Construction Events is seeking qualified industry professionals to lead technical and general sessions at Green Construction 2006 and Construction 2006. The co-located events will be held February 8-9, 2006 at the San Jose Convention Center.
For Green Construction 2006, speakers are invited to submit session proposals on all aspects of environmentally friendly and sustainable building and construction. (A listing of suggested topics is available at www.greenconstruction2006.com). Speakers are also invited to submit abstracts for the co-located Construction 2006 conference at www.construction2006.com. All speakers are expected to provide knowledgeable presentations that include the latest trends, technology, and ideas. Presentations should be non-commercial and not promote a particular product or company unless appropriate. The abstract submission deadline is November 31, 2005.
You can review speakers session descriptions that have already been accepted at www.ConstructionEvents.com.
For more information: www.greenconstruction2006.com or www.construction2006.com
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Monday, November 07, 2005
Help HUD Design the Home of the Future
The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), an initiative between HUD and America's housing industry, is designing and building a technological vision for our nation's homes.
Consumer desires, cutting-edge products and technologies, improved construction processes, and innovative design meet in the PATH Concept Home.
We want architects to tell us what they think in a 1-minute online survey. Visit http://www.buildingsurvey.org and enter to win an iPod®.
For more information: pathconcepthome@comcast.net
Consumer desires, cutting-edge products and technologies, improved construction processes, and innovative design meet in the PATH Concept Home.
We want architects to tell us what they think in a 1-minute online survey. Visit http://www.buildingsurvey.org and enter to win an iPod®.
For more information: pathconcepthome@comcast.net
Latham Square & Telegraph Avenue Streetscape Improvements
Community Meeting Latham Square & Telegraph Avenue Streetscape Improvements
Thursday, November 17, 2005
6-8 PM
First Baptist Church, Chapel
534 22nd Street Oakland, CA 94612
The City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency is holding another informational meeting to provide an update on the streetscape improvement projects currently underway in downtown Oakland.
Topics include:
Thursday, November 17, 2005
6-8 PM
First Baptist Church, Chapel
534 22nd Street Oakland, CA 94612
The City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency is holding another informational meeting to provide an update on the streetscape improvement projects currently underway in downtown Oakland.
Topics include:
- Latham Square Redesign Project
- Telegraph Ave Streetscape Improvement Project
- Updates on Other Downtown Projects
The streetscape improvements are intended to improve pedestrian movement and safety by widening sidewalks, narrowing the roadway and calming traffic through construction of corner bulb-outs. New historic street lights, street trees, benches, and other landscape furnishings are planned.
DIRECTIONS: The First Baptist Church is located at 534 22nd St, Oakland, cross-street Telegraph. The meeting will be held in the Chapel room. Head west on 22nd from Telegraph and enter through the door. NO NEED TO RSVP. Complimentary snacks will be provided. Sponsored by: The City of Oakland Redevelopment Agency
For more information: Sunny Nguyen at (510) 238-6705, msnguyen@oaklandnet.com
Sarah Susanka, Today!
Sarah Susanka, Today! Monday, November 7th, 7:30pm at Builders Booksource
From Builders Booksource: "When The Not So Big House was released in the summer of 1998 we were immediately on board with Susanka's whole program of building smaller, "better" houses. Her ideas apparently resonated well around the country and she is now a media star promoting her ideas and slowly making headway with the big corporate developers. Sarah will speak briefly on her new book, Inside the Not So Big House, answer questions, and sign books. Come early. We will be giving priority positions in the booksigning line and reserved seating to the first 35 customers who purchase Inside on Monday the 7th. (We open at 8:30am!)$34.95, hardcover, Taunton Press. September 2005
For more information: Builders Booksource 1817 Fourth StreetBerkeley, CA 94710 ph 510 845 6874
From Builders Booksource: "When The Not So Big House was released in the summer of 1998 we were immediately on board with Susanka's whole program of building smaller, "better" houses. Her ideas apparently resonated well around the country and she is now a media star promoting her ideas and slowly making headway with the big corporate developers. Sarah will speak briefly on her new book, Inside the Not So Big House, answer questions, and sign books. Come early. We will be giving priority positions in the booksigning line and reserved seating to the first 35 customers who purchase Inside on Monday the 7th. (We open at 8:30am!)$34.95, hardcover, Taunton Press. September 2005
For more information: Builders Booksource 1817 Fourth StreetBerkeley, CA 94710 ph 510 845 6874
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Bay Area Revit User’s Group
11/15/2005
Bay Area Revit User’s Group
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm, with dinner at 5:30pm (Provided by California CAD Solutions)
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street , Oakland
Contact: John Fitzsimmons john.fitzsimmons@calcad.com
Registration: Email to above contact. Cost: None
Topic: Implementing Revit Building in your office
Presenters: Ken Marcus from RFI Consultants and Jeffery McGrew, a presenter at this year’s Autodesk University.
