James Hardie

Constructing building envelopes designed to withstand extreme weather events and the impact of drastic temperature swings, join us for this one-hour course on building with fiber cement cladding. Participants will examine the importance of building sustainably with fiber cement cladding designed for resiliency to ensure structural stability and life safety. Catastrophic weather events require that the materials that comprise the building envelope are high-performance enough to endure fire, hurricanes, flooding, extreme cold, and heat.

Throughout this course, participants will discover the design and engineering behind fiber cement products that offer flexibility and function in a broad range of climate zones with weather, fire and pest resistance. Customizable to meet the demands of project design, fiber cement cladding responds to an array of challenges related to climate, design, performance and end user safety. After this course, participants will have a command of the evolutionary progress made in fiber cement products for the built environment and architectural specification.