Reduced rate for AIA members extended through Saturday, September 20th. This is your last chance to save$
Sign up NOW for the 2008 AIA Northwest and Pacific Regional Conference. This is a very significant AIA conference and it comes to Hawaii only once in 10 years.
Our October 7 - 10 Conference Planning Committee Members are expending tremendous amounts of energy and time to plan this great conference, and it will be some time before another opportunity like this comes along. YOU DON'T want to miss out.
Register today and fulfill AIA CES requirements and Hawaii State licensing requirements with little or no travel on your part. You'll have opportunities to hear major keynote speakers like Ed Mazria, Hugh Hochberg, Marshall Purnell, FAIA (AIA National President), Johnpaul Jones, FAIA and Peter Bohlin, FAIA. Plus you'll mingle with AIA architects from Washington State, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Japan, and Hong Kong.
Because we want YOU to attend, we are offering an extended discount rate to attend the AIA Northwest and Pacific Regional Conference in HONOLULU. Our conference willl be held right here at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, October 7 - 10, 2008. THIS SPECIAL OFFER ENDS SEPT. 20th!
Hawaii 2008: Crossroads of Design and Diversity is presented by ReproMAX our title sponsor and produced by the AIA Honolulu Chapter.
WHEN: October 7–10, 2008
WHERE: Hilton Hawaiian VIllage, Honolulu, Hawaii
RATE: NEW! Extended discount rate runs through Saturday, September 20. AIA Members can attend the 3-day conference for only $405. Rates will be $500 beginning September 21.
Register Online Today. Takes you directly to conference sign-up page. From here, click on the link to REGISTER NOW
WHY NOW? With little or no travel, this is an excellent way to complete AIA CES requirements for your AIA membership and your State Mandatory Continuing Education Requirements. We only do this conference once every ten years.
See Continuing Education below. AIA Honolulu is the AIA CES Registered provider for this program. AIA Members just attend and we do the work to file your attendance with AIA CES records.
Click here to go immediately to view all classroom-based listings online. ADVANCED SIGN UP FOR SESSIONS IS NOT REQUIRED. Just sign up for the conference now, and decide later what you want to attend. You can also find this information by going to Conference Home. Once there, "mouse over" the PROGRAM tab at the top of the page to link to our new page detailing our EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS. From this new page you can VIEW ALL EDUCATION SESSIONS including all 23 sessions alone at the EXPO -- all offering AIA CES LUs/many of them HSW. Note: Wednesday and Friday sessions will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Thursday educational events will be held at the Hawaii Convention Center in conjunction with the 9th Annual Pacific Building Trade Expo.
Click here to view the full roster of conference speakers for Hawaii 2008: Crossroads of Design and Diversity (October 7- 10, 2008) , including presenters for the Pacific Building Trade Expo on October 9, 2008. Choose from a roster of 50 presenters!
Sign up today for our annual AIA Honolulu Fellowship Golf Tournament, Tuesday, October 7, 2008
AIA Honolulu is holding their annual Fellowship Golf Tournament this year in conjunction with the AIA Northwest and Pacific Regional Conference. If you are coming to the conference, and we hope you will -- you can sign up for golf as part of your conference registration.
Registered for the conference already but forgot to sign up for Golf? Or perhaps you cannot attend the full conference due to schedul conflicts? No worries, we have you covered!
Click here to sign up for just the golf event. This fun event will be held at the Ewa Beach Golf Club with registration beginning at 8:30 AM and shot gun start at 10:30 AM. Contact Bob Lazo, event coordinator if you have questions. Or click on the calendar for full details.
Attention Allied Members! Golf Sponsorship Opportunities are avaiable. Mingle and golf with AIA members from Hawaii and across the AIA Northwest and Pacific Region.
Canstruction® Comes Down on Sunday, September 7, 2008
It's time for De-Canstruction! The 3rd Annual AIA Honolulu Canstruction® competition was a huge success. You still have another day to come out to Pearlridge Center (UPTOWN--Macy's wing) to view all entries and cast your votes by donating canned goods to the entry of your choice.
AND THE WINNERS ARE:
Click here for the Press Release Announcing this year's competion winners. The People's Choice Award winner will be announced on Sunday as determined by the structure which recieves the largest number of canned food donations. One Can Equals One Vote. Multiple votes welcome!
