Credit: 4 PDH
Course Fee: $84.00
38 pages

Course summary:

This course includes design provisions and quality requirements for glazing consisting of glass and to a limited extent, light transmitting plastics. It also addresses the design and selection of glass to withstand wind loads, snow loads, dead loads and other imposed loads. The primary purpose of this course is to provide information to establish the adequacy of glazing from the stand point of life safety and performance. The sections on glass in hand rails and guards, glazing in athletic facilities and safety glazing dictate a performance standard that will minimize risks to a level consistent with other provisions of the code.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will learn:

1. General Requirements for Glass
2. Wind and Dead Loads on Glass
3. Sloped Glazing and Sky lights
4. Safety Glazing
5. Glass in Hand rails and Guards
6. Glazing in Athletic Facilities
7. Glass in Elevator hoist way
8. High-Velocity Hurricane Zones—

a. Windows, Doors, Glass and Glazing
b. Glass Veneer
c. Storm Shutters/External Protective Devices
d. Curtain Walls
e. Structural Glazing Systems

9. This document is free to download. The quiz is also free to download and take as many times as the participant wants until passed before purchase.

Review the quiz before studying the course.

Course Content

Course Author: Florida Building Code

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