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Friday, September 24, 2010
ZUC Meeting on Oct 13, 2010 @ 4 pm
The upcoming public meeting of the Zoning Update Committee (ZUC), a committee of the Oakland Planning Commission. At this meeting, the public will have the opportunity to discuss the City’s proposed changes to the zoning text and maps in the commercial and residential areas. The meeting agenda is to discuss changes to the text and zoning maps which have been made since the previous four public meetings, and to address any outstanding issues, before the Planning Commission begins its public hearings on the Citywide Zoning Update in November.
Please visit the zoning update webpage www.oaklandnet.com/zoningupdate -- to read the staff report (posting on October 6, 2010), including highlights of the proposal, click on “Schedule and Upcoming Meetings” and to view the proposed zoning maps and text, click on “Proposals”.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
4:00 PM
Hearing Room 1, City Hall
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza
Strategic Planning Division
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza,
Please note that the previously announced ZUC meeting of September 29th won’t be held.
Thank you for your continued participation in the Citywide Zoning Update.
For more information: Zoning Update Message Line (510) 238-7299
www.oaklandnet.com/zoningupdate
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tour: John Muir Medical Center
Join AIA East Bay for a tour of the John Muir Medical Center new five-story plus basement, 380,000 square foot tower - The Thomas J. and Muriel T. Long Patient Care Tower. This facility will house 242 beds, including 230 new private rooms, a 24-bed ICU and a 35-bed intensive care neonatal nursery. This technologically advanced facility also has three new operating rooms, and an emergency room including four trauma beds and forty one non-trauma emergency treatment stations, doubling their current capacity.The tour will begin with a presentation by Ratcliff architects, with coffee and breakfast provided by John Muir Hospital, followed by a tour. This is currently a construction site, John Muir Hospital will provide personal protection gear for the tour.
10/9/10 
Tour: John Muir Hospital
Time: 10:00am - Noon
Location: John Muir Hospital, 1601 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: $5.50 for AIA East Bay Chapter Members; $11 for non-members. Registration required. Click here to register.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Construction Phase Risk Management
The dynamics and uncertainties inherent in the construction process demand intelligent, informed, objective and responsive administration of the contract for construction. This seminar, based on CNA/Schinnerer's Voluntary Education Program for Design Professional will address the important issues surrounding Construction Phase Risk Management. (Quoted from Shinnerer's VEP for Design Professionals 1-7)
After this seminar you will be able to explain why the contractor is traditionally responsible for construction means and methods, safety programs and procedures and list actions a design professional should take upon recognizing an apparently unsafe condition on site. You will have a greater understanding of the steps in the approval process for submittals and explain the usual allocation of responsibility between design professional and contractor with respect to submittals. You will also have a greater understanding of the role of consulting professionals in reviewing and stamping shop drawings.
Learn how to compare and contract a design professionals site observations or evaluations with inspections and describe the criteria for the timing of each. Also gain a greater understanding of the design professionals traditional role under the client-contractor agreement for administering change orders. And explore the meaning of a design professionals certification to the client for approval of payment to the contractor.
After this seminar you will be able to explain why the contractor is traditionally responsible for construction means and methods, safety programs and procedures and list actions a design professional should take upon recognizing an apparently unsafe condition on site. You will have a greater understanding of the steps in the approval process for submittals and explain the usual allocation of responsibility between design professional and contractor with respect to submittals. You will also have a greater understanding of the role of consulting professionals in reviewing and stamping shop drawings.
Learn how to compare and contract a design professionals site observations or evaluations with inspections and describe the criteria for the timing of each. Also gain a greater understanding of the design professionals traditional role under the client-contractor agreement for administering change orders. And explore the meaning of a design professionals certification to the client for approval of payment to the contractor.
10/28/10
Pleasanton Program: Construction Phase Risk Management
Presented by Leslie Pancoast, Allied Member, Vice President of IOA Insurance Services, Inc.
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: Dahlin Group, 5865 Owens Dr., Pleasanton
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: None; this program is open to all. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Life Cycle Tower
The Life Cycle Tower is an Austrian research project for building 20 story high-rises in "timber" construction. It addresses climate change in the design and construction industry, beginning wit the choice for natural resources, specifically using wood to replace steel, concrete and other fossil fuel intensive materials.
