Hunt Gibbs Boh Metro has been the underdog in the competition since last week, when a selection committee recommended Parson Odebrecht as construction manager for the massive project. That decision broke a deadlock from earlier in the month, when the committee gave both proposals identical scores.  

But in a formal protest letter filed Tuesday morning, the Hunt group argues that the tie should never have occurred and that its proposal would have prevailed in the first round had it been scored properly. 

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In a major adaptation to U.S. licensure rules, the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards has proposed a new option for gaining licensure -- simply through the process of an architecture education. As announced in a NCARB press release earlier today, architecture students could earn intern experience and take their licensing exam while still in school, to receive licensure upon graduation.

The details behind the plan are still hazy, as NCARB puts together a task force of top architecture organizations (including the AIA and NAAB) to design how a "licensure-at-graduation" program could work. Research and plans for implementation are said to last a couple more years, with NCARB sharing their plans with interested schools in October 2014. But at this point, at the very least, the proposal is a step towards facilitating the process of becoming a licensed architect. Read More