| STATE CAPITOL IS BUZZING...
AIA LA IS TRACKING 27 LEGISLATIVE BILLS
 The Louisiana Legislature convened on March 12th with new faces in both chambers and new leaders in the House and Senate. The AIA Louisiana Legislative Committee is tracking 27 bills that could possibly affect the design and construction industry.Read more
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IS REASONABLE STANDARD OF CARE REASONABLE?
John Davis, Director of Facility Planning and Control, Jim Atkins, FAIA, FKIA and Herman Gesser, AIA, Attorney, at Law help to define "Reasonable Standard of Care". For more information click here |
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BUILDING A RESILIENT LOUISIANA HAZARD RESISTANT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
 May 15-16, LSU is hosting Building a Resilient Louisiana: Hazard Resistant Design and Construction. The workshop will include 1.5 days of interactive, moderated panel discussion with industry experts about planning, design, construction and insurance challenges, followed by an afternoon discussion of research findings centered on flood mapping and insurance issues in Louisiana. The goal of the workshop is to bring together Louisiana professionals that make decisions about building design and construction and to discuss ways to make communities more hazard resistant through improved understanding of the "grand challenges" that exist across disciplines. for more information and registration click here. |
| SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS DOCUMENT LAUNCH
AIA CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
On May 17, AIA Contract Documents will release six new documents for use on Sustainable Projects. Click here to preview the new documents.
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BRIDGING INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
 A group of 16 architects, engineers, planners and program managers from around the country have recently formed the non-profit Bridging Institute of America for the purpose of having available to fellow architects, engineers and other professionals a dependable source of information about the Bridging method of construction project delivery. Go to: www.bridginginstitute.org |
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LOUISIANA STATE UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION
 CODE COUNCIL
Click here to view an important update from the Louisiana State Uniform Construction Code Council
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EMERGING AIA GULF STATES 2012
REDEFINING DESIGN
Emerging Gulf States is a first-of-its-kind design and career development symposium for and by the Emerging Professionals in the design profession. It is an outlet for Emerging Professionals from around the region (and around the country) to interact and learn from each other and from the defining elements of the design profession in the region. It is shaping up to be an exciting event focused on the growing group of Emerging Professionals (students, interns and recently licensed architects). Keynote speakers include Allen Eskew, Marlon Blackwell, and Larry Speck. For more information and registration click here.
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Pre-design Conference Seminar
More information and registration coming soon
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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
September 26,2012: AIA Louisiana : Pre-Design Conference Seminar, Connect with Technology in Lafayette, LA
October 26-28, 2012 : AIA Baton Rouge : ARE Structures Seminar with David Thaddeus (more information coming soon)
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