AIA Continuing Education Courses
Discover our AIA accredited continuing flooring education courses
AIA CEUs
Sherwin-Williams offers AIA continuing education courses that foster professional advancement and improvement. Sherwin-Williams’ accredited courses count toward AIA continuing education units (CEUs) to help you reach the requirement of 18 AIA learning units (LUs) per calendar year.
Thank you for your interest in The Sherwin-Williams Continuing Education courses on high performance floor and wall systems. The following training courses are available to be presented by webinar or at your facility. If you are interested in scheduling an online presentation or hosting a presentation at your location, please contact us at swflooring@sherwin.com.
AIA Continuing Education Course
Polishing Concrete Floors
What is polished concrete and how is it installed? What settings can benefit from this flooring option?
- Understand the advantages of polished concrete and which design options are available for new and existing concrete slabs.
- Learn the steps involved in polished concrete installation, including the concrete densification process.
- Get an overview of recent advancements in concrete densifying technologies and their impact.
AIA Continuing Education Course
Designing Terrazzo for Sustainability
What is terrazzo flooring? Why choose terrazzo?
- Learn how terrazzo can contribute to LEED by the use of recycled materials, strips, aggregates.
- Learn how to assess the design capabilities against other flooring materials by using the examples of previous creative installations.
- Participants will be able to analyze the use of recycled materials for GREEN/LEED and the long term benefits of life cycle costing with the use of the cost calculator.
AIA Continuing Education Course
High Performance Protective Coatings for Floors and Walls
Why use resinous flooring and high performance wall systems?
- Chemistries Coatings
- Substrates
- Surface Preparation
- Protective Coatings Systems
- Details and Transitions
- Know Your Specified Supplier
AIA Continuing Education Course
Selecting the Right Protective Coatings For Diverse Food and Beverage Environments
Understanding diverse food and beverage environments and identifying coating systems available for long-term asset protection.
- Discover the types of projects that would benefit from a high performance coatings system
- Evaluate and analyze the proper types of coatings solution to protect floors, walls and other key areas of the facility including the repair to cracks and patching of concrete
- Discuss surface preparation and how it contributes to a quality outcome
- Review maintenance and protecting repaired or newly coated surfaces to preserve the coatings integrity
AIA Continuing Education Course
Learning Terrazzo Design Process
What is terrazzo flooring?
- The different types of terrazzo floors
- The difference between cementitious terrazzo and thin-set terrazzo
- The installation process for terrazzo
- How to help prevent cracks from developing in a terrazzo floor
- Recommended applications for terrazzo
AIA Continuing Education Course
Selecting the Right Protective Coatings For Diverse Pharmaceutical Environments
Understanding diverse pharmaceutical environments and identifying types of coatings systems available for long-term asset protection.
- Understand the different Pharmaceutical environments
- Discover the types of projects that would benefit from a high performance coatings system
- Evaluate and analyze the proper types of coatings solution to protect floors, walls and other key areas of the facility including the repair to cracks and patching of concrete
- Discuss surface preparation, and how it contributes to a quality outcome
- Review maintenance and protecting repaired or newly coated surfaces to preserve the coatings integrity
AIA Continuing Education Course
Resinous Floor and Wall Systems
This program walks through various coatings, slurries, broadcasts, and trowel applied flooring systems. Emphasis is provided on surface preparation and installation requirements. Industrial and decorative systems are outlined including benefits, limitations and type of areas for installations.
- Identify different types of resinous floors and wall systems
- The installation process for resinous floors and wall systems
- The surface preparation requirements resinous floors and wall systems
- Recommended uses for resinous floors and wall systems
- Learn the difference between coatings, slurries, broadcast and troweled applied flooring systems
- Learn additional considerations when choosing a seamless floor or wall system
AIA Continuing Education Course
Breathable Floor Coatings: A Simple Solution for Moisture Concerns
This program provides an overview of moisture vapor emissions (MVE) and resinous flooring including causes of MVE, testing methods, issues and failures, and solutions for moisture remediation. Emphasis is on advantages of breathable systems.
- What is resinous flooring?
- What is moisture vapor emission and its effects on floor coatings
- Identify testing methods for MVE
- Identify different types of resinous floors
- The installation process for resinous floor systems
- The surface preparation requirements resinous floors systems
- Moisture vapor resistant floor system options
- Learn the difference between coatings, slurries, broadcast and troweled applied flooring systems
- Learn additional considerations when choosing a seamless floor system
AIA Continuing Education Course
Preventing Floor and Wall Coating Failures
Resinous floor coatings are generally designed to last for a predetermined amount of time. This course explores why coatings fail and what can be done differently to prolong the life of any coating system.
- Proper surface preparation
- Moisture and the issues it causes
- How to control cracking
- Application mistakes and coating limitations
AIA Continuing Education Course
Comfort Floor Systems for Healthcare and Education
Flooring options for healthcare and education facilities are often designed with the comfort of the people walking on them daily in mind. This course focuses on the benefits of seamless comfort floor systems, their ideal areas for use, and their installation requirements.
- What types of floors are available for healthcare and education?
- Identify different levels of comfort floors
- Review the installation requirements for comfort floors
- Review the surface preparation requirements resinous floors and wall systems
- Recommended uses for resinous floors and wall systems
- Learn additional design considerations when choosing a seamless floor or wall system
AIA Continuing Education Courses FAQ
How do I get AIA credits?
You can earn AIA Learning Units (LUs) by completing Sherwin-Williams’ approved learning programs. As a registered AIA continuing education (CE) provider, all of our courses are taught by industry-leading professionals and will help you meet your continuing education requirements.
Do you have any HSW qualified courses?
Yes, Sherwin-Williams’ AIA continuing education courses offer HSW credits. In fact, the majority of our programs have HSW credit to help you reach the 12 HSW credit requirement.
How many AIA LUs will I earn?
The LUs you earn will depend on the course. Please view the individual course details for credit information and additional details on the course.
What types of AIA continuing education courses do you offer?
Our AIA continuing education courses cover topics on high performance floor and wall systems. Topics may focus on a specific industry, type of flooring, challenge or problem, etc.
Do you offer free AIA CEU courses?
Yes, all of Sherwin-Williams AIA CEU courses are free!
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