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Advance registration for educational events is strongly recommended. For events with limited capacity, as indicated by an asterisk (*), preference will be given to AIA Chicago members.

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February

Red Party (AKA First Tuesday Happy Hour)

Tuesday, February 7, 6:30 pm- 9:00 pm

Are we ready for the new month? Wear your red tie, red dress, red shoes, or red SOMETHING and celebrate the month of love at Vapiano. Bring a friend - bring a colleague - meet someone new. Once you have read this announcement, we know you'll want to be there! Let us know you're coming at our Meetup page. Thanks to Lightology for sponsoring this get-together.

This event is sponsored by Young Architect Forum, Lightology

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Vapiano, 2577 North Clark Street, Chicago

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Ragdale House Restoration – Part I

Thursday, February 9, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Ragdale was built by Howard Van Doren Shaw, FAIA, in 1897 as his own family’s summer house in Lake Forest. The house belongs to the Ragdale Foundation and used for an artists residency program. Meg Kindelin of Johnson Lasky Architects will discuss this exceptional home and speak about the challenges the design team faced while restoring the house for the Ragdale Foundation. The project began in spring 2011 and is currently in the final phase of construction. The work includes full exterior stucco rehabilitation, wood window and door restoration, and miscellaneous masonry work. Substantial structural work was required to address the foundation, roof, and interior floor systems. Electrical, plumbing, and heating/cooling systems were replaced, and a geothermal heating and cooling system has been installed. Interior work includes freshened interior treatments, such as new wallpapers based on historic designs.

Learning Objectives: (1) Participants will learn methodologies of historic preservation. (2) Participants will understand the challenges of integrating geothermal technology into an historic structure. (3) Participants will learn about different kinds of structural repairs required on historic buildings, including repairing failing floors with jacking and addressing sagging roof and floor joists with sistering. (4) Participants will understand challenges of integrating the requirements of historic restoration with a complex user-driven program.

Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Historic Resources KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Tour: Ragdale House Restoration – Part II

Saturday, February 11, 10:00 am- 11:30 am

Ragdale was built by Howard Van Doren Shaw, FAIA in 1897 as his own family’s summer house in Lake Forest. The house belongs to the Ragdale Foundation and used for an artists residency program. Meg Kindelin of Johnson Lasky Architects will discuss this exceptional home and speak about the challenges the design team faced while restoring the house for the Ragdale Foundation. The project began in spring 2011 and is currently in the final phase of construction. The work includes full exterior stucco rehabilitation, wood window and door restoration, and miscellaneous masonry work. Substantial structural work was required to address the foundation, roof, and interior floor systems. Electrical, plumbing, and heating/cooling systems were replaced, and a geothermal heating and cooling system has been installed. Interior work includes freshened interior treatments, such as new wallpapers based on historic designs.

Limited to 35 participants.

This event is sponsored by Historic Resources KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: Ragdale House, 1230 North Green Bay Road, Lake Forest

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Healthcare KC planning meeting

Tuesday, February 14, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm

The new year is off to a great start. Anyone interested in healthcare design is welcome to join us.

This event is sponsored by Healthcare KC

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

The Role of Designers in Post-Disaster Scenarios: An academic studio focus on social and physical post-earthquake reconstruction in Talca, Chile

Tuesday, February 14, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

This program presents academic work focusing on the reconstruction of post-disaster Talca, Chile, a small historical agricultural town located 300km south of Santiago, in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake which devastated central Chile. Establishment of the COM(M)A studio within the Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects (AIADO) department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, was fueled by an exploration into the role of designers in post-disaster scenarios. Our speakers will describe the process and results, and how design professionals, social activists, professors, and students combined their skills and their agendas to create a meaningful space and time for the community that they chose to serve.

COM(M)A was conceived in the wake of the two devastating earthquakes in Chile and Haiti during 2010. COM(M)A is a project of the GFRY Studio, an ongoing partnership between SAIC and the Motorola Foundation. COM(M)A was conceived by SAIC Faculty members Odile Compagnon, AIA and Paul Tebben.

Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Regional & Urban Design KC

Learning units: 1 LU

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Energy Modeling Conference

Tuesday, February 14, 8:00 am- 5:00 pm

The Young Engineers Committee of the Illinois Chapter of ASHRAE is pleased to sponsor the 2012 Energy Modeling Conference. The conference has been designed to demonstrate the power of that energy modeling can have on the development, design and operations of buildings. Speakers range from developers, designers, and operators.

