S-5!® Offers New AIA Course On Snow Retention

Colorado Springs, CO – S-5!, a leader in attaching ancillary items to metal roofs with zero-penetration clamps and exposed-fastened brackets, is offering a new AIA Continuing Education Unit course titled Snow Retention Devices: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

The one-hour AIA approved HSW (Health, Safety and Welfare) course is available online or as a live presentation lunch & learn format presented by Harry Lubitz, CSI, CDT, RCI, the Architectural and National Accounts Director for S-5! The course provides framework for understanding the importance of snow retention on roofs, examines various roof type applications, identifies applications that have proven more successful at retaining snow and underscores the critical need for proper planning, calculating, engineering and installing of these systems.

The online version is available here.

About S-5!®

Founded by a veteran metal roof expert, S-5! has been the leading authority on metal roof attachment solutions since 1992. S-5!’s lifetime zero-penetration clamps and brackets attach ancillary items to standing seam and exposed-fastened metal roofs respectively, while maintaining roof integrity and warranties. Made in the U.S.A., S-5! solutions are engineered for a variety of roof-mounted applications and are now installed on more than 2.5 million metal roofs in 70+ countries worldwide, providing strength and longevity never before seen. For more information, visit  s-5.com.