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12/5/24, 1pm - Tuesday, 12/5, 3pm
Location
Online
2 LU / 2 HSW

Please join Huggins Wood Floor Specialist “ONLINE” for our one credit course, Wood Flooring Species. Joe Avila, one of the world’s most renowned wood flooring specialists & wood flooring inspectors, covers how you and your firm can avoid wood flooring failures and costly lawsuits when specifying wood flooring systems. Stay up to date with the latest wood flooring trends, get informed of innovative wood flooring systems and green friendly products to save you and your clients time and money.

This course assists architects and design professionals in understanding the species used for hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects. This course assists architect and design professionals in understanding the green attributes of hardwood flooring so that they can effectively specify wood flooring for their client projects and meet potential green building program criteria. This is a 1 CEU credit course. The National Wood Flooring Association will submit the forms to IDCEC and AIA for your CEU’s approval.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the characteristics of wood as an organic material
  • Identify the benefits of wood when used as flooring
  • Understand the properties of wood that affect its appearance and its long-term performance as a flooring material
  • Explain Janka Ratings and how they determine durability
  • Describe color changes that may occur among wood species
  • Define domestic species and their characteristics
  • Distinguish exotic species and their characteristics
  • Identify the major differences among cork, bamboo, and hardwoods as a flooring material
  • Discuss the growth cycles and sustainability of cork, bamboo, and hardwoods
  • Explain how the use of cork, bamboo, and hardwoods as a flooring material improves indoor air quality
  • Describe the routine and long-term care and maintenance of cork, bamboo, and hardwood flooring
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Huggins Wood Floor Specialist
12/5/24, 1pm - Tuesday, 12/5, 3pm
Location
Online
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