This week’s meeting will be a presentation with CE by Keaton Smith of Benjamin Obdyke.
Please note - if you attended the Healthy Home presentation in February of 2024, you will not be able to get another HSW credit for this one.
Healthy Home
1 AIA LU|HSW
Course Description: Buildings have become a complex network of control systems which must work together to prevent failure, but often times these systems are incorporated incorrectly and lead to significant damage and unhealthy living conditions. This course will explore the four control layers in the building envelope and how they must work together to create a healthy home.
4 Learning Objectives:
Understand why moisture management and drainage gaps, behind claddings, are more critical as we focus more on air tightness in the structure’s envelope.
Recognize that a true air barrier is created with a continuous plane around the entire building envelope.
Understand how all control layers in the building envelope work together to prevent failure.
Recognize the importance of communication between trades, design professionals, and manufacturers are vital to ensure proper detailing in the building envelope.
If you would like to be added to the calendar invite, please contact Kathy Wendland.
Speaker Bio: Keaton Smith has been in the building product industry for 9 years. He joined Benjamin Obdyke in January 2025 after spending 8 years working for an importer of real wood decking and siding products from around the world. Keaton is passionate about building-science and best-practices for wall assemblies. He is currently the Market Development Manager covering Oregon and SW Washington for Benjamin Obdyke.
About Benjamin Obdyke: With a tradition of innovation in building products since 1868, Benjamin Obdyke is one of America’s leading providers of high-quality roof and wall WRB solutions. Our founder, Benjamin P. Obdyke, pioneered the first-generation corrugated downspouts. This innovation ultimately led to the modern-day Benjamin Obdyke. Benjamin Obdyke’s pioneering spirit remains the hallmark of our company today.
Driven by the goal to always “build better,” we constantly develop and add new advances to our product lines by listening to the needs of the building and contracting community, as well as our distribution partners.
Our roof and wall WRB systems enhance assemblies to maximize the performance, durability, and value of a building’s most critical elements — its outer structure. In short, when you “build better” with Benjamin Obdyke, you build to last.