Keynote speaker: Henry Green, President and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). Session topics include: Building Simulation for Facilities Management; Measurement & Verification; What Owners Should Look for in Energy Modeling; Energy Modeling as a Design Tool; Building Energy Quotient (bEQ): Building Labeling Program; Advanced Energy Design Guides.

Registration fee increases at noon on February 10. For details and registration click here.

This event is sponsored by IL ASHRAE, Mechanical Contractors Association/Chicago, AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: University Center of Chicago, 525 S. State St.

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Interdisciplinary Design Exposed: Buro Happold

Thursday, February 16, 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Matthew Herman, Assoc. AIA and Office Director for the Chicago office of Buro Happold, will present the firm's current domestic and international projects as well as its sustainable research initiatives. As a leading engineering firm, Buro Happold specializes in a variety design services such as building services engineering, acoustics, sustainability, and structural engineering in diverse building sectors across the world.

Matthew is also an Adjunct Professor at IIT College of Architecture and a board member for the Adaptive Building Initiative, co-founded by Buro Happold, which develops responsive façades and building systems that react to the environments and ecologies which they were designed for. This discussion will highlight the innovative interdisciplinary approach Buro Happold brings to projects and research pushing the boundaries of sustainable, high performing, and integrated design solutions.

Learning Objectives: (1) Representative Projects: An introduction will be given to present representative projects and current work including consulting and engineering services for new and existing buildings as well as urban infrastructures and ecologies. Attendees will be able to explore the diverse work of a leading global design consultancy. (2) Research Initiatives: In addition to engineering services, attendees will examine the research based methodology employed by Buro Happold on a series of projects and processes. This will also allow participants to assess the important relationship leading research has on high performance projects in a variety of global markets. (3) Advanced Systems / Analysis: A further discussion of advanced systems of computational analysis and energy modeling will include the various environmental tools, BIM analytical metrics, and proprietary software employed by Buro Happold. Program participants will be able to articulate the benefits of various analysis systems / tools and their integration with the design of high-performance sustainable projects. (4) Interdisciplinary Design Teams: The final discussion will focus on the interdisciplinary nature of the practice and give participants an overview of the uniqueness of an integrated design process and the effectiveness of that strategy to create unique and high-performing design solutions. Attendees will be able to identify the distinctive way in which the team at Buro Happold contributes to an integrated project design process within an interdisciplinary design team.

This event is sponsored by Design KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Curved Glass for Exterior and Interior Applications

Thursday, February 16, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Beatriz Fernández from Cricursa and Barry Meyer from Arcspec will present an overview of the characteristics of architectural glass and design possibilities for glass systems for both interior and exterior applications. Included are discussions of the manufacturing process, guidelines for the bending glass, and advantages of using architectural glass.

Learning Objectives: (1) Describe architectural glass and its use for interior and exterior applications. (2) Discuss the physical properties and characteristics of glass and the manufacturing process. (3) Explain the process of bending glass and identify the guidelines. (4) Identify glass systems and specify appropriate glass for building projects.

Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Technical Issues KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Architecture for Education planning meeting

Tuesday, February 21, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Anyone interested in architecture for education is welcome to join us. Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Education KC

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Design for Ritual: The Theology of Roman Catholic Art and Architecture

Wednesday, February 22, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Denis R. McNamara, M.Arch.H., Ph.D., is a faculty member at the Liturgical Institute of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary and author of books on Roman Catholic architecture including Heavenly City: The Architectural Tradition of Catholic Chicago, Catholic Church Architecture and the Spirit of the Liturgy and How to Read Churches: A Crash Course in Ecclesiastical Architecture. In addition, he serves as a theological and architectural consultant for numerous Catholic churches throughout the country. Dr. McNamara will provide an overview of Catholic architecture and how it comprises not just a neutral setting for liturgy but an active part of the rites themselves, both historically and today. His discussion will note how understanding the sacramentality of architecture is required to understand and fulfill the program of church designs. In light of understanding, what are the current trends in Catholic architecture and their connection to trends in architectural practice?

