Hosted by AIA Seattle’s corporate allied partners, the collaboration series provides an opportunity to build inter-disciplinary relationships and meet potential collaborators for your projects, while learning a variety of issues current to the industry.

Join Northclad Rainscreen Solutions for a session on understanding the Pacific Northwest climatic conditions and how they affect building design, the challenges that water and air place on the life cycle of a building, and the philosophy and advantages of incorporating rainscreen systems in the design. Cavity walls (rainscreens) and air barriers are critical to preventing water penetration.

Chuck Lander retired from W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. in 2007 where he served as a senior architectural consultant responsible for five Western states and four Canadian provinces. Today, he is serving as a building enclosure consultant for Northshore Sheet Metal in Everett, Washington, a manufacturer of architectural rainscreen cladding systems.

Throughout his long career in the construction industry, Mr. Lander has gained tremendous experience and insight in serving owners, architects, engineers, general contractors, subcontractors, and building material distributors throughout the Pacific Northwest through the various stages of a project.

His credentials include:

• Bachelor of Science from Montana State University in Industrial Design
• Master of Science from the University of Southern California in Systems Management
• 18 years as a designer and project manager of residential and commercial projects throughout the United States for private developer
• 15 years as a Senior Architectural Consultant for W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn. with overall responsibility for building envelope design and application in the Pacific Northwest

His memberships include:

• Puget Sound Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute
• United States Green Building Council
• Seattle Building Enclosure Council
• Construction Specifications Canada