Call for Entries
Students are invited to enter the 1999 Launch your Career in Exhibit Design Competition. Tuition scholarships of $7500, $5000 and $2500 and paid internships at one of Exhibitgroup/Giltspur's 17 production facilities will be awarded to the first, second and third prize winners. The competition, with a December 1 deadline, is open to design students who will be sophomores or juniors during the 1999-2000 academic year. Additional information in the Chapter office.
"Transitional Fusion: An End and a Beginning" is an international design competition for a proposed intermodal transit project and commemorative element near downtown Dallas. The first prize is $3000. View their website, www.brwarch.com/yaf/fusion, for more information and a registration form. There is a $35 entry fee.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation announces an international design competition for a memorial to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The first price is $20,000. Registration opens on January 18 and requires a $75 registration fee. Include competitor's name, address, phone number, and e-mail address with the letter of registration. Send registration to: Dr. E. Jackson, Jr., Design Committee Chair; Martin Luther King Memorial Project Foundation; Department 21; Washington, D.C. 20055-0211, or call 410-554-0049, for additional information.
NCARB News
Candidates' pass rates improved on eight of the nine divisions of the ARE administered during the first quarter of 1999 compared with the first quarter of 1998. The most dramatic increase was in the Graphics Division/Building Technology division, where the pass rate increased from 67% to 76%.
NCARB announces the availability of the latest monograph, Seismic Mitigation. Other monographs are Subsurface Conditions, Indoor Environment, Fire Safety in Buildings, and Energy Conscious Architecture. Each monograph includes a quiz and is worth 30 learning units. Call the Chapter office for an order form.
Beginning July 1, 2000, architects will be required to hold a professional degree from a program accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board or the Canadian Architectural Certification Board. If you were an architect prior to July 1, 1984, you may qualify for NCARB Certification without an NAAB or CACB accredited degree, but you need to apply before July 1, 2000. For further information, request a copy of the NCARB Education Standards, direct specific questions to the Council's Operations and Services Department at 202/879-0528, or check their website, NCARB.org.
Announcements
The Boston Society of Architects' newest catalogue of publications includes Cross-Check/Integrating Building Systems and Working Drawings, and Guidelines for Planning and Design of Biomedical Research Laboratory Facilities. To order, call BSA at 1-800-662-1235, x 221.
Uniformat II, published by ASTM, classifies building elements for design and facilities management. Applications include design-build performance specifications, design estimates, schematic phase elemental project descriptions, design management, and life cycle costing. ASTM standards are available on www.astm.org or Customer Service, 610/832-9585.
AIA has started the process of revising the 1996-97 edition of the "Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospital and Health Care Facilities." All interested parties are invited to submit proposed revisions and/or additions. Suggestions should be received on a special form located at the back of the current publication. Revisions can also be submitted electronically, with the required form accessed through the national AIA's webpage at www.aionline.com.
I.A. Naman & Associates announces new owners: Thomas Barrow, Jr., P.E., Wallace Brasuell, P.E., James Chappell, Charles Durret, P.E., Douglas Jeske, James Madget, P.E., William Marshall, P.E., and John Williams, CPA.
Richard T. Bynum, Jr., AIA, a Principal with Bynum Architecture in Greenville, SC, has published "The Architect's Planner 2000,"a day planner designed exclusively for architects and designers. The daily journal provides space for telephone logs, project diaries, and continuing education tally sheets. The $39.95 planner is available at Barnes and Noble Bookstores, Borders Bookstores, or http://www.amazon.com.
Architect's Handbook Available on CD-ROM
The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice (12th Edition) is now available on CD-ROM. Like the familiar four-volume set, it contains sample copies of all AIA contract documents. The digital version permits readers to search the 2,000 page handbook rapidly by key word or topic. Although the text cannot be altered (contracts include the notation, "sample" which cannot be deleted), pages can be easily printed for reference.
The Handbook is being revised, with the new edition available mid-1999. A limited number of the 4-volume sets are still available in the Chapter office. The new CD-ROM version is also available. The cost of either version is $225.
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