VSAIA

Join us at this one-hour program to see the most effective strategies to become your clients’ expert and accelerate your firm’s success. Mike Phillips, AIA, founder of Phillips Architecture in Raleigh, NC, will show a feedback system customized for architectural firms. This simple system allows firms to capture client feedback and track clients’ preferences and priorities.  Attendees will see the top 10 techniques to utilize feedback to enhance client loyalty, referrals and profitability.

The presentation will include the following:

• - Tracking each client’s preferences and priorities
• - Spotting client problems early
• - Identifying best training for each staff member
• - Optimizing staff assignments for each client
• - Improving marketing success with client feedback
• - Increasing your value (and billings) to clients

Each attendee will receive a sample survey customized for architectural firms.  A door prize of a full client survey package will also be awarded.

Wednesday, February 8 at the Virginia Center for Architecture.

Join us at 4:00 pm for a glass of wine and a snack with the program immediately following.

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C3 February Breakfast Club
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012
7:30 – 9:00 AM

Creative Collaboration from Design to Construction with Bob Tierney, Senior Associate Architect at Baskervill, and Chris Hildebrand, Principal at Tektonics Design Group 

Bob Tierney, architect, and Chris Hildebrand, craftsman, will discuss Baskervill and Tektonics’ collaboration on the water features, lighting, and decorative wall panels at the Richmond Marriott as well as their work on Sheraton LaGuardia project. They will also share insights on:

• the creative process from idea to construction
• the roles of owner, architect, and craftsmen in the process
• the future of architecture and craft

Register here.

THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Questions? Contact Jim Walker, Ph: (804) 237-1777(direct), Email: jwalker@aiava.org

Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond                                        8:30 am  – 4:30 pm

This class is intended to teach the prescriptive methods of wall bracing based on the 2009 Virginia Residential Code.

It will cover both the “classic” method in Section R602.10 including:

• Failure modes, why bracing is important
• Braced wall lines, offsets, diagonal walls
• Required amount of bracing, wind tables, adjustment factors
• Braced wall methods, continuous and intermittent panels, portal frames

and the “simplified” method in Section R602.12.

• Rectangular circumscribed method
• 8 Prerequisites
• Bracing units, methods,
• Required number of bracing units

The class is interactive, with strong class participation, review questions, and hands-on use of worksheets and examples.

Instructors:                                                                                                                            Chuck Bajnai, Chief Residential Plan Reviewer – Chesterfield County,  Registered Architect                                                                                                                                                                             Brian Foley, Assistant Building Official – Fairfax County, Professional Engineer

$50 includes coffee and lunch

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Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond

9:00 pm – 5:00 pm (residential in morning, commercial in afternoon)

Learn about the most significant changes in the 2009 Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, for both residential and commercial construction.

Chuck Bajnai, Chief residential plan reviewer – Chesterfield County, Registered architect

Roger Robertson, Chesterfield County

Ron Clements

$50 includes coffee and lunch

The class is interactive, with strong class participation, review questions, and hands-on use of worksheets and examples.

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Consider architectural skin as it relates to boundary, structure, and the social implications inherent in the envelope’s solution. Is it still true that the origin of architecture lies in the making of walls? What are the boundaries of architecture today? How are new computer technologies, new materials, new social behaviors changing the perception of architecture? What is the relationship between the making of the skin and its functional and social roles? Can we please open a window without undermining an energy model?  As architecture functions more as a synthetic biological organism working in conjunction with the surrounding ecosystem, can more literal comparisons be made between human skin and the built skin. If both natural and the building skin communicate emotional and physical states, what can biology teach the architect?

Earn up to 6 Continuing Education Hours (CEHs)
(Earn  1.5 CEHs if attending the keynote address only)

Cost:                                                                                                                                                                                         $145 for AIA members
$195 for non-AIA members
$40 for VSAIA Associate members
$20 for Students
$30 for anyone attending the Keynote Address only

Friday evening 5:30 – 7 p.m.
Keynote Address featuring Kim Herforth Nielsen, MAA, RIBA of 3XN, Copenhagen; reception to follow
Old Cabel Hall, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4:oo p.m.
Alumni Hall, 211 Emmet Street, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Panelists
Lorcan O’Herlihy, FAIA, of Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects, Los Angeles
Marc Simmons, Front Inc., New York City
Lisa Iwamoto of IwamotoScott Architecture, San Francisco                                         Moderator
Sara Amelar, critic, journalist, and editor, Los Angeles

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Accomodations

Hotel room blocks have been reserved at:

Omni Charlottesville Downtown Mall ($179)
1-800-THE-OMNI
Group name: Virginia Design Forum

Cavalier Inn ($79)
434-296-8111
Group name: Va Design Forum

The Virginia Design Forum X is sponsored by:

Benefactor Sponsors 

Clark Nexsen

College of William and Mary

HITT Contracting, Inc.

Mathers Construction Team

Potomac Energy Group, Inc.

US Smoke & Fire

Patron Sponsors 

Perkins Eastman

EvensonBest LLC

Sustaining Sponsors 

Hanbury, Evans, Wright Vlattas + Company

University of Virginia School of Architecture

School of Architecture + Design, Virginia Tech

Supporting Sponsors

Atlas Carpet Mills

BCWH Architecture Interiors Planning

Bonstra | Haresign ARCHITECTS

Forrester Construction Company

Green Roofs of VA

Pinnacle Architectural Lighting/Ambiance Lighting

Pyrok, Inc.

The Snead Co.

Steel Windows and Doors

VMDO Architects

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5pm Tuesday, March 13, 2012                                     Questions? Contact Jim Walker, Ph: (804) 237-1777(direct), Email: jwalker@aiava.org

The VSAIA Historic Resources Committee’s first activity of 2012 is a visit to Thomas Jefferson’s retreat Poplar Forest.