Austria's building industry is a leader in energy efficiency, design and timber construction technology. Rhomberg Bau, an innovative Austrian construction company has initiated a cooperative effort with ARUP engineering and other timber manufacturing and research institutions to demonstrate that wood buildings can safely exceed building code height requirements with innovative structural and fire design solutions. Through a "system built" approach and an integrated process, prefabricated facade and floor panels can be manufactured and assembled up to 20 stories in height and reach a passive house or plus-energy standard.
Nabih Tahan, AIA has completed a report summarizing the opportunities for building a Life Cycle Tower in California. Harald Professner, a representative of Rhomberg Bau is on a fact finding mission through California, looking for potential partners to develop low-rise and mid-rise projects while laying the ground work to eventually build a timber high rise in the future. Both of them will present the concept and discuss the possibilities of adapting it to our building industry.
Harald Professner is currently sales director at Rhomberg Bau, responsible for initiating and developing Life Cycle Tower projects worldwide. Previously he was also sales director at RSB Formwork Technologies and Kaufmann Holzbauwerk, both dealing with timber technology. Mr. Professner received his executive MBA from the University of Lichtenstein and is an industrial timber engineer as well as a master carpenter.
10/22/10
Committee on the Environment Forum: Life Cycle Tower
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600 or Andrea Powell, Intl. Assoc. AIA
Cost: None; this program open to all. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES/HSW/SD LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Austria's building industry is a leader in energy efficiency, design and timber construction technology. Rhomberg Bau, an innovative Austrian construction company has initiated a cooperative effort with ARUP engineering and other timber manufacturing and research institutions to demonstrate that wood buildings can safely exceed building code height requirements with innovative structural and fire design solutions. Through a "system built" approach and an integrated process, prefabricated facade and floor panels can be manufactured and assembled up to 20 stories in height and reach a passive house or plus-energy standard.
Nabih Tahan, AIA has completed a report summarizing the opportunities for building a Life Cycle Tower in California. Harald Professner, a representative of Rhomberg Bau is on a fact finding mission through California, looking for potential partners to develop low-rise and mid-rise projects while laying the ground work to eventually build a timber high rise in the future. Both of them will present the concept and discuss the possibilities of adapting it to our building industry.
Harald Professner is currently sales director at Rhomberg Bau, responsible for initiating and developing Life Cycle Tower projects worldwide. Previously he was also sales director at RSB Formwork Technologies and Kaufmann Holzbauwerk, both dealing with timber technology. Mr. Professner received his executive MBA from the University of Lichtenstein and is an industrial timber engineer as well as a master carpenter.
10/22/10
Committee on the Environment Forum: Life Cycle Tower
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600 or Andrea Powell, Intl. Assoc. AIA
Cost: None; this program open to all. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES/HSW/SD LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Bernard Maybeck Open House
You are invited to a special open house on October 3, 2010 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm featuring the fabulous Bernard Maybeck Guy Hyde chick House in Berkeley.
Enjoy a tour by the current owner, art dealer Foster Goldstrom. Come see his fine collection of art including original Maybeck drawings, wander the luxurious garden and enjoy a High Tea/Champagne buffet.
Hosted by the American Society of Interior Designers.
The Bernard Maybeck Chick House is a fine example of Maybeck's mastery of design in wood. The broad gable roof ends in trellising at the gable eaves. Esther McCoy explains, "The Chick house was developed under a gable roof, with particular emphasis on the upper half of the gable ends; it extended two feet beyond the first floor, forming a bonnet around the bank of second floor windows." The material of the gable projections is vertical redwood siding with alternating round and flat battens, the rest of the house is shingled (Gebhard, Winter and Sandweiss 1985:280).
Two of Maybeck's fine works in shingle in his middle period were the 1913 Chick house in Berkeley and the 1917 Bingham house in Montecito. The Chick house was developed under a gable roof, with particular emphasis on the upper half of the gable ends. It extended two feet beyond the first floor, forming a bonnet around the bank of second-floor windows. The material as well as the plane was changed-vertical redwood boards were used as surfacing for the gable ends of the second floor, the battens varying between flat and rounded ones. The interior space of the projections at the four corners was developed as bedroom closets.
Date: October 3rd, 2010
Time: Visit anytime from 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: $12 paid in advance, no payment at door.
Location: 7133 Chabot Road, Berkeley, CA
RSVP: Please email asidcan@earthlink.net (Subject: Maybeck)
For more information: 925/254-6570
Enjoy a tour by the current owner, art dealer Foster Goldstrom. Come see his fine collection of art including original Maybeck drawings, wander the luxurious garden and enjoy a High Tea/Champagne buffet.
