AIArchitect, July 7, 2003 - “Mushrooming Molds” or “Architecture as Performance,” Anyone? AIA eClassroom Offers Two More New Courses

07/2003

“Mushrooming Molds” or “Architecture as Performance,” Anyone? AIA eClassroom Offers Two More New Courses

This week, AIA eClassroom added two more new distance-learning courses to its repertoire from the 2003 national AIA convention. Learn about how to deal with mold and liability issues, soup up your client presentations, or absorb a host of other skills.

Molds
“SA27 Mushrooming Molds: Dumb Things Architects Do and How to Fix Them”
addresses the urgent problem of growing liability due to molds, which is seen as the “asbestos of the next decade.” Learn about the new laws being enacted to protect the public from toxic effects of mold and how architects can avoid creating mold problems and related professional liability issues.

You’ll learn:
• Conditions for growth of molds and how architects might contribute to the problem
• The current standards, methods of assessment, cleaning, and remediation
• The architect’s exposure to liability and liability avoidance
• What architects may or may not be insured against.

Covering the many facets of this topic is a diverse faculty composed of Jack Kemp, AIA, director of architecture, Ian Mackinlay Architecture Inc; Gita Dev, FAIA, vice chair of the national AIA Housing Committee and principal of Dev Architects; Judy L. Mendoza, assistant vice president and senior risk-management specialist Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc.; and William J. Peters, Esq., Gordon & Rees, LLP. All hail from San Francisco. For more information, visit the eClassroom site.

Performance
David Greusel, AIA, HOK Venue, is back with a reprise of one of the most popular convention seminars of all time: “TH25 Architecture as Performance Art I—Sharpening Your Presentation Skills.” Through this seminar, you will learn the 10 commandments of successful oral presentations derived from the presenter’s nearly 30 years’ experience in architecture—and show business. Greusel presents:
• The essential dos and don’ts of public presentation
• How to actively engage an audience and build support
• The importance of adding entertainment value to presentations
• How to better manage presentation time allotments.

Greusel combines 22 years of experience in every facet of practice with 25 years of experience in the performing arts, including roles in musical comedies, drama, television, and radio. For more information, visit the eClassroom Web site.

Read a review of Greusel’s book, Architect's Essentials of Presentation Skills by David Greusel, AIA (John Wiley & Sons, 2002).

The cost is per program is $99.95 AIA members, $149.95 nonmembers. Each program offers two learning units; Mushrooming Molds offers two health-safety-welfare credits. For a complete list of eClassroom offerings, visit the eClassroom Web site.