How to Collaborate with Other Firms: Maximize Collaboration, Minimize Confusion Summary: Begin by understanding the benefits and challenges of collaboration. Define clear roles like design architect vs. architect of record, and set mutual expectations for responsibilities. Decide on document sharing methods, production tools, and communication channels, ensuring unified client interactions and leveraging each firm’s strengths. Address contracts, liability, and compensation...

Join our PDH Available webinar, “Innovative, Effective Methods for Subsurface & Substrate Remediation,” to explore the advanced application of high-density polyurethanes. This session will cover techniques for improving soil density across various applications, including infrastructure rehabilitation, concrete leveling and stabilization, and the creation of grout curtain barriers. Learn from industry experts about the latest methodologies and technologies that enhance the durability...

Open to All Adjuncts, Full Time Professors and Administrators As design educators, we set the tone in the studio. We have the opportunity to center student wellness while also continuing to achieve the high level of standards expected in design schools and in the profession. This 2-hour on-line workshop will include opportunities to interact with design educators from across the...

This course discusses the impact of buildings on the natural environment through materials, manufacturing, and use. The discussion looks at solutions through specification and implementation of sun control technologies such as sunshade and daylighting canopy systems, as well as usage of materials that contain recycled content. Designing as part of a holistic building environment is critical to sustainable building projects,...

Attendees will gain insight into traffic issues that affect their projects during planning, design, and construction phases. The course focuses on traffic impact analyses, driveway and circulation design, roadway infrastructure improvements, and roadway mitigation. The course will also provide technical insights for the “big picture” items including connectivity between various parking, pedestrian and traffic elements, layout of driveways, signage and...

The course explains the key design responsibilities and role the landscape architect plays in the planning, design and construction of rooftop landscapes. Landscape architects collaborate with an extensive project team of design and engineering professionals to navigate the regulatory landscape and coordinate numerous trades of work associated with these complex landscapes. This course will provide a general overview of the...

Construction Contract Administration: The Small Firm’s Secret Weapon Summary: Construction Contract Administration (CCA) is pivotal for client satisfaction and repeat business by ensuring project success through collaboration with contractors and real-time problem-solving. Regular onsite presence is essential for effective communication and addressing potential drawing imperfections. Sharing anonymized success stories can highlight the value of CCA in maintaining positive client relationships....

The AIA Pennsylvania Small Firm Exchange (SFxPA) invites you to discover how small firm practitioners architected “this,” offering their most valuable and applicable insights gained from navigating practice. Review the call for presentations for an idea of the insights sought by the Exchange’s Steering Committee and submit to share how you architected this or that. The exchange welcomes the input...

Small Firm Forum Are you tired of balancing your tape measure, mechanical pencil, and digital measuring tool on your grid paper pad while you’re trying to take photos with your smartphone to document existing buildings? There has to be a better way, right? How do we make sense of all the technology available to us now, and what is the...

The 2024 Small Firm Symposium, hosted by AIA New York State, AIA New Jersey, and AIA Pennsylvania, offers a five-part online series tailored for small architecture firms spanning: Tuesday, April 2 | 11:30 am – 1 pm ET | 1.5 LUPart 1: Preparing for Successful Ownership Transition and ExpansionRena M. Klein, FAIA, Senior Partner, CVG Tuesday, April 9 | 11:30 am...