Hosted by the American Society of Interior Designers.
The Bernard Maybeck Chick House is a fine example of Maybeck's mastery of design in wood. The broad gable roof ends in trellising at the gable eaves. Esther McCoy explains, "The Chick house was developed under a gable roof, with particular emphasis on the upper half of the gable ends; it extended two feet beyond the first floor, forming a bonnet around the bank of second floor windows." The material of the gable projections is vertical redwood siding with alternating round and flat battens, the rest of the house is shingled (Gebhard, Winter and Sandweiss 1985:280).
Two of Maybeck's fine works in shingle in his middle period were the 1913 Chick house in Berkeley and the 1917 Bingham house in Montecito. The Chick house was developed under a gable roof, with particular emphasis on the upper half of the gable ends. It extended two feet beyond the first floor, forming a bonnet around the bank of second-floor windows. The material as well as the plane was changed-vertical redwood boards were used as surfacing for the gable ends of the second floor, the battens varying between flat and rounded ones. The interior space of the projections at the four corners was developed as bedroom closets.
Date: October 3rd, 2010
Time: Visit anytime from 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Cost: $12 paid in advance, no payment at door.
Location: 7133 Chabot Road, Berkeley, CA
RSVP: Please email asidcan@earthlink.net (Subject: Maybeck)
For more information: 925/254-6570
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Revit User Group: Mission Critical - Navisworks for Architects
Navisworks has long been a tool within the construction space, but Navisworks has tremendous benefits for architects. This benefit is increased when Architects are part of a Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) team. The lecture will provide insights on tools and workflow processes that have been used by architectural firms to decrease headaches, increase communication and dramatically reduce those construction request for information (RFI). Navisworks is a multi-faceted tool and the lecture will provide information on how Architects can leverage this tool for their greatest benefit.
Join moderator David Haynes, AIA, LEED AP, Director of AEC Services for this special Monday user group. David is a registered architect and LEED accredited professional who previously had his own practice and was President of a commercial design-build construction company for 15 years. A graduate of University of Arizona, he has worked as an architect, contractor, developer, educator and national construction manager for solutions - including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, AutoCAD Architecture and Navisworks - for clients across the United State involved in the design and building process.
Join moderator David Haynes, AIA, LEED AP, Director of AEC Services for this special Monday user group. David is a registered architect and LEED accredited professional who previously had his own practice and was President of a commercial design-build construction company for 15 years. A graduate of University of Arizona, he has worked as an architect, contractor, developer, educator and national construction manager for solutions - including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, AutoCAD Architecture and Navisworks - for clients across the United State involved in the design and building process.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Revit User Group: Mission Critical - Navisworks for Architects
Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: To register click here
Cost: None; this user group open to all. Lunch provided by Ideate, Inc. Registration required. Click here to register.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Lead Abatement - New Rules
The US EPA's new "Renovation, Repair and Painting Program" is triggering training and certification for most firms and contractors doing work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities. This childhood lead poisoning prevention program regulation is having a profound impact on the home remodeling and maintenance business. For example, an firm that disturbs more than six feet of paint inside a room of a pre-1978 home or 20 feet on the outside of a home, must be "certified" by the US EPA and the supervisor must take a one-day "Certified Renovator" course from an EPA-approved training program. The penalty for non-compliance is $37,500 per day per violation. The EPA temporarily delayed enforcement of parts of the regulation till the end of September, but says that they will begin fully enforcing the rule in October 2010. Mr. Wangerin will discuss how this regulation has changed slightly by lawsuits and how it will apply in California. For example, some aspects of this regulation allowed outside of California are not allowed here.
Tom Wangerin is the owner of Wangerin Environmental, an environmental consulting and training organization. Tom has over 20 years experience in providing asbestos and lead paint consulting services and training to clients such as NASA, US Air Force, Cities of San Francisco, Hayward, San Luis Obispo and Universities such as UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Tom has also worked with scores of private building owners and companies. Among other things Tom is the Director of Asbestos and Lead Training for the University of California at Berkeley Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.
Tom Wangerin is the owner of Wangerin Environmental, an environmental consulting and training organization. Tom has over 20 years experience in providing asbestos and lead paint consulting services and training to clients such as NASA, US Air Force, Cities of San Francisco, Hayward, San Luis Obispo and Universities such as UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Tom has also worked with scores of private building owners and companies. Among other things Tom is the Director of Asbestos and Lead Training for the University of California at Berkeley Center for Occupational and Environmental Health.
