News Brief 2-22-19
Photo credit: The Alter Conservatory for the Arts by MODA4 Design and the Design Collaborative won an Honor Award for Newly Completed Buildings at the 2018 Focus on Design Awards program

Welcome New Sponsors
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Shook Construction is the name behind many of the Midwest’s most advanced and prestigious facilities. Since 1926, Shook has been providing general contracting services on a wide array of projects. They are ranked as a Top 400 contractor in the country, according to Engineering News-Record. Building trusting relationships with their clients by being responsive to their expectations and providing the highest quality possible is the cornerstone of their corporate culture. Attentiveness to clients and all aspects of every project has resulted in long-term client relationships throughout their 93-year history. This down-to-earth approach, coupled with their breadth of experience, provides clients with one-on-one interaction and exceptional quality.
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L2 Engineering is the newest engineering choice in the area, driven to be a leader in MEP design. L2e is aiming to change the local engineering market. They are focused on MEP and Structural engineering in order to provide the highest level of service available. L2e’s goal is to provide practical, affordable, and responsive solutions. L2e has the experience and expertise of a larger firm, but is light and nimble to execute the smallest of projects. They are NCEES and licensed in several states meaning they can travel with you to maintain design consistency and stream line coordination on remote projects. Their number one priority is creating strong relationships. Combine this with their engineering expertise and understanding of how clients use their facilities, L2e is a sound choice to provide the most customized approach and design possible.
Chapter Programs
Register for the Dayton Regional Green Sustainability Luncheon by February 22 for Early Bird Registration

 Program: Dayton Regional Green (DRG) Sustainability Luncheon -  GBCI & AIA credits
Speaker: Larry Falkin, Director of the Office of Environment & Sustainability, City of Cincinnati
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 
Time: 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM 
Location: Top of the Market, 32 Webster Street, Dayton
Cost: Early Registration Fee - $25 (Deadline for early registration is February 22)
Late Registration Fee is $30
Questions: Lamees Mubaslat, 937-225-6423

AIA Dayton members can receive $5.00 off by entering the PROMO CODE  AIA Dayton on the registration form


Register by clicking  here 


CAD Happy Hour Returns: Wednesday, February 27

Join the Emerging Professionals on Wednesday, February 27 at 5:30 PM at Old Scratch Pizza, 812 South Patterson Blvd., Dayton, to network and to talk architecture and pizza. If you recall, CAD stands for Collective Architect Draught, and there is some of that at Old Scratch Pizza also! So, mark all your calendars and enter the date and time into your electronic devices, and we'll see you there! No need to RSVP -- just show up!















Sinclair Community College Enrichment Series
Architect Vs. Firefighter
(Approved for 1.0 AIA HSW)


Speaker: Lt. Jonathan Flynn, Dayton Fire Department
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019 
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM
Location: Sinclair Community College Building 11
Cost: Free
Register by February 26, 2019



Mr. Flynn takes a look at Architectural design from a firefighter’s perspective. He challenges designers to make their buildings “perform” during a fire, by understanding how buildings and their components react to and ultimately fail during a fire. Buildings should not just “meet” the requirements of the fire and buildings codes, they should perform them.



Register by clicking here














BIM to SIM (or How Do I Get That Rich Data into My Simulations Without Re-entering?)
(Approved for 1.0 AIA CES HSW and 1 CE GBCI- 0920010364)


Joint Meeting with AIA/ASHRAE


Speaker: Drury B. Crawley, PhD, Director, Building Industry Development,
Bentley Fellow, Bentley Systems, Inc.
Date: Monday, March 11 2019 
Time: 8:00 AM Registration; 8:15 AM Breakfast Provided; 8:30 AM Presentation 
Location: Aileron, 8860 Wildcat Road, Tipp City, Ohio
Cost: $25 for AIA members; $35 for non-AIA members
Register by March 6, 2019



Building Information Modeling (BIM) is one of the most powerful tools that designers have to create and visualize 3-D building models. BIM allows the designer to track thousands of building components in 3-D and thus detect potential interferences. It also makes it easy to visually display a potentially complex design in a way that building owners can easily understand. Similarly, building energy simulation (SIM) has evolved into a powerful tool for evaluating the energy performance of potential or existing buildings. Building simulation allows easy comparison of the energy and environmental performance of many hundreds of design or retrofit options. Because much of the data that building simulation tools require already exists in the BIM models, it’s critical that simple methods for sharing that data are available.

This presentation describes the opportunities and challenges for sharing data between BIM and SIM and demonstrates recent advances in data exchange.



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Joint meeting with AIA Dayton/CSI/AGC
on Construction Estimating


Speaker: Dan Frondorf, CPE, CDTDG, Frondorf and Associates LLC
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 
Time: 3:30 - 5:30 PM 
Location: LJB Inc., 2500 Newmark Dr., Miamisburg, Ohio
Cost: Free for AIA Dayton, CSI and AGC Members; $25 for Nonmembers
Register by March 15. 2019


Learning Objectives are:
1) To understand the construction cost estimating processes
2) To understand historical and modern methods of gathering information
3) To understand the importance of analyzing risk, the impact of human nature on the profession of estimating, and recognizing ethical bidding practices
4) To understand the value of the estimator in the overall design and construction community

Register by clicking here
Other Programs
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AIA Ohio News







 Save the Date!

The AIA 2019 Ohio Valley Region Convention is September 19 - 21, 2019, at the Hilton Netherland Plaza in Cincinnati, Ohio.










AIA News
AIA Dues Renewal Notices Have Been Mailed
AIA dues notices were due by January 15. For members with hardships, AIA is offering its Dues Adjustment Program again this year. This program is for members with a medical disability, those taking sabbatical or family leave, or members who are unemployed or partially employed. Contact AIA Dayton at 937-291-1913 for a form.



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In The Media
Will the Green New Deal usher in a new era of real infrastructure investment?
Today in Washington, D.C., at the first meeting of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Chairman Peter DeFazio’s (D-OR) phone alarm went off. Rep. DeFazio offhandedly joked that it was “the alarm sounding on America’s infrastructure.”
It could also be considered the starting bell in the rush to design, fund, and implement a national infrastructure overhaul.
Read More: Curbed
Our Cities Are Broken. Here’s How Architects Can Fix Them
The world’s population is going through the proverbial roof, set to surpass 9.5 billion by 2050, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the strain on existing urban infrastructure is accelerating at a frightening rate … alright, I know what you’re thinking: Tell us something we don’t already know. It’s an age-old problem that has caused headaches amongst urban planners and city officials for decades.
Read More: Architizer
Nine Architects Weigh In On The Changing Direction of Design
At its most basic, architecture is a discipline focused on shelter, but constant societal change requires us to interrogate what architecture means in our current context. We spoke with nine renowned architects from firms across the United States about how trends impact their work and what their clients are requesting, and we asked them to hypothesize about how modern styles might continue to evolve in the future.
Read More: Forbes
Architects Wanted: Design These Odd Lots
The city owns some of the narrowest, most unusual lots in New York.
Some of the land has been vacant for decades, even as affordable housing options have dwindled and luxury apartments have risen nearby, for at least one good reason: Nobody has wanted to build there.
Read More: The New York Times