Cost: $5.00 to members of AIA Dayton; $10.00 for Non-members

Architects and engineers have traditionally focused on the safety and reliability of significant infrastructure components without deliberate design and incorporation of sustainable considerations on any level. However, the architectural community, and society as a whole, are now realizing the enormous investment of materials, energy, capital, and the resulting significant environmental burdens and social costs affiliated with infrastructure system design, development, and construction.

Approaches to help achieve higher sustainability levels for infrastructure are developing and using new materials, construction techniques, and designs that enable the maintenance, repair, and replacement of the surface infrastructure network faster, more economical, and with longer-lasting life spans made possible by improved life-cycle management. Increased infrastructure sustainability is accomplishable through many methods, including improved materials and design, reductions in energy usage, and embodied CO2. Other methods include reducing construction waste, replacing diminishing virgin materials with recycled materials, and increasing structural durability to extend service life.

Participants will learn to distinguish between the terms “sustainability” and “resilience” with regards to building projects.

Participants will learn of present US, state, and local municipal codes and their initiatives on the reduction of embodied carbon.

Participants will learn how concrete reduces embodied CO2 through enhanced durability and robustness, carbon sequestration via carbonation, and how concrete mixture ingredients influence CO2. 

Participants will learn of the anticipated impact of climate change (slow onset and natural hazards) on concrete.

Julie Buffenbarger is employed as a Senior Scientist & Sustainability Principal for Beton Consulting Engineers, Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Also, she serves as a part-time QA/QC manager for Tech Ready Mix in Cleveland, Ohio. She has 28 years of experience in the concrete construction industry. 

The Awards Program is scheduled for April 30 at 10:00 AM in the Community Room at the West Branch Library, 300 Abbey Avenue, Dayton. All interested members are invited to attend and check out the amazing work being done by Miami Valley high school students.

Seven awards will be given - the L2Enginering Honor Award; the Levin Porter Associates Merit Award - Second Place: two Honorable Mention Book Awards donated by Hatch Architects; a Future Architect Award; Most Creative Use of Materials Award; and a Master Craftsperson Award.

Thanks also to App Architecture and the Dayton Metro Library Foundation for sponsoring registrations for deserving students.

This year's program had the largest number of participants since the program inception. Sixty-six students from 9 schools participated, and 44 students completed and submitted their projects. Those schools include: Beavercreek High School; Carroll High School; Chaminade-Julienne High School; Dunbar High School; Oakwood High School; Dayton Regional STEM High School; Stivers School for the Arts; Troy Christian High School; and Vandalia Butler High School.

City of Kettering Celebration of Building Safety Month 2022

In May 2022, The City of Kettering Planning and Development Department will participate in the 42nd annual Building Safety Month, a worldwide campaign presented by the International Code Council, its members and partners to promote building safety. This year’s campaign, “Safety for All: Building Codes in Action,” raises awareness about the importance of building codes in ensuring safety in the spaces in which we live, work and learn.

Local events to celebrate Building Safety Month will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 6:30 at Eudora Brewing Company located at 3022 Wilmington Pike, Kettering.

Weekly topics include:

May 3rd – Back to the Future: Making Places Sustainable

(Building places with materials and means to last)

May 10th - Building Safety: Design and Construction Careers

(From architecture and engineering to skilled trades and public service)

May 17th – Disaster and Flood Preparedness: Fortifying Our Buildings

(Withstanding the forces of nature)

May 24th – Water World: Safety and Conservation

(Safe drinking water)

Join Terry Welker, FAIA, to chat about timely topics, raise a toast, and shake his hand as he leave public service at the end of May. Also meet new City Architect, Patrick Hillier, AIA.

As society and architecture grapple with uncertainty, three visionary individualists are charting a new future. Join us on June 23 for a galvanizing conversation about design at the intersection of personal agency and human impact. On the agenda: Design’s most pressing issues, from equitable practice to climate-positive work at multiple scales to new education models.

Vishaan Chakrabarti, FAIA, founder and creative director of PAU, has been designing visionary urban architecture for 25+ years. A highly acclaimed author and educator, he lectures internationally and advocates for sustainable, equitable, and joyous cities.

Renée Cheng, FAIA, is the John and Rosalind Jacobi Family endowed dean of the College of Built Environments. A staunch advocate for equity in architecture, she led the research behind the AIA Guides for Equitable Practice.

Jeanne Gang, FAIA, founding principal of Studio Gang, is a leading architect of her generation. Her inquisitive, forward-looking approach is rooted in a practice she calls “actionable idealism.” She’s also a MacArthur Fellow and Harvard professor.

Keynote Host Lee Bey will moderate the conversation.

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