News Brief 6-14-19
Photo credit: Ken Schory. The CARE House Advocacy Center by LWC Incorporated was the winner of an Honor Award for Interior Projects at the 2018 Focus on Design Awards program.
Chapter Programs
Attention Golfers - Get Your Clubs Ready!

There is a new event taking place, at a new time! The Annual Golf Outing will take place on Friday, June 28 with a Shotgun “Shamble” at 8:00 AM at the Heatherwoode Golf Club in Springboro. Join your fellow golfers for a morning of fun, starting with a breakfast and ending with lunch and awards.

Watch Co-chair Dan Wyckoff, AIA, explain this year's outing here.

Thanks to our generous sponsors:
Masonry Institute of Dayton and Ohio Masonry Association - Breakfast
Hemm's Glass - Lunch
Chapel Electric - Watering Hole Sponsor
Becker Construction - Watering Hole Sponsor
Elements IV Interiors - Watering Hole Sponsor
Doody Door & Hardware - Cart Sponsor
$10,000 Hole in One Sponsor - Business Furniture
Pella - Driving Range Sponsor

Hole sponsors include: Allegion, Bowser Morner, Brumbaugh Construction, Dimensional Metals, Heapy Engineering, Messer Construction, Modern Entrance Systems, Oswald Companies, Prater Engineering, Requarth, Shell & Meyer Associates, Tri-Tech Engineering, Underground Detectives

AIA Dayton Announces the 2019 Focus on Design Awards Program

This year's Focus on Design Awards Program will take place November 1 at the Grande Hall Liberty Tower in downtown Dayton. This year’s program is open to projects completed since January 1, 2015. The program rules will be released on June 17 and submissions will be due mid-September. This year’s program will be a luncheon from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM. Look for more information to come!

To view the Save the Date, click here.
Chapter News
Historic Dayton Area Tornadoes Prompt Inquiries for AIA Assistance

Area architects who would like to participate in the AIA Ohio SAP Training (Post-disaster Safety-Assessment Program) on Friday, June 28 should register today. The SAP training will provide Ohio's architects with the knowledge to provide evaluations of facilities and buildings in the aftermath of a disaster. The training will take place from 10 AM - 5 PM at AIA Columbus, 50 W. Town Street, Suite 110, and the cost is $195 per person. The cost covers training materials, lunch and your CAL OES ID card. The training is good for 6.5 AIA CES HSW credits. Register here .
Mark your calendars for these upcoming programs!
August 6 - Snyder Brick & Block and County Materials

August 13 - Time TBD - Requarth and Andersen Windows

September 4 - 7:30 AM - Acoustical Systems, Ed Crouchley

October 8 - 9:00 AM - Procrastinator's Day - Elements IV Interiors

December 6 - All Day - Miami Valley Planning & Zoning Workshop - Sinclair Community College
Other Programs
Fair Housing Accessibility Design & Construction Training
(Approved for 6.0 HSW credits through the Ohio Architects Board; AIA members will have to self-report the workshop to AIA)

Speaker: John Ritzu, RA, is an associate principal of LCM Architects
Date: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Location: Sinclair Conference Center
Cost: $120.00

Sustainability Roundtable: Community Resilience Planning 2

Sponsor : MVRPC office, 10 N. Ludlow St., Suite 700, Dayton
Date:  Thursday, June 27, 9:00 - 11:00 AM
RSVP:   Register by clicking HERE  

Join MVRPC for the next Sustainability Roundtable on Thursday, June 27. This session will continue the Resilience theme with a look at Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment. The 2-hour session is FREE, but registration is required.

Speakers will include Rosanne Anders, Director of Greene County Emergency Management Agency, Jeff Jordan, Director of the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management, representatives of WSP and local government.


Contact Matt Lindsay via email or call 937.531.6548 for more information.
US Green Building Council, Ohio Chapter Announces the 2019 Sustainability and Energy Smart Awards

These awards will recognize sustainability and energy projects/programs/policies/people.
The deadline for submissions is June 21.

Click here for the flyer.

AIA Ohio News
SAVE THE DATE
 
2019 AIA OHIO REGION CONVENTION:
September 19-21
 
The AIA Ohio Valley Region Convention, planned for September 19-21, 2019, will bring together more than 300 architects and allied professionals from around the region for three days of programs and activities. 
 



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 AIA Ohio Design Awards Program

2019 Entry Dates: April 1 - July 1

The AIA Ohio Design Awards Program promotes those projects that have distinguished themselves, through attention to high quality design, performance, and commitment to AIA’s 10 principles of livable communities. These awards recognize some of the best of Ohio Architecture.


AIA News
AIA Dues Adjustment Program Information
Members who have not paid 2019 AIA dues are now considered delinquent . There is still time to apply for the Dues Adjustment Program. 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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