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AIA KnowledgeNet Roundup: October 7

By Isabella Rosse posted 10-04-2013 05:17 PM

  

AIA KnowledgeNet Roundup

2014 Call for Entries

Small Project Practitioners
Submission Deadline: Before 5PM ET, November 18, 2013  

The Small Project Practitioners (SPP) Knowledge Community presents the tenth annual Small Project Award Program to recognize the work of small project practitioners and to promote excellence in small project design. This Award Program strives to raise public awareness of the value and design excellence that architects bring to all project types, including renovations and additions, no matter the limits of size and budget.

This year’s Small Project Award theme, RESOURCEFULNESS, intends to recognize projects that, through design, turn nothing into something, transform liabilities and constraints into opportunities, and do more with less.

 
 
Housing Knowledge Community

Submission Deadline: Before 5PM ET, November 22, 2013

The Housing Knowledge Community of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) established this awards program to recognize the best in housing design for households of all incomes. The program emphasizes the importance of good housing as a necessity of life, a sanctuary for the human spirit, and a valuable national resource. It is the intent of the program to recognize quality work in a variety of design styles.





 2014 COTE Top Ten Green Projects/ Top Ten +

"Look for the Call for Entries on November 11, 2013"

The AIA Committee on the Environment’s (COTE) Top Ten Green Projects is the profession’s most prestigious award program recognizing excellence in integrated ecological design thinking.

2013 COTE Top Ten projects were featured in over 23 publications, including Scientific American, Wired, Fast Company, Gizmodo, and the Huffington Post

Total readership / viewership exceeded 52 million individuals

SUBMIT YOUR PROJECT THIS YEAR! COTE Top Ten / Top Ten + is seeking submissions in all project types:

  • New Construction
  • Adaptive Reuse / Historic Renovation
  • Interior Architecture
  • Urban and Regional Planning

 

 

2013 COTE Scholar Report

"Realizing Next Generation Green"

This report seeks to better understand successful project delivery and cost management strategies for high-performance buildings through a series of case studies and a literature review. Two primary questions drove the research:

1. To what extent is Integrated Project Delivery [IPD] implemented in high- performance building projects, and why aren’t teams using it in its truest form?
2. What integration strategies are most common and effective in high-performance projects?

Teams are implementing a variety of IPD strategies to enhance team collaboration and cohesion. Early involvement of key participants, collaborative decision making, integrated team structures, and metrics-based decision making are among the most commonly implemented strategies. Implemented strategies and the extent to which they were found useful vary among project participants, even within the same project team.



 

AIA Contract Documents

Legal Considerations for Construction Managers Working on Sustainable Projects Live Webinar!
November 12, 2013 3:00-4:00pm EST
Course description and to register>

 

Beginners Guide to Using AIA Contract Documents and Software In-Person!
December 5, 2013 from 9am-1:30pm Washington, DC
Attendees will receive content and software training and will participate in live demonstrations on the key features of using AIA Contract Documents software. Course attendees will also learn about new releases of documents and resources available to the public for use on sustainable and digital practice projects. 
Eligible for 4 AIA/CES HSW LU Hours |  Course Description and To Register >

 

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Public Interest Design- HKC Webinar Series
Monday, October 21, 2013, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM (Eastern Time (US & Canada))
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