Learning Objectives: (1) The lecture will provide a brief overview of the biblical and sacramental foundations for the theology of Catholic liturgical art and architecture. (2) Understand how the Catholic Church traditionally viewed the role of architecture and how it manifests and mediates sacramentally the realities of Catholic worship. (3) Understand the essential ingredients that constitute a Catholic Church and their sacramental meaning. (4) Understand how Catholic Church architecture is not bound to any one style but maintains consistent theological content, and introduce the currently growing demand for traditional church architecture.

Bring your lunch; beverages provided.

This event is sponsored by Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Acoustics in Healthcare Environments: What’s New and Why It’s Important

Wednesday, February 22, 5:30 pm- 7:00 pm

The Ceilings & Interior Systems Construction Association (CISCA) has released a free extensive white paper on Acoustics in Healthcare Environments which is an invaluable tool for architects, interior designers, and other design professionals who work to improve healthcare settings for all users. This white paper serves as a comprehensive introduction to the acoustical issues commonly confronted.

In the healthcare environs, acoustics matter: many sounds permeate hospital environments, including beepers, alarms, machines, rolling carts, HVAC systems, and conversations. These noises can be severely irritating and at times harmful to patients, depending on the state of their health. Acoustic issues in healthcare environments are complex and require a careful, strategic design in order to minimize noise.

the current state of acoustics in healthcare environments
why acoustics matter in healthcare environments
understanding the primary acoustics issues
understanding how acoustics are measured
design strategies for improved acoustic environments: general considerations; specifying materials and finishes; minimizing mechanical and medical equipment noise; designing for privacy and confidentiality; integrating hospital technology
acoustic requirements for specialized environments such as neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) and emergency departments (EDs)

Nathan Sevener of Soundscape Engineering LLC will explain these findings to us.

This event is sponsored by Healthcare KC, CISCA, USG

Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Why Building Enclosures Fail - 9th Annual Building Enclosure Event

Tuesday, February 28, 7:30 am- 10:00 am

From case studies to lessons learned, this comprehensive program is invaluable for even the most seasoned professional. Vince Cammalleri, AIA, is a noted expert in building enclosure issues and will share his vast knowledge in a fact-filled, fast-paced session. The program will summarize experiences with moisture-induced degradation and remediation of building enclosures. Fundamental errors that cause failures, from inception through implementation, in design and construction, are analyzed. Mr. Cammalleri will describe design principles that generate effective barriers for combined water, air, vapor and heat flow through the building enclosure, and provide examples of how misunderstanding or misapplication of these principles can lead to costly failures. He will illustrate potential consequences of inadequate enclosure design & installation-- from a visible, isolated water leak to widespread, concealed deterioration, corrosion and mold growth. He will also provide guidelines for prevention.

Learning objectives: (1) Review the most common sources of failure in building enclosures. (2) Understand the mechanisms and consequences of these failures. (3) 3. Examine the fundamental errors that cause failures, and how to prevent them. (4) Review design principles that generate effective barriers for combined water, air, vapor and heat flow through the building enclosure.

Speaker: Vince Cammalleri, AIA, is a Senior Principal in the NYC office of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. He has extensive experience in the design, investigation and repair of walls, roofs, glass curtain walls and windows. Vince leads the Building Science Practice group at SGH, specializing in the analysis of moisture migration and condensation issues in the building envelope caused by heat, air and vapor flow. He has lectured as an adjunct professor at the School of Architecture at McGill University, and as a visiting lecturer at the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at MIT. He has published numerous papers related to building technology in the US and Canada and is an active member of ASTM International.

The program will be presented twice, first in Chicago and then in Rolling Meadows. For schedule details, fees, and registration, visit CSI Chicago. No on-site registration. As a partner, AIA Chicago members will be extended the discounted rate. For eight years in a row, this event has sold out before the registration date, so don't delay!

This event is sponsored by CSI Chicago and DuPont Tyvek; partners: CSI Northern IL, AIA Chicago, AIA Northeast IL, Building Enclosure Council/Chicago, Parksite, ASA Chicago

Learning units: 2 LU/HSW

Location: morning: Maggiano’s in Chicago; evening: Meridian Banquet & Conference Center in Rolling Meadows

Member price: $45.00 Non-member price: $50.00

2030 Commitment Working Group

Tuesday, February 28, 5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

All are welcome to come and learn more about the 2030 Committment. Those who can't attend may use the AIA Chicago conference bridge by calling 312/376-2799 and then entering PIN 4240 followed by #.

