November 16, 2007
  Submissions for TAP Fourth Annual BIM Awards Competition Due February 1
The AIA Technology in Architectural Practice (TAP) Knowledge Community will host its third annual Building Information Model (BIM) Awards competition to acknowledge projects that have used integrated and interoperable building information models. Submissions are due February 1 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Awards will be given for best examples of the use of building information models in six categories, and the chosen projects will be honored at the AIA 2008 National Convention in Boston in May. For submission forms, details, and lists of the winning projects from 2005–2007, visit the TAP Web site.

Build a Roadmap to Practice in the 21st Century
The AIA Practice Management and Technology in Architectural Practice knowledge communities invite you to join them for “The Future of Professional Practice: The Next Generation of Integrated Delivery, Emerging Technology, and Practice Management” conference December 2–4, in Washington, D.C. Sessions will include:

  • Training Your Staff to Be Effective with BIM
  • BIM: Best Practices, Best Results
  • Future Leaders Focus: Understanding Your Younger Generation
  • The Transitional Small Practice—Alternate Management Strategies
  • Workshop: Building and Living a Business Development Culture into the Future
  • Workshop: BIM: the Value Proposition.

The conference will be held in conjunction with the AIA Educator/Practitioner Network, Integrated Practice, Design-Build, and Small Project Practitioners knowledge communities, as well as AIA DC, AIA Delaware, and AIA Northern Virginia. For more information or to register, visit the conference Web site.

Pictured is the Loblolly House, KieranTimberlake. Photo © Barry Halkin.

  

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