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Remote Option 1: Join via PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android – https://www.zoom.us/j/216568310

Remote Option 2: Join by phone – +1 (415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788, Meeting ID: 216 568 310

Help us celebrate your fellow AIA Colorado members who have reached major milestones in their careers! Network with newly-licensed architects and recently elevated Fellows at the award-winning Blue Moon Brewing Company.

Purchase your tickets by November 6. Tickets are $30* and include one drink ticket as well as appetizers. 

*Tickets are free to newly licensed architects and elevated fellows being recognized. 

Sponsored by:

Are you ready for the next step in your career?

AIA Colorado’s new program, The Business of Architecture, is designed to provide mid-career architects with essential career tools for managing a prosperous practice. Whether you’re looking to take on more responsibility within your current firm, or considering starting your own practice, this series will equip you with the necessary skills to set yourself apart.

The series (six sessions total) covers all facets of firm management and development. Each session in the series builds on the last and will culminate with the opportunity for you to create a business and/or personal plan that you can use going forward. For this reason, participation in the entire series is encouraged, however registration for individual sessions is an option.

Each half-day session will include highly interactive presentations and panel discussions, as well as group and individual work assignments.

Unsure whether you should register? Click here to read about the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 Keynote, CEO of the Bjarke Ingels Group, Sheela Søgaard, and her appeal to attendees that architects need to focus more on the business of architecture to grow their practices.

Cost to attend: 

• Full Series, AIA Member: $659
• Full Series, Non-Member: $959
• Individual Sessions, AIA Member: $129
• Individual Sessions, Non-Member: $199

See below a list of the session titles and dates. Click here for a description of each session. 

Session 1 – Foundations: Are You Ready?
Friday, June 1 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Session 2 – Running a Practice Part 1: Vision and Organizational Structure
Friday, July 13 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Session 3 – Running a Practice Part 2: Doers and Sellers
Friday, August 10 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Session 4 – Running a Practice Part 3: Human Resources and Legal Issues/Liabilities (101)
Friday, Sept. 14 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Session 5 – Your Professional Best – Presenting Your Story
Friday, Nov. 9 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Offsite Session – hosted at Mile High United Way 

Session 6 – Putting it All Together – Your Personal Strategy
Thursday, Dec. 13 – 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Sponsored by Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc., the CNA Insurance Companies, and The AIA Trust, providers of the AIA Trust Professional Liability Insurance Program

Prep for the ARE (Architect Registration Examination) through a mixture of lectures by experts, resource sharing with fellow architects, information on what to expect, study tips and more. Each ARE 5.0 test will be covered in-depth through a series of seven sessions. You will also have an opportunity to attend study groups between sessions. And the best part? This series has been tailored to fit your personal study schedule – attend all seven sessions or individual sessions, based on where you are in the examination process!

The Regional & Urban Design Knowledge Community looks at issues that impact the urban environment with a focus on the Denver Metro Area. This month, we will be discussing the future of Denver’s Civic Center Park and how you can contribute as an architect. Watch this video to learn more details.

To receive a reminder about upcoming Regional & Urban Design Knowledge Community meetings, email nikolaus@aiacolorado.org.

These meetings are open to any AIA Colorado members interested in discussing urban design.

Agendas:

May 2018

June 2018

Join AIA Colorado on Friday, Nov. 16 for a one-day workshop on IBC fire-resistance-rated construction.

This workshop, led by Steve Thomas, Code Consultant with Colorado Consulting LLC, will discuss elements of buildings that are required to be fire-resistance-rated due to other provisions of the code. Based on the International Building Code, the seminar will address all occupancy and construction types.

Major topics to be addressed include:

• Required fire-resistance-rated construction in the IBC
• Resources to verify fire-resistance-rated construction
• Fire walls
• Fire barriers and fire partitions
• Horizontal assemblies
• Shaft enclosures
• Fire doors and fire windows
• Penetrations and joints
• Fire dampers and smoke dampers
• Fire-blocking and draft-stopping

The seminar is relevant to all members of the regulatory/design/construction community, including building officials, fire officials, plans examiners, inspectors, design professionals and contractors.

Approved for AIA HSW credits (7.5 total).

Registration closes on Wednesday, Nov. 14.