September 17 Design + Dine AIA Lunch + Learn: Cladding Systems with CUPACLAD (Iowa)
- Date
- September 17, 2025
- Time
- 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
- Location
- Brickworks Supply Center 4601 NW Urbandale Drive, Suite 112, Urbandale, IA 50322
- Admission
- $0.00
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NATURAL SLATE RAINSCREEN CLADDING SYSTEMS with CUPACLAD
This presentation includes a range of topics important to the architect, designer, and specifier. Materials discussed will provide a better understanding for the proper specification and usage of natural slate materials for rainscreen and direct apply applications. This course will run through the basic characteristics and benefits of Natural Slate and look at its production process, from quarry excavation to facade installation.
Learning Objectives
1. How slate is produced... From the quarry to the facade...
2. How to identify slate quality and detect potential problems. What do you need to ask when using slate in a project?
3. The ventilated facade systems with natural slate from a technical and practical point of view.
Credit: 1 AIA LU/HSW/SD