineered Wall Solutions; Specifying Segmental Retaining Walls, provides the information needed to properly identify and specify the right retaining wall solution for any project. The course will teach what a segmental retaining wall is, the two basic types of segmental retaining walls and explore up front planning considerations. Understanding specification alternatives will be the focus of the presentation and will allow participants to understand the pros and cons of each wall option available and how to properly choose the best solution for each project challenge.
Enriching Living Spaces with Fireplaces: Three Steps to Homebuyer Satisfaction
Learn three essential steps to facilitate fireplace design and selection that will increase homebuyer satisfaction and a home’s market value. This course also discusses current trends of indoor and outdoor fireplaces.
Factory Preblended Mortar for Masonry Construction
Designed to assist in gaining knowledge on the future of masonry mortar, this interactive seminar has attendees participating in hands-on demonstrations illustrating the quality of factory produced mortar compared to the inconsistencies associated with site-mixed mortar. Participants also will discover the requirements necessary to achieve consistent colored mortar every time. Architects and specifiers can be assured that the products they specify are manufactured to exceed all applicable ASTM standards.
Go Green. Designing with Permeable Pavers
Go Green — Designing with Permeable Pavers will describe the principles of permeable paver design, how permeable paver products work and teach proper construction methods for maximum benefits. Our goal is to educate the professional on permeable paver systems in order to reduce or eliminate excessive rainwater run-off each year from driveways, parking lots, and walkways while also reducing ambient summer temperatures on streets and sidewalks. This detailed presentation will spend time on the ecological benefits of permeable pavers, economical benefits, life-cycle costs, how permeable pavers work, basic principles of permeable paver installation, proper design and execution of permeable pavers, benefits of using the pavers, why permeable paver applications fail and proper methods for installing permeable pavers.
Healthy Walls = Rainscreen & Ventilation
In this program we will analyze the way that various wall systems are being detailed and identify potential flaws that can lead to moisture failures. Review the benefits and principles behind having an airspace within the wall system. We’ll compare the performance of various wall systems using test results for rates of drainage and ventilation in mock-up wall system. And, discuss the best practices for designing and construction a well drained and ventilated wall system.
Manufacturing Technologies Provide Solution Based Products (Plant Tour)
The tour that will teach the processes and details required to manufacture paver, segmental retaining wall and big block wall techniques. The tour will walk through the various stages of the manufacturing process — from raw materials to the finished product, participants will see every step along the way. From the material feeding to the conveyer belts to the product curing in the kiln, the plant tour encompasses every manufacturing step to ensure the group understands and appreciates all that goes into the manufacturing of hardscape products.
New Horizons in Space & Design – Porcelain Pavers
Participants will learn how porcelain pavers can be used in a variety of exterior and interior applications. Further learning about the wide variety of setting options including pedestal set, sand set, and mortar set installations will be discussed. The increasingly green manufacturing process and technical characteristics of these pavers will be highlighted. Attendees will have an understanding how rigorous third party testing is utilized to ensure the durability and safety of porcelain pavers at the end of this lunch & learn.
Noise Control Products for Industrial & Architectural Applications
Unwanted sound can become more than a mere annoyance. Excess noise has been found to increase stress and distraction, reduce learning and productivity, and even lead to hypertension and permanent hearing loss. This course presents an overview of how sound is described and measured and discusses the many industrial and architectural products available to control noise in virtually any environment.
Specifying Fireplaces to Meet National Green Building Programs
Discover how hearth products contribute to home comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental sustainability. This course discusses how some hearth types lend themselves to green building programs and why others do not.
The Heart of the Home: Specifying Gas Fireplaces for Today’s Homes
A fireplace 101 course focusing on factory-built gas fireplaces, including terminology, fireplace types, specialty fireplace options, design considerations, venting parameters, selection criteria, and key specification issues.
The Making of Cast Stone (Plant Tour)
Participants will be able to understand how cast stone production shop drawings are generated from architectural plans. Learn how molds are made to form the cast stone as specified in the drawings. Become familiar with at least one method of cast stone production. Understand the major aspects of the Cast Stone Institute Quality Control Program for cast stone production and shipping.
The Nature of Thin and Lightweight Stone Veneers
This program provides an overview of how stone veneer, as a building material, has evolved in today’s construction techniques utilizing thin and lightweight products as a Veneer/Trim, and, how they are quickly becoming an alternative choice for masons, architects and designers. Emphasis will be on installation methods utilizing adhered, rain screen and mechanical/adhered with EPS foam core installations.
Thin Brick and Stone Support Systems
Thin brick and stone products are becoming increasingly popular throughout the building industry due to being light weight and easier to install than traditional methods of face brick or full stone. This course reviews different types of thin brick and thin stone applications and the advantages of using thin products.
