Monday, February 7, 2022
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

February 10: AIA Luncheon
February 22: OKC Foundation for Architecture First Americans Museum Tour
February 25: AIA Sporting Clays Tournament
March 3: Virtual Lunch & Learn
March 24: Architecture after 5 at CEC
March 29: Architects Blitz the Capitol
April 14: AIA Luncheon
April 20: Cocktails & Credits with Best Companies
April 22: Pella / AIA Cornhole Tournament
April 25-30: Architecture Week (April 30: AIA Architecture Tour)
April 28: Architecture after 5 at Timberlake Construction
May 12: Architecture after 5 at FSB
May 16: AIA Golf Tournament
May 24: Fellowship with Fellows
June 9: Architecture after 5 at Manhattan Construction
June 16: AIA Luncheon
June 23-25: AIA National Conference in Chicago
July 21: Architecture after 5 at Wallace Design Collective
August 25: Architecture after 5 at ADG
September 15: AIA Luncheon
September 22: Architecture after 5 at Alvine Engineering
September 29-30: AIA Oklahoma Conference on Architecture
October 20: Architecture after 5 at Olsson
November 4: OKC Foundation for Architecture's Drinks X Design
November 11: AIA Awards Banquet at Devon Tower
November 17: AIA Luncheon
Help Needed with AIA Sporting Clays
Set Up & Check In
The AIA Sporting Clays Tournament is set to take place on Friday, February 25th at Silverleaf Sporting Clays in Guthrie. Melissa needs help with set up, check in and serving lunch. The volunteer time would be from 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. If you're willing to help, email Melissa at [email protected].
AIA LUNCHEON ON THURSDAY
Deadline to RSVP is Today!
Join us on Thursday, February 10th at 11:30 a.m. at the Capitol View Event Center for the AIA February Luncheon. Our program is Innovation District: Building a Bridge of Inclusion in OKC. Oklahoma City’s Innovation District will reshape northeastern Oklahoma City with MAPS 4 funding and other incentives in the next several years. Join President and CEO, Katy Boren, to learn more about the Innovation District and the exciting things to come within the district. 
As president and CEO of Oklahoma City’s Innovation District, Katy Boren spearheads the creation and development of the emerging district and is focused on creating a vibrant, fully-integrated community where people can live, work and play. Her goal is to develop collaboration between Oklahoma’s diverse sectors – bio science, aerospace, tech, energy, manufacturing and more – to foster new opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation.

After earning her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from the University of Denver, Boren pursued a law degree at the University of Oklahoma. After graduating, she served a one-year courtship for the Arizona Superior Court before returning to Oklahoma. Boren has practiced oil and gas litigation, served as the vice president of regulatory affairs for Cox Communications for the eastern half of the country, owned her own law firm and acted as the chief of the Utilities Regulation Unit for the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office.

An Oklahoma native, Boren is passionate about supporting nonprofits in Oklahoma City and has served on several boards. Boren currently serves on the Downtown Oklahoma City Partnership Board of Directors, the NEOKC Renaissance Board of Directors, the Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Advisory Board, and is a member of Downtown Rotary. She also volunteers with Restore OKC and Martin Luther King Jr. elementary school in NEOKC. She has been recognized as one of Oklahoma’s Ladies in the News, a Rising Star of Oklahoma, one of the Journal Record’s Woman of the Year – Fifty Make a Difference honorees, and one of The Friday Paper’s Oklahoma City’s Most Powerful Women.

The deadline to register is Monday, February 7th. AIA Central Oklahoma Members attend free and nonmember guest cost is $25. AIA members will earn 1 LU for attending this program.
We're Looking for AIA Architecture Tour Nominations!
The AIA Architecture Tour is set to take place on Saturday, April 30th from noon - 1:00 p.m. and the AIA Architecture Tour Committee is still in search of nominations for tour locations. If you have a project that would be a good fit for this year's tour, please complete an application CLICK HERE
Register for the 2022 AIA Sporting Clays Tournament!
Virtual Lunch & Learn on Thursday, March 3rd!
Join us on Thursday, March 3rd at 12:00 p.m. via Zoom for Electronic Leak Detection Testing, Standards, Science, and Practical Applications.
presented by:
This one-hour course will cover Electronic Leak Detection (ELD) testing methods used for quality assurance of roofing and waterproofing membranes.

Learning Objectives:
1. Recognize the differences between the four electronic testing methods for roofing and waterproofing membranes.