This event is sponsored by 2030 Commitment Working Group

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

The Advocate Health Care Environmental Stewardship Story

Wednesday, February 29, 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm

There is no industry with a larger moral obligation to the environment than healthcare. The health of the environment and human health are inextricably linked. In addition, healthcare costs continue to outpace growth in our nation’s GDP. Can sustainability bend the healthcare cost curve? Albert Manshum, III, AIA (vice president, Facilities & Construction, for Advocate Health Care) will share the hospital's journey toward environmental stewardship. He will identify the drivers and motivators, the true impacts and the challenges that exist, some of which are unique to the healthcare setting. In addition, we will look at what the future might hold for an industry that is ripe for sweeping change when it comes to sustainability.

Learning Objectives: (1) Participants will be able to identify what motivates and drives clients to sustainability. In particular, what specifically motivates a healthcare client? (2) Participants will be able to recognize the true impact of environmental stewardship in a healthcare setting and what can be done. (3) Participants will be made aware of the unique challenges facing healthcare client and how they can help overcome them. (4) Participants will have an understanding of where the healthcare industry is headed when it comes to sustainability.

This event is sponsored by Healthcare and Environment KCs

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW/SD

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

March

First Tuesday Happy Hour

Tuesday, March 6, 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm

Come have a drink and mingle with the Young Architects Forum at the historic Green Door Tavern! Half-price appetizers from 4:00 to 8:00 pm; drink specials all night.

In 1872, right after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, this two-story balloon frame wooden structure was built with a detached cottage in the rear. Following the fire, Chicago passed a fire code ordinance prohibiting construction of wooden commercial buildings in the Central Business District. 678 North Orleans is one of the few remaining frame structures built prior to this fire ordinance. In 1921, a restaurant was opened on the first floor, and many of the bar fixtures installed in the 1920s still exist in the present bar and restaurant.

Over the years, the restaurant was sold and renamed the Green Door Tavern: in the Prohibition era, if the door of a restaurant was painted green , that indicated the presence of a speakeasy inside. Today, the Green Door remains true to its historic Chicago roots.

Check out our Meetup page and sign up there to receive YAF notices.

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: The Green Door Tavern, 678 North Orleans Street

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Tour: Inspiration Kitchens-Garfield Park

Thursday, March 15, 6:00 pm- 7:00 pm

Larry Kearns, AIA and Chris-Ann Spencer (Wheeler Kearns Architects) will lead a tour of the Inspirations Kitchens restaurant in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Inspiration Kitchens are the social enterprise restaurants of Inspiration Corporation, offering contemporary American cuisine prepared and served by students and graduates of an award-winning food service training program. Inspiration Kitchens-Garfield Park is located around the corner from the Garfield Park Conservatory and offers both dine-in and carry-out service. This project won a SEED Award for Excellence in Public Interest Design in 2010.

The restaurant is close to the Central Park Green Line stop, and there is free parking in the restaurant's lot and along Lake Street. Limited to 30 participants.

Learning Objectives: (1) Project Overview: a brief introduction will be given to identify project parameters, project siting, and unique characteristics. (2) Design Process: insight into the design process will be discussed. Participants will be able to identify specific strategies used during the design process to deal with a wide variety of challenges - including client requirements, site constraints, and overall building form. (3) LEED Building Features: discussion of sustainable features will identify systems and strategies employed on the project. Participants will be able to gain insight and identify building elements and their contribution to the overall sustainable systems utilized on this project. (4) A walk-through of key elements of the building will expose participants to the building, it's design, and it's strategies. Participants will understand the various design challenges presented and their solutions while observing the overall project.

This event is sponsored by Design KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: 3504 West Lake Street, Chicago

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Structural Insulated Panels, Design and Application

Thursday, March 15, 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm

Aaron Hinde and Tom Waterloo from Riverbend Timber Framing will offer a comprehensive look at designing Type V construction with SIPs, aimed at the architectural and engineering community but also of interest to building officials and other construction industry professionals. They are part of the Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA), a nonprofit association representing manufacturers, suppliers, dealer/distributors, design professionals, and builders committed to providing quality structural insulated panels for all segments of the construction industry.

This event is sponsored by Technical Issues KC

Learning units: 1 LU/HSW

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

Working with a Green Architect

Saturday, March 17, 1:00 pm- 3:00 pm

This seminar will focus on how to prepare for a project on your home, the special considerations that doing a green project creates in the process, how to select the right architect and other team members, and how to optimize the project for minimum problems and the maximum value.

Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in short one-on-one consultations with an architect immediately following the seminar. Homeowners are encouraged to bring drawings, photos, and questions for the consultations.

The seminar is part of AIA Chicago's homeowner outreach program.

This event is sponsored by Small Practitioners' Group

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Chicago Center for Green Technology, 445 N. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago,

Member price: $0.00 Non-member price: $0.00

The Passive House Standard: History, Techniques, and Case Studies

Tuesday, March 20, 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm

Passive House is not only the world’s most rigorous energy standard, it also delivers quality-assured, cost-effective buildings with great indoor air quality and comfort. Mark Miller (Zen + Architecture) and Tom Bassett-Dilley, AIA (Tom Bassett-Dilley Architect, Ltd.), co-presidents of the Chicago Chapter of the Passive House Alliance, will offer an overview of the history and logic of the Passive House Standard, use of the Passive House Planning Package energy balance software, and the building science, techniques, and economics of building and retrofitting to the Passive House standard. This standard is a must for those interested in low-energy and net-zero buildings and the integration of rigorous design and construction.

Learning Objectives: (1) Understand the rationale for low-energy building; (2) Identify the characteristics and metrics that define a certified Passive House; (3) Identify common approaches to mechanical systems for Passive Houses; (4) See examples of completed Passive House single- and multi-family residences, schools, and commercial buildings built over the past 15 years.

This event is sponsored by Environment KC

Learning units: 1.5 LU/HSW/SD

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

RAW (Real Imagined Worlds) Design

Tuesday, March 20, 6:00 pm- 9:00 pm

This year, RAW Design will explore innovative and experimental furniture and products by local architects and designers in and outside of their traditional work places. It is an open-minded discussion between architects, industrial designers, and interior designers that will explore the possibilities of these fields and address their future direction. RAW Design is open to submissions: if you would like to present, contact Darya with your proposal. And if you know someone who would be a good fit for this event, please invite them to participate.

Everyone is welcome to join us at Rodan to hear the presenters and contribute to a lively conversation. Let us know you''ll be there through our Meetup page.

This event is sponsored by Young Architects Forum

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Rodan, 1530 North Milwaukee Avenue

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Chicago Modern: More than Mies series: Gustavo Aroaz

Thursday, March 22, 5:30 pm- 7:00 pm

[Watch for further details of the special event]

Gustavo Araoz is president of the International Committee on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an organization founded in 1965 to create an international network of professionals and supporters of heritage conservation. ICOMOS has grown to become the pre-eminent global historic preservation organization. Headquartered in Paris, France, it has 9,500 members throughout the world, forming the only global interdisciplinary and multicultural network of heritage experts and supporters. ICOMOS was designated the official adviser to United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organizations on the implementation of the World Heritage Convention.

He is a preservation architect with a B.Arch. from the Catholic University of America and an M.A. from Georgetown. He completed the international Architectural Conservation program in the Paul Coremans Institute in Mexico.

Gustavo’s career combines professional practice, academia, and institutional management. From 1995 to 2009, he served as Executive Director of US/ICOMOS in Washington, DC. At present, he is an independent heritage consultant. In 2008, he became the first American president of ICOMOS.

At the universities of Pennsylvania and Maryland, he taught conservation theory, site management, and was in charge of the urban conservation studio. He has been visiting professor at the universities of São Paulo and Curaçao, Catholic University of Salta in Argentina, and CICOP in Tenerife and Buenos Aires. He has also lectured at many universities in the US.

Gustavo’s experience is composed of many and varied projects, including in the World Heritage Sites of Independence Hall, Philadelphia; University of Virginia; Petra Sanctuary; city of Santo Domingo; the Jesuit Estancias in Argentina; and the Citadelle]Sans Souci Complex, Haiti. He has been consultant/advisor to the World Monuments Fund, the US Commission for UNESCO, Getty Foundation, Getty Conservation Institute, US National Park Service, US departments of Defense and of State, Organization of American States, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, and the national heritage agencies of Paraguay and El Salvador. He speaks English, Spanish and French.

This event is sponsored by National Trust for Historic Preservation, Landmarks Illinois, AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Implementing Lean Project Delivery in Construction BETTER BUSINESS SERIES

Thursday, March 22, 8:00 am- 10:45 am

Waste is all too often found in construction projects. From design rework to material wait times to under-utilized human resources, production systems must be designed to minimize waste and maximize value. Lean production management has caused a revolution in manufacturing design, supply and assembly. Applied to construction, Lean changes the way work is done throughout the delivery process. This course will give participants a strong understanding of Lean principles and provide practical techniques that are transforming the speed and quality of delivery.