Thin Brick Design
This AIA course discusses the advantages of designing and specifying with Architectural Thin Brick for exterior and interior wall applications. Learn about this cost effective product and how it can be incorporated in most all commercial projects in the ever growing thin veneer market. This course gives insight to the specifications governing thin brick and thin brick installation methods. Participants will learn and compare the various types of thin brick, the many options for installation of this product, and the design considerations present in different installation methods.
Thin Brick Wall System Options
This course will describe how using thin brick can enhance your design regardless of the application – interior, exterior, residential, commercial, renovation, DIY, etc. Attendees will understand the Brick Industry Association classification of full brick and thin brick materials and how they are to be used as part of a design and specification; and, Gain the ability to evaluate the various thin brick field applied options available in the market today. We will also describe the different thin brick panelized options available in the market place and define when a panelized option should be considered. And, learn how to execute and establish a realistic aesthetic expectations program as it relates to your anticipated finished product – a successful thin brick wall system.
Thin Veneer & Manufactured Stone Installation
This HSW CEH program covers how to specify materials and the methods for the installation of thin veneer. Learn about the “Green Value” of thin veneer and see an installation from surface prep to finish. During the seminar, the presenter will discuss the difference between methods and materials for thin veneer and other masonry materials, use ASTM and ANSI Standards for the process of specifying mortar materials and methods for the installation of thin veneer, define the “Green Value” of thin veneer and discuss different types of veneer applications and show an installation from surface prep to finish.
Understanding Basics for Manufactured Stone Veneer
This program is designed to educate the design professional about basic stone veneer technologies focusing on sustainability and environmental impact during manufacture; Analyze decision process between manufactured stone or real stone. Participants will understand the substraite/drainage requirements and the importance of testing evaluation/codes for manufactured stone veneer and how they apply geographically.
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Burnished Concrete Masonry
This course is designed to provide an overview of ground faced / burnished masonry as a building material. This presentation highlights applicable standards, aesthetic options and construction techniques that ensure successful burnished masonry applications.
Concrete Masonry Veneer Units
This course is intended to provide an overview of concrete masonry veneers as a building material. This presentation covers concrete masonry veneer properties and attributes; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Decorative Concrete Face & Thru Wall-Load Bearing Brick
An overview of concrete brick properties and attributes; comparison to alternative products; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Factory Preblended Mortar for Masonry Construction
Designed to assist in gaining knowledge on the future of masonry mortar, this interactive seminar has attendees participating in hands-on demonstrations illustrating the quality of factory produced mortar compared to the inconsistencies associated with site-mixed mortar. Participants also will discover the requirements necessary to achieve consistent colored mortar every time. Architects and specifiers can be assured that the products they specify are manufactured to exceed all applicable ASTM standards.
SoundBlox™
Noise Control Products for Industrial & Architectural Applications
Unwanted sound can become more than a mere annoyance. Excess noise has been found to increase stress and distraction, reduce learning and productivity, and even lead to hypertension and permanent hearing loss. This course presents an overview of how sound is described and measured and discusses the many industrial and architectural products available to control noise in virtually any environment.
Thin Brick
Thin Brick and Stone Support Systems
Thin brick and stone products are becoming increasingly popular throughout the building industry due to being light weight and easier to install than traditional methods of face brick or full stone. This course reviews different types of thin brick and thin stone applications and the advantages of using thin products.
Thin Brick Design
This AIA course discusses the advantages of designing and specifying with Architectural Thin Brick for exterior and interior wall applications. Learn about this cost effective product and how it can be incorporated in most all commercial projects in the ever growing thin veneer market. This course gives insight to the specifications governing thin brick and thin brick installation methods. Participants will learn and compare the various types of thin brick, the many options for installation of this product, and the design considerations present in different installation methods.
Thin Veneer
Concrete Thin Veneers
This course is intended to provide an overview of concrete Thin Veneers as a building material. This presentation covers concrete thin veneers properties and attributes; proper assembly and construction practices; sustainable attributes; and aesthetic use in architectural masonry design.
Healthy Walls = Rainscreen & Ventilation
In this program we will analyze the way that various wall systems are being detailed and identify potential flaws that can lead to moisture failures. Review the benefits and principles behind having an airspace within the wall system. We’ll compare the performance of various wall systems using test results for rates of drainage and ventilation in mock-up wall system. And, discuss the best practices for designing and construction a well drained and ventilated wall system.
Thin Brick and Stone Support Systems
Thin brick and stone products are becoming increasingly popular throughout the building industry due to being light weight and easier to install than traditional methods of face brick or full stone. This course reviews different types of thin brick and thin stone applications and the advantages of using thin products.