"Ken Marcus will start the evening out with suggestions and best practices for implementing Revit Building in your office. He will showcase some active projects he is working on, and show both the successes and challenges in starting them.
For the advanced section of the meeting, Jeffery McGrew will review the new significant changes to Worksets and Worksharing that came with Revit Building 8.1’s release. The new 'borrow as you go' as well as the new way Revit communicates with the central file has vastly increased the efficiency of working with Worksets, as well as made for a new way of working with Revit in general. If you're currently using Worksets, or are planning too, you really want to hear about this!
We will wrap up the meeting with an open forum and discus next months topic(s)."
For More Information: John Fitzsimmons john.fitzsimmons@calcad.com
Bay Area Revit User’s Group
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm, with dinner at 5:30pm (Provided by California CAD Solutions)
Location: AIA East Bay Chapter Office, 1405 Clay Street , Oakland
Contact: John Fitzsimmons john.fitzsimmons@calcad.com
Registration: Email to above contact. Cost: None
Topic: Implementing Revit Building in your office
Presenters: Ken Marcus from RFI Consultants and Jeffery McGrew, a presenter at this year’s Autodesk University.
"Ken Marcus will start the evening out with suggestions and best practices for implementing Revit Building in your office. He will showcase some active projects he is working on, and show both the successes and challenges in starting them.
For the advanced section of the meeting, Jeffery McGrew will review the new significant changes to Worksets and Worksharing that came with Revit Building 8.1’s release. The new 'borrow as you go' as well as the new way Revit communicates with the central file has vastly increased the efficiency of working with Worksets, as well as made for a new way of working with Revit in general. If you're currently using Worksets, or are planning too, you really want to hear about this!
We will wrap up the meeting with an open forum and discus next months topic(s)."
For More Information: John Fitzsimmons john.fitzsimmons@calcad.com
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Small Firm Forum: November 3
From Cathy Roha, AIA:
The Small Firm Forum of the AIA East Bay Chapter will meet on Thursday, November 3rd from noon to 1:30pm at the Truitt and White CONFERENCE ROOM 1817 Second Street near Hearst, Berkeley (just north of the new T&W Window & Door Showroom) for a presentation on Exciting New Products.
Truitt & White is one of the leading "treasure troves" for builders in our area. In the past several years they have made a point of keeping up with innovative and "green" products, and will have a lot to show us. Bring your questions about applications, selection and suitability of various materials, durability, options, etc. And while you are in the area, make some time to visit their new window & door showroom, too.
Bring your own lunch & beverage.
For more information: Call Cathy Roha, AIA at 510-845-1833 or email catroha@cs.com
Architecture Radio
If you haven't checked out (or heard) Architecture Radio, here's a good opportunity to get started:
Inventioneering Architecture - Ines Lamuniere and Patrick Devanthery: swissnex lecutre series at California College of the Arts
For more information: http://www.architecture-radio.org/
Inventioneering Architecture - Ines Lamuniere and Patrick Devanthery: swissnex lecutre series at California College of the Arts
For more information: http://www.architecture-radio.org/
Guide urges attention to community initiatives to plan for and respond to catastrophic events
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations issued astep-by-step guide, "Standing Together: An Emergency Planning Guide for America's Communities," for small, rural and suburban communities to both prepare for and successfully respond to major local and regional emergencies – whether they be hurricanes, floods, terrorist attacks, major infectious outbreaks, hazardous materials spills, or other catastrophic occurrences.
For More Information: Visit the JCAHO Newsroom.
For More Information: Visit the JCAHO Newsroom.
New Free Online Component Construction Course
New FREE Online Component Construction Course
GE has launched a new multimedia continuing education course - free to AIA participants needing CE credit or anyone that wants to learn more about component construction. The GE course covers an alternative building method known as component construction – providing project overviews and tips for faster building project completion.
For more information: http://www.facilitycare.com/2005/10-25-GE.html
GE has launched a new multimedia continuing education course - free to AIA participants needing CE credit or anyone that wants to learn more about component construction. The GE course covers an alternative building method known as component construction – providing project overviews and tips for faster building project completion.
