Join AIA Dayton and AIA Cincinnati for a Zoom Presentation on May 18 at 12:00 Noon
Sustainability: The Key to Climate Change Reduction in Infrastructure
(Approved for 1.0 AIA CES HSW Credit)
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: Zoom Presentation
Cost: $5.00 to members of AIA Dayton; $10.00 for Non-members
Presented by Ohio Ready Mix Concrete Association DBA Ohio Concrete
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.
Learning Objectives:
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.
Speaker:
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.
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AIA Dayton Announces Awards Winners for Student Design Competition
The Awards Ceremony for the 2022 Student Design Competition was held April 30 at the Dayton Metro Library West Branch. There were 67 students from 9 schools in AIA Dayton’s geographic area who signed up to participate in the annual competition. Forty-four students from 7 schools followed the competition through to the end and submitted projects, which were on display at the West Branch Library until the April 30 Awards Program.
This year’s program was to create a Welcome Center that would serve as a space for introduction to the opportunities that a Makerspace can provide.
And, here are the winners!
Samantha Pochet, Dayton Regional STEM School – L2 Engineering Honor Award
Emery Gowdy, Oakwood High School –Levin Porter Associates 2nd place scholarship
Lauren DaGiau, Vandalia Butler High School – Honorable Mention Book Award
Rachel Saine, Dayton Regional STEM School – Honorable Mention Book Award
Daniel Ceballos, Stivers School for the Arts – Master Craftsman Award
Fiona Ferrari, Dayton Regional STEM School, - Most Creative Use of Materials
Samuel Wittmann, Carroll High School – Future Architect Award
This program would not have been possible without the financial support of the following sponsors:
L2 Engineering – donated a $1,000 scholarship award
Levin Porter Associates – contributed to a $500 scholarship award
Hatch Architects – donated $200 for award prizes
Dayton Metro Library – donated $475 for student sponsored registrations
App Architecture – donated $100 for student sponsored registrations
Our Other Platinum Sponsors – Snyder Brick & Block and Marsh Building Products for general program expenses.
To see photos of all the winners, go to the AIA Dayton website.
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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.
Upcoming weekly topics include:
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.
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A lot has changed in the materials world
The Architecture Expo at A’22 is your ticket to everything that’s new, all in one place. Nowhere else gives you the full product experience for so many brands! New this year: Reserve time to meet one-on-one with manufacturers and technical experts, order free samples for your firm, and more.
The expo will look different, too. We’re infusing Chicago’s spirit and culture across the expo. You’ll see it manifested as parks and green spaces, performance art, food, galleries, and a few cool surprises—like the Block Party, conference’s biggest party, on June 23.
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Register by May 25 for advance rates! |
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FREE AIAU Courses for AIA Members
Browse free courses for AIA members to support architects, design professionals, and architecture firms prepare for the future.
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Ron Blank & Associates Offers Free Webinars
If you prefer live, interactive continuing education but prefer the comfort of your office, studio or home, webinars may be the perfect fit for your CE needs.
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GreenCE Offers Free Webinars
GreenCE offes live instructor-led continuing education webinars. The webinars can offer LEED Specific Hours, AIA HSW CE Hours, and ADA/Barrier-Free CE Hours.
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Important AIA Resources
AIA Trust
AIA National
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Architects earn more from renovations than new builds for first time, fueled by workplace revolution
Architecture firms are billing more from reconstruction and renovation projects than they are from new builds for the first time; a milestone driven by soaring demand for office renovations. In the 20 years that the AIA has been collecting data on billings for renovations versus new build projects, the share of billings received from renovations has been consistently rising for over a decade, suggesting the new milestone is not entirely attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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‘Onslaught’ Of Office Renovations Taking Place As Companies Redesign Spaces For Hybrid Work
A magnitudinous confluence of the corporate return-to-work push, supply chain issues that appear to be worsening, rising interest rates and the realization that office space needs to be recently built or updated to be competitive is fueling a historic surge in renovations.
In recent months, for the first time ever, architectural firms are making more income from renovation work than new construction, said American Institute of Architects Chief Economist Kermit Baker, who expects the run on retrofitting to be more than a late pandemic blip.
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Architect Foster to help plan Ukraine reconstruction
Renowned British architect Norman Foster will help plan Ukraine's reconstruction from the devastation caused by Russia's invasion, officials said on Friday while outlining the work of a United Nations task force coordinating the project.
Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city which has been pounded by Russian bombardment, will be at the vanguard of the campaign, Mayor Ihor Terekhov and Foster said via videolink presentations in Geneva.
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A legal battle between Marlon Blackwell Architects and HBG Design will have lasting implications for architectural practice
An intellectual property (IP) dispute over the design of the Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, settled this past January, might easily have been a subplot in Netflix’s Ozark, as the case has all the twists and turns of a rustic neo-noir tale.
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The National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered list for 2022 includes murals, an internment camp, and a Neutra-designed school
One of Houston’s oldest-known platted African American cemeteries, the East Hampton home and studios of Abstract Expressionist artists James Brooks and Charlotte Park, a Jewish mortuary chapel in Hartford, and, in a first-of-its-kind inclusion, a series of 1960s and 70s-era Colorado murals created as part of the Chicano/a/x Movement, are among America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2022.
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Destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine puts country’s identity in peril
The sprawling architecture of the Kharkiv State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater was once a sight to behold. Large posters of upcoming performances adorned the exterior walls and vibrant rose arrangements decorated tall water fountains on a symmetrical gray plaza. Inside, event goers would be ushered from a cathedral of art-filled walls into vast halls that could seat nearly 2,000 people.
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