AIA-NJ SEMINAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE NEW JERSEY EDITION • LAST CALL, GET IT WHILE YOU CAN! MAY 30, AND MAY 31, 2012 CROWNE PLAZA – JAMESBURG CROWNE PLAZA – SECAUCUS REGISTER ONLINE – www.aia-nj.org SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE CODE… The International Residential Code New Jersey Edition has been adopted by DCA [...]
AIA Convention Speakers to AIA members – Take Action and Get Involved Perhaps due to its location, the 2012 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, held last week in Washington DC, seemed to particularly emphasize advocacy and the ability of architects to speak out on behalf of their profession. Members of the AIA who attended [...]
Portland, OR (May 7, 2012) – Canstruction, Inc announced the seven winners of who received top honors for the 19th Annual Canstruction International Design Competition. Of the seven awards, local AIA New Jersey and AIA Newark & Suburban based NK Architects entry “15 Minutes of Fame to Fight Hunger” earned the Best Use of Labels and, for [...]
By Jerome Leslie Eben, AIA AIANJ Regional Director, ’11-‘13 As many of you know and this especially goes for Michael Hanrahan, AIA, OUR immediate Past President who absolutely knows that over the last few (or more) years I have certainly talked and even written about getting older. My four decades of continuing membership in OUR [...]
THE VALUE OF THE ARCHITECT AND THE BUSINESS OF ARCHITECTURE Dear Colleagues: As practitioners of architecture we all believe we know a lot about business. But unfortunately hanging your shingle does not make for an astute business person. Most schools of architecture don’t offer business classes as part of their curriculum. If you were clever [...]
The 2013 Slate of Officers still has an open position. Anyone interested in being a part of the discussion of “Your AIA” please contact Nomination Chair, Michael Hanrahan AIA ( mhanrahan@cchnj.com ). The nominations for the 2013 officers are: Jack Purvis, AIA – President Kurt Kalafsky, AIA – President Elect Kimberly Bunn, AIA – First Vice [...]
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 OR Thursday, May 31, 2012 Two locations, one great course – based on requests from the membership AIA-NJ is hosting an IRC Code Seminar. The seminar will familiarize attendees with many of the important changes in the 2009 IRC and those changes made by the State of New Jersey to the IRC; and [...]
EXPERIENCING GRASSROOTS! By Jerome Leslie Eben, AIA AIANJ Regional Director, ’11-‘13 Nearly thirty (30) of your AIANJ leaders have just recently returned from the 2012 AIA Grassroots Leadership Conference in Washington, DC. . Every year; and this was my 22nd time. I return from this event each and every time recharged, ready to serve the [...]
by Laurence E. Parisi, AIA The 2012 Grassroots Leadership Conference was held in Washington D.C. March 7, 2012 through Friday March 9, 2012. If you did attended this conference I’m sure you left well rewarded with extraordinary leadership skills. This year we lobbied on Capital Hill for four issues and bills that were in the [...]
