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Deadline Extended to 9/8 to Submit Your Entries for the Focus on Design Awards Program
Entry Deadline for Design Awards: September 8
Entry Deadline for Photography: October 1
Entry Deadline for Student Projects: October 1
Focus on Design Awards Program: Thursday, November 9, 2023
The AIA Dayton Focus on Design Awards Program is open for submission of entries! Click here to go to the OpenWater platform for more information.
The awards program will be held at the Dayton Steam Plant on Thursday, November 9 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm. We can’t wait to see you there!
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Join Us for the Five Rivers Health Center Tour
Date: Tuesday, September 19
Time: 4:00 PM
Location: 721 Miami Chapel Road, Dayton (Meet in the Main Lobby)
Fee: $5 for AIA Members; $10 for Nonmembers
Five Rivers Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), committed to increasing access to quality, comprehensive care to all patients including low-income and uninsured. Since it’s opening in 2022, the Edgemont Campus is the largest FQHC site in Ohio.
Services housed within the new facility include women’s health, pediatrics, dental, internal medicine, pharmacy, sports medicine, behavioral health, acupuncture, massage therapy, addiction medicine, nutritional services, transportation, administration, and billing. Through input from the community, staff and patients, the Edgemont Campus has 88 exam and procedure rooms, drive-through pharmacy, community space, and on-site laboratory and x-ray. Care is provided by Physicians and Certified Nurse Practitioners from Wright State Physicians Inc. and FRHC Physicians and Physician Assistants. FRHC provides an exceptional learning environment for more than 100 Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine residents and fellows.
The challenge during the planning stage was consolidation of multiple locations into this one larger, multipurpose building. The new 84,000 SF medical office building provides for a better “one stop shop” experience for the patient, allows providers to be utilized in more than one capacity efficiently, and creates a unique and inviting space for the patients.
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Perimeter Security Planning, Products & Procedures
Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023
Time: 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Location: Hope Hotel and COnference Center (in-person)
Presenter: Tom Legerski, Ameristar / Assa Abloy
Approved for 1.0 AIA CES HSW/LUs
This presentation (1) outlines the role of passive and active perimeter security barriers and procedures in an effective holistic approach to blast mitigation and standoff distance for physical site security, (2) addresses recent developments and innovations with regard to design/build technologies, and (3) discusses the implications these products and procedures have on protecting critical infrastructure assets and facilities relative to homeland security.
Learning Objectives:
*Site Planning and Layers of Security. Highlights the elements involved in Site Planning Analysis, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and the Concentric Rings of Security.
* Deny, Deter, Delay, and Detect. Go over this physical security methodology as it pertains to perimeter security.
*Vehicle and Personnel Access Control. Includes a virtual tour of a High Security Facility including offsite facilities and functions, vehicle access control points, personnel access control points, passive perimeter barriers, and electronic perimeter systems.
*Perimeter Barriers and Products. An overview of the types of physical security technology that is available.
Lunch: AIA members: $15.00
-Oven roasted salmon fillet (with orange, ginger, and honey glaze)
-Sesame Ginger Herbed Rice Asparagus
-Salad and Rolls
-Lemon cake
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AIA Dayton and Siebenthalers Announce Sponsor Appreciation Picnic
The annual Sponsor Appreciation Picnic at the Siebenthaler’s Cabin at the Garden Center is Thursday, September 28 at 5:30 PM. Hosts AIA Dayton and Robert and Jeff Siebenthaler are excited to continue the tradition of the picnic and the 50+ years of architects gathering with the Siebenthaler landscape design crew and chapter sponsors for an evening of good food, good drinks, and appreciation of great friends and design.
AIA Dayton’s annual chapter sponsors are invited as AIA Dayton’s guests, and AIA Dayton members are invited to attend free. The picnic is a benefit of membership, and the chapter’s opportunity to thank its annual sponsors with a steak dinner and recognition.
AIA Dayton members should RSVP below by September 25.
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Hawaii Wildfire Recovery Donations
We are deeply saddened by the recent wildfires and are working closely with AIA Hawaii as recovery efforts get underway. AIA Hawaii recommends giving to the Maui Strong Fund. 100% of the funds will be distributed for community needs for immediate response and recovery.
Learn more and donate >
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Registration Deadline 9/1 for AIA Ohio Conference
AIA Ohio Architectural Design Community Conference will bring together more than 200 members of the design community from across the state for three days of tours, keynote speakers, educational programming, and other activities right in the heart of Columbus.
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Applications Now Open for VISION Class 13
AIA Cincinnati VISION is excited to announce applications are open now through September 15 for this unique leadership development opportunity. VISION is designed for early professional architects on established career tracks who want to gain the skills necessary to advance to higher levels within the architectural profession.
The VISION program supports participants with programming that addresses professional advancement, firm development, and community outreach—all framed with Millennial and Generation Z learning and leadership styles in mind. VISION graduates are future leaders of our profession! Learn more about the program and apply.
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A Free resource for AIA components and members
The AIA Trust Legal Network, a free member resource, is a searchable database to find experienced A/E construction lawyers by state. Enrollment is free for qualifying law firms. Encourage any A/E law firms not yet listed to enroll—or send their contact information to [email protected] for follow-up
Learn More Here
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Browse free courses for AIA members to support architects, design professionals, and architecture firms prepare for the future.
Learn More and Register
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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.
Learn More and Register
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GreenCE offers live instructor-led continuing education webinars. The webinars can offer LEED Specific Hours, AIA HSW CE Hours, and ADA/Barrier-Free CE Hours.
Learn More and Register
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To Code or Not to Code
Building energy codes and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) policies are the problem and deregulation is the solution. This is what National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Chairwoman Alicia Huey would have us believe, as evidenced by her organization’s recent statement to Congress, in which Huey laments, in part, the “costly” and “restrictive” nature of grants made through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that incentivize the adoption of more progressive energy codes.
Read More: GreenBuilding Advisor
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Thinking beyond AC: 7 ways architects are redesigning buildings for extreme heat
As heat waves get hotter, longer, and much more frequent, better air-conditioning alone isn’t enough to keep occupants comfortable—we also need to redesign buildings to help them stay cooler, and avoid millions of ACs straining the grid so much that the power goes out. Designs that have been proven in the Southwest in cities like Phoenix may also now make sense in the Northwest in cities like Portland, Oregon. Here are seven strategies that architects are using.
Read More: Fast Company
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Infrastructure holds top spot among US mayors’ priorities: NLC report
Infrastructure is the top priority of U.S. mayors for the third year in a row, according to the 2023 State of the Cities report, released in July by the National League of Cities.
After infrastructure, mayors are most focused on city budgets and public safety, the annual report says in its 10th iteration.
NLC bases the report on analysis of 37 speeches by mayors across the U.S. For the first time this year, the report also looked at U.S. Census and other data on which issues are most important to residents, said Farhad Omeyr, report co-author and program director of the NLC’s Center for Research and Data. “Looking at citizen sentiments, we realized that public safety is the major issue that they request from their governments,” he said.
Read More: Smart Cities Dive
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Nearly $1 billion earmarked for energy efficiency upgrades to federal buildings
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently announced plans to use $975 million in Inflation Reduction Act funding for energy efficiency and clean energy upgrades to federal buildings across the country.
The investment will impact about 40 million sf, or about 20% of GSA’s federal buildings portfolio. It will expand the agency’s sustainable building portfolio to 134 million sf. The projects will enable 28 buildings to achieve net zero emissions, and 100 more buildings to become all-electric. GSA currently has about 200 buildings that are all-electric.
Read More: Building Design + Construction
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