7.23.2010 Edition

AIA DAYTON 19th ANNUAL GOLF OUTING
Thursday, August 12th At Sugar Valley Country Club(map)
Cost: $100 for AIA Dayton Members, Sponsors and Affiliates, $125 for Non-members
Format: Four person "Best Ball" Scramble
Cookout Lunch: 11:45 am to 12:45 pm
Golf "Shotgun Start": 1:00 pm
Dinner, Awards & Prizes: 6:00 pm

Sign up today for the AIA Dayton golf outing. Enjoy the day golfing at the challenging Sugar Valley Country Club course. Sponsorships are still available for Dinner, Lunch, Hole-In-One Prize, Driving Range, and Golf Holes. Proceeds of the golf tourney benefit the AIA Dayton Scholarship program. Click here to download the Golf Outing registration form.

AIA DAYTON WEBSITE REDESIGN
AIA Dayton is in the process of updating its website. Several committees are reviewing the layout and functionality of the proposed new website. The project is still on course to be complete in August. According to committee members, the new site is an incredible improvement. Make sure you submit your firm's membership directory update so you are included on th new and improved website. Click here for .doc  Click here for .pdf

summer programs

ARCHITECTURE BASICS & BAGELS: AUDIOVISUAL/VIDEOCONFERENCING SEMINAR (1.0 AIA CES LUs)
Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 7:30 to 9:00 AM
Location: Elements IV Interiors
Presenter: John Black PE, CTS, LEED AP BD+C, and Brian Meyer, CTS, Heapy Engineering
Cost: Free for AIA Dayton Members, $5 for Students and $25 for Non-members.
RSVP by 3 PM on Friday, July 30th to info@aiadayton.org or call the chapter at 937.291.1913.
The seminar will provide a general overview of AudioVisual Systems typically encountered in the building industry. Videoconferencing Systems will be specifically highlighted in the presentation as to their use, application and design considerations. Participants will be introduced to AV terminology, system components and the integration of these systems with other building construction aspects.

John Black is a Senior Principal with Heapy Engineering and has been with the firm since 1980. He has provided electrical engineering and technology design for a variety of building types. Brian Meyer is a Technology Designer with Heapy Engineering and has been in the AV industry for the past 12 years. He has provided design and installation of integrated Audio/Video/Control Systems for distance learning rooms, classrooms and other building applications.

RSVP BY NEXT FRIDAY FOR THE 5th ANNUAL DAYTON GREEN EXPO
Thursday, August 5, 2010, 1:00 to 7:00 PM
Location: Heapy Engineering, 1400 W. Dorothy Ln., Dayton
Cost: Free, food and beverages will be provided throughout the evening.
RSVP by July 30 to vkblakey@heapy.com
Mark your calendar for the 5th Annual Dayton Green Expo. The event will be held at Heapy Engineering's Dayton Headquarters and will focus on LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance. Click here for the schedule and more details.

FOCUS ON DESIGN AWARDS AUGUST REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Registration Deadline: August 23
Project Submission Deadline: August 25
Event Date: Thursday, November 4, 2010
Location: The Schuster Center, Dayton
The Focus on Design Awards program will promote and focus attention on quality design, high performance design, and AIA’s 10 Principles of Livable Communities. The jury will evaluate all projects based on the aesthetic, functional, contextual and social characteristics of the design. Click here for more information and registration forms.

PREVIOUS YEARS' DESIGN BOARDS AVAILABLE FOR PICK-UP
Design boards of winning projects from the 2006 and 2008 AIA Dayton Focus on Design awards program are available for pick-up at the AIA Dayton headquarters. If you would like your project boards returned, please call the office to schedule a pick-up. Any boards not picked up by September 30 will be recycled.

Link to AIA Dayton's RSVP and Cancellation policy.

career center

U.S. GSA OHIO A/E IDIQ 2010 - NOTIFICATION OF SYNOPSIS POSTING
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Public Buildings Service (PBS) has posted a synopsis for the solicitation of an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for A/E Services. This particular contract will cover services within the geographic region of Ohio. For more details pertaining to this solicitation, please visit: www.FedBizOps.gov. IDIQ contracts are one of the vehicles by which the GSA acquires architect-engineer services.

ST. MARYS CITY SCHOOLS SEEKING PROFESSIONAL DESIGN SERVICES
The Board of Education of the St. Marys City Schools intends to enter into an agreement for design services in connection with athletic complex improvements to be designed and constructed on the campus of the new St. Marys Memorial High School and St. Marys Middle School campus.

The St. Marys City Schools Athletic Complex Improvements include: comprehensive design services including site evaluation, programming, conceptual and actual design, preparation of design drawings and specifications, participation in District and Board meetings and forum to review the design and status of the project, participation with local governmental officials about project requirements, construction administration, assistance with scheduling and budgeting, and construction closeout. Deadline is Friday, August 13, 2010 at 3:00 p.m. For more information download this .doc.

in the media

A SQUEALING AND APPEALING LESSON IN ARCHITECTURE
A classic children's story meets contemporary home design in "The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale," by Steven Guarnaccia. So which house will withstand the big bad wolf's huffing and puffing? Will it be Frank Gehry's house made of scraps (1978)? Or Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949)? Or Frank Lloyd Wright's concrete Fallingwater (1935)? The book is like Modern Design 101 with furniture, accessories and other famous houses throughout by the likes of Eileen Gray, Buckminster Fuller, Eero Saarinen, Nathalie Du Pasquier and Philippe Starck. Click here for this KansasCity.com article.

SHAPING THE CITY: GOOD DESIGN PROMOTES EFFICIENT AIR CONDITIONING
A fundamental strategy for reducing heat transfer from outdoors to indoors is to configure wisely a building's overall form. The form must be artful but sufficiently compact to avoid excessive exterior surface area. Solar orientation also greatly affects seasonal cooling loads. Click here for more of this Washington Post story.

ARCHITECTURE GROUP CALLS FOR A BEEFED-UP ENERGY TAX BILL
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) on Monday called on House Ways and Means Chairman Sandy Levin (D-Mich.) to add to his green energy jobs bill provisions that promote energy efficiency in commercial buildings. “Early drafts of the bill show that only a paltry six percent of the bill would go towards energy efficiency in buildings — and none for commercial buildings, which consume nearly 20 percent of all energy consumption in the United States,” the group states. Click here for more of The Hill story.