10/7/10
Small Firm Forum: Lead Abatement - New Rules
Tom Wangerin will give an overview of the EPA's new "Renovation, Repair and Painting Program".
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600 or Doug Coe
Cost: Free for AIA members; $3 for non-members. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Breakfast with Bluebeam
Join Bluebeam for breakfast on Thursday, October 7th at 8:00am and see how easy it is to take the paper out of your next project. Sasha Reed, Director of Account Services, will be demonstrating Bluebeam's professional and affordable PDF solutions specifically designed for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry and handing out free 30-day trail CDs.
With its intuitive interface for PDF creation, markup and editing, Bluebeam PDF Revu offers the necessary tools for sharing documents and collaborating electronically in PDF. Revu replicates the traditional pen and paper process, making the transition from paper to PDF simple, and allowing teams to implement electronic workflows from Design through Closeout. Create PDFs from AutoCAD, Revit and MS Office with the click of a button or in a batch, add comments and redline PDF drawings with industry standard symbols and markup tools, calibrate PDF drawings and take measurements to scale, automatically cloud design changes, and collaborate online with Bluebeam Studio.
By taking the paper out of the design and building process, project teams are able to employ greener, more sustainable business practices and achieve amazing results with almost an immediate ROI - an 80% reduction in paper usage and distribution, and a 60% increase in productivity. Don't miss your opportunity to learn how Bluebeam can help you replicate these results.
With its intuitive interface for PDF creation, markup and editing, Bluebeam PDF Revu offers the necessary tools for sharing documents and collaborating electronically in PDF. Revu replicates the traditional pen and paper process, making the transition from paper to PDF simple, and allowing teams to implement electronic workflows from Design through Closeout. Create PDFs from AutoCAD, Revit and MS Office with the click of a button or in a batch, add comments and redline PDF drawings with industry standard symbols and markup tools, calibrate PDF drawings and take measurements to scale, automatically cloud design changes, and collaborate online with Bluebeam Studio.
By taking the paper out of the design and building process, project teams are able to employ greener, more sustainable business practices and achieve amazing results with almost an immediate ROI - an 80% reduction in paper usage and distribution, and a 60% increase in productivity. Don't miss your opportunity to learn how Bluebeam can help you replicate these results.
10/7/10
Breakfast with Bluebeam: Take the Paper out of Projects with PDF
Learn how your firm can reduce paper usage by 80% and increase productivity by 60% by implementing electronic workflows with Bluebeam PDF Revu. Make the switch from paper to PDF with Bluebeam's simple PDF creation, markup and editing software.
Time: 8:00am
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: None; this meeting is open to all. Please RSVP.
For more information: 510/464-3600
Creating Meaningful Experiences Through Climatology
Climatology is a process for innovation that focuses less on what current market trends are than on why those trends exist - a service that is the foundation for a sound strategic planning and design process. Climatology is a comprehensive temperature reading of the political, social, emotional and economic influences that make profound differences in our everyday lives. Laura Guido-Clark will discuss how she uses her proprietary process to create inspired design solutions and CMF that anticipate needs and resonate with the human spirit.
Laura Guido-Clark is an expert in the skin of consumer products - their color, materials and finish. For over twenty years Laura has studied the surprising ways that people react to the look and feel of products and the influences that drive buying decisions. Her ability to translate those influences into prescient forecasting and concrete applications of color and finish has helped companies such as HP, Samsung, Kodak, Mattel and Toyota design products that resonate with consumers and succeed in competitive markets. Her expertise in textile design and materials is evident in her work with contract companies such as HBF, Pallas, Steelcase and Coalesse.
Laura Guido-Clark is an expert in the skin of consumer products - their color, materials and finish. For over twenty years Laura has studied the surprising ways that people react to the look and feel of products and the influences that drive buying decisions. Her ability to translate those influences into prescient forecasting and concrete applications of color and finish has helped companies such as HP, Samsung, Kodak, Mattel and Toyota design products that resonate with consumers and succeed in competitive markets. Her expertise in textile design and materials is evident in her work with contract companies such as HBF, Pallas, Steelcase and Coalesse.
10/5/10
Women In Architecture Forum: Creating Meaningful Experiences Through Climatology
Climatology is a process for innovation that focuses less on what current market trends are than on why those trends exist - a service that is the foundation for a sound strategic planning and design process. Presented by Laura Guido-Clark.