Thin Brick Wall System Options
This course will describe how using thin brick can enhance your design regardless of the application – interior, exterior, residential, commercial, renovation, DIY, etc. Attendees will understand the Brick Industry Association classification of full brick and thin brick materials and how they are to be used as part of a design and specification; and, Gain the ability to evaluate the various thin brick field applied options available in the market today. We will also describe the different thin brick panelized options available in the market place and define when a panelized option should be considered. And, learn how to execute and establish a realistic aesthetic expectations program as it relates to your anticipated finished product – a successful thin brick wall system.
Thin Veneer & Manufactured Stone Installation
This HSW CEH program covers how to specify materials and the methods for the installation of thin veneer. Learn about the “Green Value” of thin veneer and see an installation from surface prep to finish. During the seminar, the presenter will discuss the difference between methods and materials for thin veneer and other masonry materials, use ASTM and ANSI Standards for the process of specifying mortar materials and methods for the installation of thin veneer, define the “Green Value” of thin veneer and discuss different types of veneer applications and show an installation from surface prep to finish.
Understanding Basics for Manufactured Stone Veneer
This program is designed to educate the design professional about basic stone veneer technologies focusing on sustainability and environmental impact during manufacture; Analyze decision process between manufactured stone or real stone. Participants will understand the substraite/drainage requirements and the importance of testing evaluation/codes for manufactured stone veneer and how they apply geographically.
Hardscapes & Outdoor Living
Designing Projects Utilizing Walls & Permeable Pavements
This presentation will teach and explore the variety of choices available to the design community in the areas of segmented wall products and permeable pavement options. The presentation will detail all aspects of each product and system, qualifying with real time data. The presentation will highlight real case studies encompassing all the SRW products and permeable pavement systems. Finally, the presentation will provide general economical information as to the cost effectiveness of utilizing these hardscape solutions on their projects.
Manufacturing Technologies Provide Solution Based Products (Plant Tour)
The tour that will teach the processes and details required to manufacture paver, segmental retaining wall and big block wall techniques. The tour will walk through the various stages of the manufacturing process — from raw materials to the finished product, participants will see every step along the way. From the material feeding to the conveyer belts to the product curing in the kiln, the plant tour encompasses every manufacturing step to ensure the group understands and appreciates all that goes into the manufacturing of hardscape products.
Pavers
Brick Paving Systems
Various brick paving systems are more appropriate to certain applications—patios, sidewalks, and other pedestrian venues are very different from requirements for vehicular routes. You’ll learn basic information about ASTM paver standards, base design, setting beds, edge restraints, bond patterns, and installation.
Dry Pressed Brick Paving
This course will cover the materials and methods used in brick paving systems including discussion on life-cycle costs and ideas to improve adaptive reuse potential. You will learn to identify the various paver types and paving system best practices, and learn how to select, specify, and install these systems to achieve design goals while mitigating the effects on the site’s ecosystem. You will also learn to identify areas in which clay pavers can contribute to sustainable environments through careful material selection and system design and be introduced to and given a review of permeable segmental pavement best practices.
Dry-Pressed Permeable Clay Pavements
This course will help you identify the life-cycle cost benefits of permeable clay brick pavements and know the materials and methods used in their construction. You will identify the characteristics of permeable clay brick pavements that can improve water quality and reduce runoff. There will be a discussion of the advantages, limitations and best practices of these systems. You will learn how to mitigate the effects on the site’s ecosystem through proper selection, specification and installation of permeable clay brick pavements, as well as learn to identify areas in which permeable clay brick pavements can contribute to sustainable environments.
Go Green. Designing with Permeable Pavers
This course will describe the principles of permeable paver design, how permeable paver products work and teach proper construction methods for maximum benefits. Our goal is to educate the professional on permeable paver systems in order to reduce or eliminate excessive rainwater run-off each year from driveways, parking lots, and walkways while also reducing ambient summer temperatures on streets and sidewalks. This detailed presentation will spend time on the ecological benefits of permeable pavers, economical benefits, life-cycle costs, how permeable pavers work, basic principles of permeable paver installation, proper design and execution of permeable pavers, benefits of using the pavers, why permeable paver applications fail and proper methods for installing permeable pavers.
New Horizons in Space & Design – Porcelain Pavers
Participants will learn how porcelain pavers can be used in a variety of exterior and interior applications. Further learning about the wide variety of setting options including pedestal set, sand set, and mortar set installations will be discussed. The increasingly green manufacturing process and technical characteristics of these pavers will be highlighted. Attendees will have an understanding how rigorous third party testing is utilized to ensure the durability and safety of porcelain pavers at the end of this lunch & learn.
