Procrastinator’s Series presented by AIA Virginia!

Join AIA Virginia for our Procrastinator series – a series of Lunch-n-Learn sessions for those who still need LUs and specifically HSW credits before December 31, 2023.

Each approved course is worth 1 AIA LU | HSW credit.

We hope you’ll join us below:

(click the subject below to be taken to registration link)

November 29: Design Green & Healthy Built Environments with Natural Wood Flooring with Walter Laurie from mafi (1 AIA LU | HSW credit)

November 30: Stuff it or Wrap it – Understanding Advanced Wall Designs with Continuous Insulation with Rob Klein from Rockwool (1 AIA LU | HSW credit)

December 4: The Seeds of Sustainability with John Pugh from Sierra Pacific Windows (1 AIA LU | HSW credit)

December 7: Tisk, Tisk, You Forgot to De-Risk with Marian Crawford from Wealth Innovations and Van Smith from Smith Strong LLP (1 AIA LU)

December 8: Interior Non-Load Bearing Partitions with Anthony Stazzone from Marino\WARE (1 AIA LU | HSW)

December 13: Fitness Center Noise and Vibration Control – Scott Harvey from Phoenix Noise and Vibration (1 AIA LU | HSW credit, pending)

December 14: Waterproofing Roof Decks and Balconies with Walkable PVC Membranes with Nathan Heavel from Duradek (1 AIA LU | HSW credit)

Taking Design Online: K-12 Outreach

As Virginia’s students, educators, and parents are working (and sometimes struggling) to adapt to a new online learning environment, architects and firms have an unprecedented opportunity to serve as a resource to the community. Let’s do what architects do best and nimbly design a solution to deliver online STEAM and design-thinking programming – with the secondary benefit of introducing a generation of learners to the profession of architecture!

  • Do you currently offer outreach programming that could be adapted to deliver online?
  • Are you interested in volunteering to develop or deliver online lessons to students?
  • Would you be willing to participate in an “Ask an Architect” session online with students?

Let us know and AIA Virginia can help make connections with local educators, take registrations for courses, and facilitate communication and online delivery of courses.

Now is the time to build relationships with educators and students (and help out parents who are trying to keep children learning and engaged)!

K-12 Outreach Clearinghouse

AIA Virginia is also working to develop an online clearinghouse of existing programs. If you, your chapter, or your firm has a program that you’re willing to share, please let us know. We want to be the go-to place for Virginia’s educators and parents to discover opportunities and architecture programming for students.

We’ll organize the courses you share and make them available to other architects and educators. But, we don’t just want your courses – we want your stories! We would love to share your experiences on our communications platforms.

Charlottesville IBC Seminar in March

On March 28, 2013, the Virginia Society AIA is offering a Significant Changes to the International Building Code 2012 seminar in Charlottesville. Learn about the important changes from the 2009 edition of the code. You’ll discover the reasoning behind the changes and how they affect accessibility. Hear a summary of significant changes and discuss the intent behind each change and how it could affect designs and enforcement.

The seminar includes a book detailing each of the critical changes. Each change analysis features the affected code sections and identifies the change as newly added text, a modification of the existing language, or deleted text. Accompanying each change are detailed illustrations and concrete examples, which bring the technical jargon of the code to life in a real-world setting.

Registration is $170 and continental breakfast and lunch are included. (Non-members pay $230). The registration deadline is March 7. Register here>>

ICC Code Seminars Announced

VSAIA announces the schedule of International Code Council seminars for Winter-Spring 2012.

You can view descriptions and register for any of these events on the Upcoming Continuing Education Events page.

  • January 20 ICC 2009 I-Codes and Green Building, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville Click Here to Register
  • February 17 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Virginia Tech Roanoke Center, Roanoke.  Click here to Register
  • February 23 Wall Bracing Seminar Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond. (Registration opens soon)
  • February 24 VUSBC Code Update Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond, (Registration opens soon)
  • April 20 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton.  Click here to Register
  • June 21 ICC 2009 I-Codes and Green Building, Virginia Center for Architecture, Richmond. Click Here to Register
  • July 20 ICC 2009 IBC Solving Means of Egress in Commercial Buildings, Fairfax, tentative  (Registration opens soon)
  • September 21 ICC 2009 IEBC Fundamentals, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville  Click Here to Register