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600 or Laura de la Torre, Assoc. AIA
Cost: None; this forum is open to all. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Friday, September 17, 2010
9th Biennial BDA Design Awards Event 2010
Berkeley Design Advocates is pleased to announce its 9th Biennial Design Awards Program for acknowledgment of excellence in urban planning and architecture, innovative and creative design solutions, and preservation of historic strictures and places. BDA is a membership organization of architects, landscape architects, planners, builders and design professionals established in 1973 to promote excellence in the built environment of
The BDA Design Awards Committee and jury will nominate candidate projects, and will also consider applications submitted from design professionals, owners, and builders for building projects, renovation and restoration works, and urban design plans completed within the period from October 1, 2008 to October 1, 2010. Projects that exemplify the best in architecture, landscape architecture, preservation and planning will be selected by the jury.
Deadline remains as previously stated.
For more information: Please contact Phil Henry, AIA for an application berkeleydesignadvocates@yahoo.com
Thursday, September 02, 2010
State of California, Bid - RFQ-Spartan Complex Project
Bid Number 1009-001
Bid Title RFQ-Spartan Complex Project
Bid Start Date Sep 2, 2010 10:17:04 AM PDT
Bid End Date Sep 17, 2010 5:00:00 PM PDT
Standard Disclaimer The State of
websites, including but not limited to Bidsync, and/or other state department links
for modifications to bid documents. The State of
prospective bidder's misunderstanding of the bid solicitation or nonresponsive bid
due to failure to check these websites for updates or amendments to bid documents,
and/or other information regarding the bid solicitations. Failure to periodically check
these websites will be at the bidder's sole risk.
The information published and/or responded to on these websites is public
information. Confidential questions/issues/concerns should be directed to the
contact on the ad.
For more information: Bid Contact Sylvia Sosa sylvia.sosa@sjsu.edu
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
$300 Workstations for Rent Emeryville
Architectural office in Emeryville has 2 workstations for rent
- $300/month including utilities (not phone)- Shared conference room with projection screen
- Shared copier
- Emery-go-Round 1 block away
- Month to month rental
- Lots of good restaurants nearby
If you are interested please send an email to:
Committee on the Environment Forum: Combining Residential HERS II Energy Rating Services into an Architectural Practice
Over the past decade applied building science has highlighted sources of energy inefficiencies in our homes. In response to these inefficiencies, the California Energy Commission has adjusted it's energy code and the Federal Government is launching a national Existing Home retrofit program (Home Star). Paul Welshchmeyer, AIA will look at residences with efficiency improvements of 30% to 50% and discuss how these improvements were made possible with HERS II Ratings.
9/24/10
Committee on the Environment Forum: Combining Residential HERS II Energy Rating Services into an Architectural Practice
Presented by Paul Welschmeyer, AIA.
Time: Noon - 1:30pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: None; this program open to all. Please RSVP.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
Learning Lunch: Underfloor Service Distribution
Underfloor service distribution creates a high performance and sustainable indoor environment that addresses a variety of needs conventional construction cannot. These needs include maintaining high-quality clean air, improving personal comfort control, attenuating noise, responding to organizational and technological changes quickly and easily, reducing material and energy usage and supporting the overall aesthetic value of the facility.
Learn how underfloor service distribution can enhance indoor environmental quality through IAQ ventilation, improve acoustics, increase daylighting opportunities and maximize occupant thermal comfort and control. Underfloor service distribution is made of over 40% recycled content, reduces materials required to deliver HVAC, electrical and data services to occupants and increases energy efficiency.
Learn how underfloor service distribution can enhance indoor environmental quality through IAQ ventilation, improve acoustics, increase daylighting opportunities and maximize occupant thermal comfort and control. Underfloor service distribution is made of over 40% recycled content, reduces materials required to deliver HVAC, electrical and data services to occupants and increases energy efficiency.
9/10/10
Learning Lunch: Underfloor Service Distribution
Leslie Ward of Tate Access Floors will discuss how underfloor service distribution solutions can help you create a high performance and sustainable indoor environment that addresses a variety of needs conventional construction cannot.
Time: Noon - 1:00pm
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street, Oakland
Contact: 510/464-3600
Cost: Free for AIA Members; $3.50 for non-members. Lunch is provided. Registration is required. Click here to register.
1.5 CES LUs
For more information: 510/464-3600
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