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Proseries: Courses by CLARB
Every landscape architect has faced the trade-off: the client wants a lawn that stays green year-round, a play area that meets accessibility requirements or a green wall that survives a north-facing courtyard, and natural materials alone can't always deliver.
Synthetic surfacing has changed the equation. This course will give you a clear, practical look at what today's synthetic options can do, where they fit in your designs and how to make the case for them to clients and review boards. Whether you are specifying turf for the first time or refining details on a system you've used for years, you'll leave with information you can put to work on your next project.
As the implementation of synthetic surfacing for leisure and performance applications grows, artificial materials such as synthetic turf (grass), synthetic green walls and alternative surfacing options often outperform their natural counterparts.
Increased safety standards (like ADA and DOJ specs) and design expectations have accelerated innovation in the materials available to designers. This course outlines synthetic surfacing options and examines synthetic turf systems, detailing their design considerations, performance features, sustainability and health benefits, and associated return on investment (ROI).
Learning objectives
- Gain a better understanding of sustainable surfacing and systems
- Understand the importance of certified synthetic surfacing system installations
- Explore new trends and innovations in synthetic surfacing
- Identify use-case scenarios for future designs and projects
- Understand new product technology, quality standards and design considerations
Earning course credit
1 PDH, LA CES/HSW
Active CLARB Record Holders can earn 1 PDH, LA CES/HSW continuing education credit at no additional cost.
Registrants who cannot attend in real time have two weeks to watch the recording on demand and complete the course requirements.
The CLARB team aims to send certificates of completion by email within 3-4 weeks of the course presentation date. CE credit should appear in your CLARB Record within that same timeframe.
If you run into questions about your CE credit, please contact our Support Team.
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Start yours today to access the CE tracking tool and many other career management benefits. The CLARB Record is designed to simplify your professional life by:
- Securely storing your professional information
- Streamlining license renewal processes
- Facilitating license mobility between jurisdictions
- Providing tools to manage your landscape architecture career
ProSeries: Courses by CLARB
CLARB's exclusive continuing education series designed to advance your commitment to protecting public health, safety and well-being (HSW). As the organization dedicated to designing and promoting landscape architectural standards
that safeguard the public, we deliver the most relevant, rigorous and forward-thinking HSW education available.
Presenters
In partnership with:
SYNLawn
CLARB Record Holders: $0
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