Part architectural masterpiece, part engineering marvel and part work of art. Poplar Forest is more than Thomas Jefferson’s personal retreat.  It is the living embodiment of Jefferson’s genius: blending landscape and architecture, the first octagonal home in America is one of only two homes he designed and built for his own use.  Poplar Forest is a National Historic Landmark and a U.S. candidate for nomination as a World Heritage Site.

Sold after his death, altered and fallen into disrepair, Poplar Forest is today being restored. It is emerging as a stunning environment where architecture and landscape are seamlessly intertwined. The study of Poplar Forest is shedding new light on Thomas Jefferson, his creativity, his curiosity and his private world.

Travis McDonald, Poplar Forest’s Director of Architectural Restoration is our host for this visit.  We will visit the house and grounds, and discuss the ongoing restoration.

The group will meet at Poplar Forest at 10:30 am on Wednesday April 4.

There is no charge for this tour, but registration is requested.  AIA/CES Continuing Education Hours (CEHs) will be provided for this activity.

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Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. . . Businesses and individuals alike are using social media to promote their work, raise their visibility, and gather and retain customers.  This hands-on workshop will help you learn how to leverage these tools for your business.   During this class, you will raise your knowledge of the most common and useful sites, understand how they apply to your business, and get inspired to tackle them yourself.

Bring your laptop, as you will be working with various social media sites during the workshop.

Facilitator: Sarah Milston

@Sarahmilston, www.linkedin.com/in/sarahmilston, www.milstonconsulting.com

Sarah Milston is the owner of Milston Consulting, LLC, a Virginia firm specializing in development and marketing services for nonprofits and small businesses.  Sarah has been speaking on social media topics for several years in and around Central Virginia.  She teaches several classes for credit and has been featured as a guest speaker for over 25 organizations in the region.  Sarah is an Instructor for Virginia Commonwealth University through Nonprofit Learning Point a program of the Partnership for Nonprofit Excellence that offers affordable classes for nonprofit professionals.  She is also an instructor with Southside Community Partners through their Leadership and Learning Program.

With more than 10 years experience in the nonprofit sector, Sarah has worked for nonprofits with budgets of $20MM to $150,000 and boards as large as 150 and as small as 5. Sarah worked in development for Goodwill of Central Virginia, ROSMY, Orchard House School and Jackson-Feild Homes as a full time employee.

$75

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The 2009 IBC^® Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings seminar provides participants with the requirements for means of egress. Plans for a 4-story commercial building are provided to allow participants the opportunity to practice problem solving related to each egress issue.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this seminar, participants will be better able to:

•       List and describe each of the three parts of a means of egress.

•       Identify the seven fundamental means of egress design issues.

•       Calculate the occupant load and determine the required means of egress capacity.

•       Determine the required number of exits.

•       Determine the requirements for arrangement of the means of egress facilities including:

        –      Remote location of doors and exits.

        –      Exit access travel distance.

        –      Common paths of egress travel.

        –      Egress through adjoining spaces.

•       Determine the requirements for fire-resistance-rated construction for egress elements.

•       Determine the requirements for design of egress elements.

•       Determine requirements for door hardware.

•       Determine requirements for locations and amounts of means of egress lighting

         and signage.

•       Evaluate the adequacy of a horizontal exit as part of a means of egress plan.

•       Evaluate the means of egress in assembly spaces.

•       Determine requirements for exit access widths in smoke-protected assembly seating.

•       Evaluate the adequacy of accessible means of egress

6 AIA/CES CEHs (HSW)

$170 for AIA member registration   (Continental breakfast, and lunch included)

$230 for non-AIA registration     (Continental breakfast, and lunch included)

8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m. (class begins at 8:40)

Location: Thomas Nelson Community College Conference Center, Peninsula Workforce Development Center, Suite A, 600 Butler Farm Road, HamptonVA 23666

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REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 2012

Questions? Contact Jim Walker, Ph: (804) 237-1777(direct), Email: jwalker@aiava.org

The VSAIA Historic Resources Committee presents a special two-part tour:

Dovetail Construction Offices and 2710 Monument Avenue 

Wednesday June 13

Dovetail Construction renovated a former electric railway car barn originally built in 1907 in the heart of Richmond for their offices.  The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, certified LEED platinum, and a net zero energy commercial office

Dovetail took what was arguably one of the least efficient buildings in Virginia and made it into one of the most efficient — all in an enterprise zone that really needed some tender loving alternative energy.

More about the building:

http://www.dovetailinc.com/wherewework.html

On June 13 we will combine a visit to the Dovetail offices with a tour of 2710 Monument Avenue.  The 1914 mansion is owned by the owners of Dovetail Construction, and at present is undergoing a significant renovation and restoration.  The owners, Paul and Julie Weissend, are writing a blog about the process.  From the blog:

This is the story of a very special house that has seen a lot of changes since it was built in 1914.  Our company, Dovetail Construction, has been in the business of high performance and sustainable renovation since 1987.  The scope of the renovation is in fact “monumental” and it actually sits on the renowned Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA.  The house was originally built for William Schwarzchild and designed by the architect D. Wiley Anderson.  It went from being a single family residence to the home of the Senior Center of Richmond thanks to the hard work from the ladies of the Junior League of Richmond.  As progress is made to take the house back to its original use as a single family home, we are fortifying it with the best resources, and technology available to make it last at least another 100 years.

www.monumentalrenovation.com

Times and other details TBD.  Register below and we will keep you apprised as things are finalized.

Free

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