AIBC eNews

AIBC eNewsletter | March 2017

Thursday, March 2, 2017

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Feature Stories

Bylaw Review: PLI Consulation Sessions Consultation on the Professional Liability Insurance initiative is scheduled to take place through the Spring of 2017. Members and all other AIBC registrants are invited and encouraged to participate in the in-person and/or online sessions held during the following times. More...
Call for Submissions: Intern Architect Exhibit The AIBC’s Intern Architect Committee invites interns and architecture students to submit work for consideration in “Interpreting Integration: An Exhibit.” Works will be exhibited at the Vancouver Convention Centre West and at the Architecture Centre Gallery. More...
Reminder: Council Member Nominations and Council Liaisons Expressions of Interest due March 10. This is your opportunity to help shape the work of the body responsible for the self-regulating governance of the architectural profession in British Columbia in the public interest. More...

AIBC Happenings

Call for Submissions and Juror Applications: 2017 AIBC Architectural Awards , deadline is tomorrow!
Register now: 98th AIBC Annual Meeting, May 8
Notification Period: for Proposed AIBC Council Rules 7: Advisory Design Panels opens March 2.
Revised: Practice Note 16: Professional Design and Field Review By Supporting Registered Professionals
Thank you to the 96% of architects, associates and firms who promptly renewed their 2017 registration.

Intern Architect Happenings

AIBC Bursary for Intern Architects
We are pleased to announce that applications for the Michael A. Ernest AIBC Intern Architect Bursary are being accepted from March 20 to April 17, 2017. More...

AIBC Gallery

2017 Wood Design Award Winners, March 13–April 7, 2017

Role Call: AIBC Volunteer Opportunities

Investigations Committee
Oral Review Panelists
Municipal Advisory Design Panels: City of Victoria, District of Squamish, Township of Esquimal, City of Nanaimo and City of Parksville

AIBC Courses

2017 AIBC Course Schedule | Register without delay, as courses fill quickly.

Recognized Educational Provider Events

The AIBC welcomes the following new REPs:

For full list of REP courses, see the AIBC events calendar.

British Columbia Institute of Technology
Residential Energy Efficiency, March 4
Residential Renewable Energy, March 18–19
Langara College
Project Supervision, March 9–April 19
Invisible Hazard: Asbestos in Buildings, March 13
Controlling Construction Costs, March 30
Muniak Inc.
Building Code Tutor, ongoing
Osgoode
Legal Risk Management for Design Professionals, March 31
Passive House Canada
Passive House Design for Multi-family Buildings, March 23
Building Enclosures for High Performance Buildings,
March 24
Passive House Design for Multi-family Buildings, March 25
Intro to Passive House Design and Construction, March 31
Intro to Passive House Design and Construction, April 28
Passive House Design and Construction Part A, June 15–18
Vancouver Heritage Foundation
Heritage 101: Introduction to Heritage Conservation, March 4

Call for Entries

2017 AIBC Architectural Awards, March 3
2017 Canadian Green Building Awards, March 17
Pop Up @ the Square Design Competition, March 30

Upcoming Events

MOV/RAIC Metro Vancouver Chapter – Built City Speaker Series, March 2, 7–9 p.m.
Insulating Concrete Form Exposition, March 9
LafargeHolcim Awards, March 21, 2017
RAIC / OAA Festival of Architecture, May 24–27, 2017
BCSLA Annual Conference & AGM, March 31–April 1
World Environmental Education Congress – Special “Architecture and Green Design” theme, Vancouver, September 9–15

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