2. Understand the capabilities and limitations of electronic leak detection (ELD) as outlined in ASTM Guide D7877 & ASTM Practice D8231.

3. Identify potential future design and construction failures based on analyzed data from real time construction monitoring.

4. Distinguish different applications for fully monitored embedded leak detection systems and how they function.

AIA Members will receive 1.5 hours of HSW credit for attending this program. The program is free for our members and $10 for nonmembers.
Architecture after 5 at CEC
AIA Golf Tournament Set for May 16!
Registration for the tournament will open in mid-March. Sponsorship opportunities are available! CLICK HERE.
Calling AIA Central Oklahoma Future Leaders!
Deadline is Friday, February 11th
Leadership AIA is designed for licensed architects on established career tracks who want to gain the skills necessary to advance to higher levels within the architectural profession. Leadership AIA supports participants with programming that addresses professional advancement, firm development, and community outreach.

Program Requirements
  • Candidates must be a licensed architect and an AIA member of AIA Oklahoma.
  • Tuition is $695
  • Up to 16 participants will be selected with a minimum of 9 participants.
  • Selected participants are expected to attend all scheduled sessions and complete all homework. The opening session on March 4 is mandatory. Participants can miss one class and still graduate but are encouraged to attend all classes.
Register for Architects Blitz the Capitol
Call for Speakers - AIA Oklahoma Conference
We're looking for speakers for the 2022 AIA Oklahoma Conference on Architecture!

Conference Details: This year’s conference will take place in Tulsa, Oklahoma from Thursday, September 29 – Friday, September 30 at the Cox Business Convention Center.

Conference Theme: This year’s theme is MATERIALIZE (Architecture is the practice of making ideas materialize). 
Join the OKC Foundation for Architecture on February 22nd!
Not sure if you're an OCFA member? Click Here.
AIA's new CEO advocates fearless leadership
By Katherine Flynn
Lakisha Woods is ready to tackle the profession’s biggest challenges.

Lakisha Woods assumed the role of executive vice president and chief executive officer of The American Institute of Architects at the end of January. She formerly served as president and chief executive officer of the National Institute of Building Sciences and is the author of Never Get Their Coffee: Empowering Fearless Leadership. We talked with Woods about where the profession is headed and how she hopes to lead AIA in the next decade and beyond.

On what most excites her about this role
It was always my dream to one day work for AIA, and now it’s my honor to lead it alongside the board and the strategic council. A love of architecture has always been a part of who I am. It’s the area that I appreciate the most about the built environment, and why I stayed in this space. I’m often the only person that looks like me in the room, or at least I was until recently. I love the people in this industry, and I love that I can look up and see the product of the people I represent. That’s what excites me every day about being in this space.
Coffyville Community College Wellness Center Project RFQ
Coffeyville Community College, located in southeast Kansas, is soliciting architectural/engineering firms to analyze options and provide planning/cost estimating for a proposed Wellness Center Project. 

Request for Proposals
Request for Proposals for Professional Architectural and Related Services for Scoping of FEMA Rated Community Safe Room

Rose Rock School is formally issuing a Request-for-Proposal (RFP) for architectural design of a multipurpose community safe room. RRS is seeking to repurpose the existing garage building into a FEMA-rated safe room, which can operate as a tornado shelter, multipurpose room (classroom, playroom), and other possible space as needed. Since the project will be funded under a FEMA grant, all interested parties must have experience in federal FEMA granting guidelines.

Proposals are due by Monday February 28, 2022. 
SMPS Economic Forecast
OUR OKLAHOMA ECONOMY IS BOOMING! What does the future hold – short-term and long-term? Learn what the experts think by joining SMPS Oklahoma and our panel of industry thought leaders. Their information is fresh and valuable – some will drill deep and others will offer a broader economic perspective. Principals, firm leaders, business developers and marketers in the A/E/C industry will all want to know how current economic indicators can help them make smart decisions for their firms.

Panelists include: Arthur Jackson | Senior Vice President Economic Development/Tulsa Chamber; Eric Long with the OKC Chamber; Chad Clinehens, PE. CEO of Zweig Group; Chad Wilkerson from the Federal Reserve of Kansas City OKC Branch.

Do you have specific questions you'd like us to address? Email your questions to [email protected]. We will do our best to get them answered. We will also allot some time at the end of the program for audience Q&A.