Hot from the hallowed halls of the Charlotte Convention Center, AIA eClassroom, the Institute's distance-learning provider, offers five select seminars for your continuing education pleasure. The new programs on eClassroom are:

TH08: The Hyatt Skywalk Collapse: 20 Years Later
It has been 20 years since the Hyatt Regency's skywalks collapsed in Kansas City. There are many false theories circulating today as to the cause. Learn about the events leading up to the fatal collapse, the cause, and how it changed the industry. Robert J. Berkebile, FAIA, BNIM Architects; and G. William Quatman, FAIA, Shurgart Thomson Kilroy PC, both of Kansas City, present the class. You'll learn:
• How the design was changed from the original "design concept" during shop drawing review
• The opportunities to catch the design error during the review process and thereafter
• How this tragic event changed the life of one architect
• What to watch for in contracts currently being used.

Provided by the AIA DesignBuild PIA and Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, this is a Deliver Track class.

Removing the Barriers to High-Performance Design
Two facilities fresh on the University of Texas, Houston, campus are intended to set new standards for education, flexibility, and resource efficiency. We'll explore the process, teams, goals, tools, and techniques used to overcome institutional, user-group, and design-team barriers. Moderated by Robert J. Berkebile, FAIA, BNIM, Kansas City, the seminar offers the views of three presenters: David C. Lake, FAIA, Lake/Flato Architects, San Antonio; Steven A. McDowell, FAIA, BNIM Architects; and Brian Yeoman, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. You will:
• Learn how to assemble and manage an interdisciplinary design team efficiently with effective goal setting and communication tools
• Explore strategies to maximize benefits of sustainable design tools while controlling the cost associated with large, expert teams
• Learn the costs and options for compensation associated with an integrated, collaborative approach to high-performance design.

Provided by the AIA Committee on the Environment, this is a Services Track class.

FR1 Gold Medalist Forum
The 2002 Gold Medalist Tadao Ando, Hon. FAIA, will discuss his viewpoint on the state of architecture, vision of the profession's future, design methodology, and management style. Through this class, moderated by College of Fellows Chancellor James Lawler, FAIA, you will:
• Discover the qualities, ideas, and practices needed to achieve architectural excellence
• Gain insight into the 2002 Gold Medalist's accomplishments
• Discuss key issues of practice and design with this prominent award winner.

Provided by the AIA College of Fellows, this is a Services Track course.

FR5 Value-Based Team Design Decision Making
Architects are continually challenged to satisfy client-expanding expectations within tighter or even shrinking project budgets. Value-based team design decision-making techniques, such as value analysis, are meant to assist the architect within the context of doing more for less, whether enhancing building performance, achieving a strong design image, lowering life-cycle costs, or optimizing environmental sustainability. Moderated by Richard Hobbs, FAIA, strategic advisor, Roche Harbor, Wash., the seminar has two presenters: Stephen J. Kirk, PhD, FAIA, Kirk Associates, Grosse Point Park, Mich., and Richard G. Turk, National Park Service, Denver.
You'll learn to:
• Facilitate value-based team design workshops
• Improve communication between the client and design disciplines using value-analysis tools
• Integrate design decisions using a value-based multidiscipline team workshop approach.

Provided by the moderator and two presenters, this is a Client Track course.

SA25: Architect Liability under ADA and Other Federal and State Laws for Accessibility
More than ever before, the architect's focus is on accessibility under federal and state laws and codes. This common-sense approach to managing risk and improving client service will provide a better understanding of architect responsibility and liability under these requirements. The seminar's two presenters are Eric C. Rowe, Greenberg Traurig LLP, Washington, D.C., and Soy L. Williams, AIA, Greenberg Traurig Consulting Inc., Miami. You'll learn about:
• The tools to identify properly and resolve the differences between federal disability-rights access laws and relevant state requirements
• The impact of noncompliance on architectural practice
• The significant differences between state and federal requirements.

Provided by Greenberg Traurig, this is a Deliver Track class.

If you haven't taken an AIA eClassroom course yet, you should know that signing up for one is fast and easy. You simply:
• Enroll through the secure e-commerce capabilities of AIA eClassroom. AIA Members pay $49.95 per learning unit; non-AIA members pay $74.95.
• View the program and supplemental learning materials, then take the quiz.
• LU hours will be recorded for AIA members at the University of Oklahoma, keeper of the AIA's Continuing Education System records. Just provide a valid AIA member number when you register. Nonmembers may request a certificate of completion.

AIA eClassroom offers a wide variety of programs. Check it out: eclassroom.aia.org.

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