For more information: http://www.facilitycare.com/2005/10-25-GE.html
Sim Van Der Ryn to speak at Cody's Thursday
Thursday, 10/27 at 7:30pm
At Cody's Books, 2 Stockton Street, San Francisco:
"SIM VAN DER RYN leapt to the forefront of the green architecture revolution in the midst of the environmental awakening of the late sixties through the nineteen eighties, harnessing his knowledge, ingenuity, and insatiable desire for sustainable living environments to create ever-evolving, ecologically sound projects. DESIGN FOR LIFE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIM VAN DER RYN is a full-length monograph illustrating the work and theory of one of the most pre-eminent authorities on sustainable architecture. Appointed California State Architect by then-Governor Jerry Brown, Van der Ryn introduced the first energy-efficient government building projects to California. His vision heralded an age of ecologically sensitive design and resulted in the adoption of strict energy standards and disability access standards for all California state buildings and parks. In DESIGN FOR LIFE, projects like the San Francisco Zen Center, Real Goods Solar Living Center, Ojai Foundation School, Gregory Bateson Building, and others, illustrate Van der Ryn's passion the designing building that encompass their natural surroundings and bring a sense of peace and ease to their inhabitants. Five principals of ecological design - Solutions Grow from Place, Design with Nature, Make Nature Visible, and Everyone is a Designer - inform his projects. Sim Van der Ryn is the president of Van der Ryn Architects; he taught architecture and design at UC Berkeley for more than 30 years, and is the author of six groundbreaking books about planning and design.
7:30 PM at Cody's Stockton Street, San Francisco"
For more information: http://www.codysbooks.com
At Cody's Books, 2 Stockton Street, San Francisco:
"SIM VAN DER RYN leapt to the forefront of the green architecture revolution in the midst of the environmental awakening of the late sixties through the nineteen eighties, harnessing his knowledge, ingenuity, and insatiable desire for sustainable living environments to create ever-evolving, ecologically sound projects. DESIGN FOR LIFE: THE ARCHITECTURE OF SIM VAN DER RYN is a full-length monograph illustrating the work and theory of one of the most pre-eminent authorities on sustainable architecture. Appointed California State Architect by then-Governor Jerry Brown, Van der Ryn introduced the first energy-efficient government building projects to California. His vision heralded an age of ecologically sensitive design and resulted in the adoption of strict energy standards and disability access standards for all California state buildings and parks. In DESIGN FOR LIFE, projects like the San Francisco Zen Center, Real Goods Solar Living Center, Ojai Foundation School, Gregory Bateson Building, and others, illustrate Van der Ryn's passion the designing building that encompass their natural surroundings and bring a sense of peace and ease to their inhabitants. Five principals of ecological design - Solutions Grow from Place, Design with Nature, Make Nature Visible, and Everyone is a Designer - inform his projects. Sim Van der Ryn is the president of Van der Ryn Architects; he taught architecture and design at UC Berkeley for more than 30 years, and is the author of six groundbreaking books about planning and design.
7:30 PM at Cody's Stockton Street, San Francisco"
For more information: http://www.codysbooks.com
Monday, October 17, 2005
Architecture-Sponsored Blood Drive
ELS Architecture & Urban Design is organizing a blood drive to help out with Katrina.
DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st
8:30AM-2:30PM
(each donor can expect to spend approx. 60-90 minutes for the donation process)
LOCATION: BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE LOBBY (across from ELS office)
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley
Our goal is 72 sign-ups for a successful draw from 50 donors. ELS has 22 commitments. Other Ways to Volunteer: We are also soliciting volunteers to greet donors and administer the snack table for one-hour time slots between 8:30am 2:30pm.
We will need two people per hour. For those who are not eligible to donate blood or for those would like to volunteer without donating, your time will be greatly appreciated!
For More Information: (510) 549-2929 Alice Cheng, ELS Architecture & Urban Design Wendy Sitler, ELS Architecture & Urban Design
DATE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st
8:30AM-2:30PM
(each donor can expect to spend approx. 60-90 minutes for the donation process)
LOCATION: BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE LOBBY (across from ELS office)
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley
Our goal is 72 sign-ups for a successful draw from 50 donors. ELS has 22 commitments. Other Ways to Volunteer: We are also soliciting volunteers to greet donors and administer the snack table for one-hour time slots between 8:30am 2:30pm.
We will need two people per hour. For those who are not eligible to donate blood or for those would like to volunteer without donating, your time will be greatly appreciated!
For More Information: (510) 549-2929 Alice Cheng, ELS Architecture & Urban Design Wendy Sitler, ELS Architecture & Urban Design
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
AIA National Housing Roundtable: Show You're Green
From AIA National Housing Committee:
Show You're Green
This is an annual one-day conference on an issue of topical importance to Architects engaged in housing and residential architecture. This year’s roundtable is devoted to practical Green Strategies for multi-unit market-rate and affordable housing, production homes, and custom residences. It aims to provide interactive sessions on the latest guidelines, rating systems, benchmarks, resources and research necessary for architects who need to be Green architects in the residential market.
For More Information: http://www.aia.org/ev_housing_green or contact bbland@aia.org.
Show You're Green
This is an annual one-day conference on an issue of topical importance to Architects engaged in housing and residential architecture. This year’s roundtable is devoted to practical Green Strategies for multi-unit market-rate and affordable housing, production homes, and custom residences. It aims to provide interactive sessions on the latest guidelines, rating systems, benchmarks, resources and research necessary for architects who need to be Green architects in the residential market.
For More Information: http://www.aia.org/ev_housing_green or contact bbland@aia.org.
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