Part 1: Introduction to Target Value Design Target Value Design (TVD) is a structured and disciplined approach to incorporating Lean methodologies into the design phase of the project. TVD allows and promotes holistic analysis of individual building assemblies as it relates to cost, program, functionality, performance, sustainability, and quality so that the building team can optimize critical early decisions. Participants will learn the basics of TVD and how this approach maximizes value during the preconstruction phase.

Part II: The Last Planner System as a Lean Tool Planning is important to all construction projects – but planning is especially imperative when Owners have an aggressive timeline. The Last Planner System goes beyond master and phase schedules to provide detailed plans of activities and supports the long-term goals of the project. This innovative scheduling approach increases accountability, speeds the delivery process and fosters collaboration. Participants will learn how to apply this innovative system to their projects.

Learning Objectives: (1) Participants will learn the principles of Lean Project Delivery; (2) Participants will learn how to maximize value and minimize waste to projects by applying Target Value Design and The Last Planner System.

Who Should Attend: Owners, Owner’s Representatives, Architects, Engineers

Speakers: Mark Skender is Executive Vice President and partner at Skender Construction. Mr. Skender is responsible for leading the firm’s implementation of Lean Project Delivery. He is also an active member of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) and founding member of LCI Chicago. Mr. Skender is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Afshan Barshan is Project Executive at Skender Construction. Mr. Barshan regularly holds lectures on Lean Project Delivery and is a reviewer for the Lean Construction Journal. He is also an active member of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI) and founding member of LCI Chicago. Mr. Barshan earned a Master of Science in Construction Management from Michigan State University.

Schedule: 8:00 am registration and continental breakfast begins

8:30 Part I presentation

9:30 break

9:45 Part II presentation

10:45 program concludes

This event is sponsored by Practice Management KC, Skender Construction

Learning units: 2 LU

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: $15.00

2030 Commitment Working Group

Tuesday, March 27, 5:00 pm- 6:00 pm

All are welcome to come and learn more about the 2030 Committment. Those who can't attend may use the AIA Chicago conference bridge by calling 312/376-2799 and then entering PIN 4240 followed by #.

This event is sponsored by 2030 Commitment Working Group

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

Community Interface Committee planning meeting

Wednesday, March 28, 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm

Everyone is welcome to learn more about the Community Interface Committee and participate in planning its activities.

This event is sponsored by CIC

Learning units: Not Available

Location: AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

May

Small Project Awards and Exhibition

Friday, May 11, 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm

Celebrate the exceptional design work being produced by Chicago’s small architecture firms. Free to architects, clients and friends. Project entries will be on display.

This event is sponsored by Small Practitioners Group

Learning units: Not Available

Location: 4325 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, IL

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

aCANemy Awards

Wednesday, May 23, 5:30 pm- 8:00 pm

Save the date for CANstruction's opening event. New to CANstruction? Visiti the national Website to learn more.

This event is sponsored by Greater Chicago Food Depository, Whole Foods Market, and others

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Merchandise Mart lobby

Member price: $25.00 Non-member price: $25.00

June

Building Pressure

Thursday, June 14, 8:30 am- 12:30 pm

Details and registration information will be posted on the CCHRB web site.

This event is sponsored by Chicago Committee on High Rise Buildings; CSI/Chicago; ASHRAE/Chicago; SFPE/Chicago; CTBUH; AIA Chicago

Learning units: 3.5 LU/HSW

Location: Harris Bank Building auditorium, Adams and LaSalle streets

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

July

The Value of Licensure: IDP and ARE

Thursday, July 26, 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

Save the date for our annual presentation on the Intern Development Program (IDP) and the Architect Registration Examination (ARE). Watch for further details and registration in spring.

This event is sponsored by NCARB, AIA Chicago, SAIC

Learning units: Not Available

Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago ballroom, 112 South Michigan Avenue

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

October

Designight 2012

Friday, October 26, 5:30 pm- 10:00 pm

Mark the date on your calendar!

This event is sponsored by AIA Chicago

Learning units: Not Available

Location: Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier

Member price: 0 Non-member price: 0

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