Retaining Walls
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – AB Walls 3D Software
The AB Walls 3D software presentation is an introductory course on Allan Block’s segmental retaining wall (SRW) design program. The intent is to develop a basic understanding of the software’s main features. (IACE
T CEUs available)
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – Best Practices
The Allan Block Best Practice presentation is intended to communicate the best practices for design of Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) as determined by Allan Block Corporation based on 25 plus years of research, design and field experience. As part of the presentation, twelve different design topics will be introduced that will cover topics from initial design considerations to how the top of the wall will be finished. Each topic is discussed by examining specific details and expanded information presented for each. (IACET CEUs available)
Allan Block Engineering Presentation – Best Practices with GRS-IBS
The Allan Block Best Practice presentation is intended to communicate the best practices for design of Segmental Retaining Walls (SRW) as determined by Allan Block Corporation based on 25 plus years of research, design and field experience. As part of the presentation, twelve different design topics will be introduced that will cover topics from initial design considerations to how the top of the wall will be finished. Each topic is discussed by examining specific details and expanded information presented for each. In addition to the Best Practices discussion, the presentation will review Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil-Integrated Bridge Structures (GRS-IBS). The presentation will discuss how GRS-IBS systems work, where they are applicable and advantages of such structures which include speed of installation and reduced cost of installation when compared to traditional bridge structures. (IACET CEUs available)
Allan Block SRW Design Presentation
The Allan Block SRW Design presentation is a course on segmental retaining wall (SRW) technical information. The intent is to develop an understanding of how all SRW’s function to ensure that these wall structures are properly designed. As part of the presentation, the advancements in the industry will be discussed, which include seismic design consideration and the addition of Internal Compound Stability. (IACET CEUs available)
Engineered Wall Solutions. Specifying Segmental Retaining Walls
Engineered Wall Solutions; Specifying Segmental Retaining Walls, provides the information needed to properly identify and specify the right retaining wall solution for any project. The course will teach what a segmental retaining wall is, the two basic types of segmental retaining walls and explore up front planning considerations. Understanding specification alternatives will be the focus of the presentation and will allow participants to understand the pros and cons of each wall option available and how to properly choose the best solution for each project challenge.
Enriching Living Spaces with Fireplaces: Three Steps to Homebuyer Satisfaction
Learn three essential steps to facilitate fireplace design and selection that will increase homebuyer satisfaction and a home’s market value. This course also discusses current trends of indoor and outdoor fireplaces.
Specifying Fireplaces to Meet National Green Building Programs
Discover how hearth products contribute to home comfort, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental sustainability. This course discusses how some hearth types lend themselves to green building programs and why others do not.
The Heart of the Home: Specifying Gas Fireplaces for Today’s Homes
A fireplace 101 course focusing on factory-built gas fireplaces, including terminology, fireplace types, specialty fireplace options, design considerations, venting parameters, selection criteria, and key specification issues.
Effective Design for Cast Stone Performance
Attendees will have a clear understanding of Cast Stone, how it is produced, and how it differs from associated materials. Best practices will be taught about crack control & differential movement; moisture control; wet vs dry mis for superior bond strength; and technical design considerations. The various applications of Cast Stone for residential, commercial, municipal, educational and other uses will be discussed.
Factory Preblended Mortar for Masonry Construction
Designed to assist in gaining knowledge on the future of masonry mortar, this interactive seminar has attendees participating in hands-on demonstrations illustrating the quality of factory produced mortar compared to the inconsistencies associated with site-mixed mortar. Participants also will discover the requirements necessary to achieve consistent colored mortar every time. Architects and specifiers can be assured that the products they specify are manufactured to exceed all applicable ASTM standards.
The Nature of Thin and Lightweight Stone Veneers
This program provides an overview of how stone veneer, as a building material, has evolved in today’s construction techniques utilizing thin and lightweight products as a Veneer/Trim, and, how they are quickly becoming an alternative choice for masons, architects and designers. Emphasis will be on installation methods utilizing adhered, rain screen and mechanical/adhered with EPS foam core installations.
Manufacturing Technologies Provide Solution Based Products (Plant Tour)
The tour that will teach the processes and details required to manufacture paver, segmental retaining wall and big block wall techniques. The tour will walk through the various stages of the manufacturing process — from raw materials to the finished product, participants will see every step along the way. From the material feeding to the conveyer belts to the product curing in the kiln, the plant tour encompasses every manufacturing step to ensure the group understands and appreciates all that goes into the manufacturing of hardscape products.
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Reading Rock, Inc.
As a family-owned manufacturer and supplier of building materials for over 70 years, Reading Rock is excited to offer more product solutions for your projects.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: 800-482-6466
Cincinnati Address:
4600 Devitt Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45246