African
American Museum Partners RTKL and The Freelon Group
A new African American history museum slated for Baltimore's
Inner Harbor will seek to embody the character, pride, struggle,
and accomplishments of Maryland's African American people. Full
Story
Construction Cycles Are Alive
and Well
After posting strong and sustained growth between 1993 and
1999, construction contracts for nonresidential buildings declined
slightly in 2000 (after adjusting for inflation) and then dropped
more substantially last year. Full
Story
Security Tops State Government
Agenda
The AIA State Government Network (SGN) gathered at AIA headquarters
March 1 after joining other component leaders in the AIA Grassroots
2002 Government Affairs Day and Capitol Hill visits. Nearly 60 AIA
members, component staff, and lobbyists representing 45 state components
attended the meeting. Full
Story
State
Department Streamlines Design Reviews
By putting technology to work, the State Department's Overseas
Building Operations (OBO) is expediting design reviews for new embassies
and security upgrades at 260 U.S. overseas posts. OBO has adopted
the Design Review and Checking System (DrChecks)a Web-based
collaboration tool developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL)as a standard
practice. Full
Story
BEST PRACTICES CASE STUDY
Make the Most of Project
Collaboration Technology
As this week's article on the CERL's DrChecks shows, the technology
is available and proven whereby construction project team members
can share huge amounts of electronic information securely, transmit
comments instantly, and store a wealth of project information for
later analysis and use. The Technology in Architectural Practice
PIA gives insight into how to use this power wisely. Full
Story
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Design
Design Offers Many Opportunities for Learning About Sustainability,
May 9 to 11 in Charlotte
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to see a number of sustainability seminars being offered.
CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Plan Ahead: Be a Speaker
at the 2003 AIA National Convention in San Diego, May 810,
2003
The AIA invites you to submit a presentation proposal for
the 2003 AIA national convention in San Diego. Potential speakers
are invited to submit proposal for three types of presentation formats:
90-minute seminars, 3.75-hour (half-day) workshops, and 7.5-hour
(full-day) workshops. Speakers receive complimentary convention
registration, per diem reimbursement, and a modest travel allowance
to help defray airfare costs.
Proposals
are due June 17, via
email.
You may download a PDF that includes complete information about
speaker presentations. For a hard copy of the call for presentations,
contact Emily Cole at 202-626-7445.
Photo by James Blank, courtesy of the San Diego Convention and Visitors
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