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GAF offers a wide range of continuing education resources that help architects and design professionals stay up-to-date on the latest roofing technologies, trends, and best practices.
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Thousands of design professionals have learned the A to Z of roof design with GAF, both in person and on demand. From specification, to design options to help you meet your sustainability goals, to installation, there’s a GAF curriculum to inform your roof designs and specifications. Whether you need to reinforce your specialty, fulfill an AIA credit, or close a knowledge gap, we offer the courses, white papers, webinars, and articles to help you succeed.
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The GAF Lunch & Learn program offers an opportunity for professionals to earn AIA CEU credits while learning about various roofing topics from GAF experts. You can request a session for your office.
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Building & Roofing Science Survival Guide
Have you ever felt overwhelmed trying to find the right education material to better understand membranes, overburden, air barriers and vapor retarders, etc?
The Building and Roofing Science team is all about making technical information more accessible to the people that need it most. We created the Building and Roofing Science Survival Guide to organize all of your favorite technical information into one easy to navigate website.
Frequently asked questions
For support with product documentation, specifications, calculations, code information and a wide range of system-specific information, the GAF Commercial Design Services Team can get you exactly WHAT you need to move your project along.
When you’re looking for support on HOW to achieve your design objectives — be they wind uplift, R-values, energy efficient options, resiliency and more — connect with our Building and Roofing Science professionals. The team includes building scientists, educators, architects, and construction veterans who specialize in collaborating with other design professionals to help them solve complex real world design challenges.
GAF offers a wide variety of training and education resources to meet your needs. Most of our education content provides AIA HSW LUs and/or IIBEC CEHs. By registering for one of our courses, attendees will receive a certificate of completion for self-reporting purposes. Credits can be directly reported on behalf of those who provide valid AIA member numbers.
GAF has built a suite of support to help make your job easier.
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