DE-CANSTRUCTION AND AWARDS CEREMONY, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 10 AM
Join our teams on Sunday, September 7th, Pearlridge Center, Center Court (UPTOWN) for the awards presentation beginning at 10 AM. Immediately following this short ceremony, all team members and friends will take down and box all of their canned food donations for delivery to the Hawaii Foodbank. The entire Sunday event should end by 1 PM depending on how many helping hands the teams can round up. This is your last chance this year to support the teams and the Hawaii Foodbank.
Thanks again to Joy Davidson, AIA and John Black, AIA plus all the 13 hard working Teams: Actus Lend Lease/Hickam Community Housing, Allana Buick Bers, Belt Collins, Design Partners/Castle & Cooke, Durrant Media Five, Ferraro Choi & Associates, Fung Associates, Group 70 International, Kiewit Building Group, Parsons Brinkerhoff, U.S. CAD Hawaii/Next Design, Urban Works and WATG.
As we reported last week, Camilla Nicholas, our ever-reliable Web and Advertising Coordinator is on unplanned emergency medical leave and will be out of the office for an as-yet undetermined period of time. Thanks for your understanding and patience as we adjust to Camilla's unexpected temporary departure. Please join us in wishing her a speedy recovery during this challenging time. For those requesting assistance, we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.
Earn Needed AIA/CES LUs (HSW): Sign up Now for Hawaii 2008
As stated above the 2008 AIA Northwest & Pacific Regional Conference will offer local AIA members an amazing opportunity to fulfill continuing education requirements for the Annual AIA membership: 18 AIA/CES Learning Units per year, of which 8 LUs must be health, safety and welfare (HSW). They can also apply these learning units to fulfill mandatory State Licensing Requirements. AIA Honolulu is currently in the process of registering all conference educational sessions and in the middle of next week we should have the educational sessions featured on our website. View the entire program at a glance
Below is a list of our keynote sessions that will be featured:
The 2030 Challenge... Now It's Personal, by Ed Mazria
The Nature of Circumstance, by Peter Bohlin, FAIA
An Algorithm for Excellence, by Hugh Hochberg
Design with Native Cultures, by Johnpaul Jones, FAIA
Cultural Inspirations and Sustainable Design, by Katrina Shum Miller, Assoc. AIA
Design and Diversity, with Marshall Purnell, FAIA, 2008 AIA National President, and Puanani Burgess
Click here for more information on each keynote speaker and session. Click here to register now for Hawaii 2008: Crossroads of Design and Diversity.
On Sunday, September 7 beginning at 10 AM at Pearlridge Center Uptown: presentation of trophies in an awards ceremony including announcement of People's Choice Award and most food donated by any one team. Following awards, Canstruction teams will participate in De-canstruction of food, for delivery to Hawaii Foodbank. Your canned goods donations/votes accepted through Sept. 6. Help those in need!
On Wednesday, September 17 there will be 3 FREE “IBC Seismic Code and Ceiling Installation Requirements” seminars. Each seminar qualifies for 1 AIA/CES LU (HSW). Armstrong is a registered provider. Complimentary breakfasts and lunches. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
On Friday, September 19 there will be 3 Free “IBC Seismic Code and Ceiling Installation Requirements” seminars. Each seminar qualifies for 1 AIA/CES LU (HSW). Armstrong is a registered provider. Complimentary breakfasts and lunches. Click here for more information and to RSVP.
NEW! 8 Job Listings. Job Seekers and Employers looking to post jobs, click here to view our online job board. Click here to visit the national AIA Career Center.
NEW! 2008 AIA Contract Documents now available! In 2008 the AIA is pleased to provide four new Integrated Project Delivery documents. The updated revisions include AIA Documents A195–2008, A295–2008, B195–2008 and C195–2008. In 2007 AIA also launched update AIA Contract Documents which included revisions to A201-1997 and nearly 50 owner/architect, architect/consultant, and contractor/subcontractor agreements.
Click here for information on how to purchase paper copies of AIA Documents. AIA Honolulu is a full service distributor of AIA Contract Documents. Learn more.
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