01T
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
AANB 6.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 70

This full–day course is an introduction to Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) as enabled by Building Information Modeling (BIM). There are many reasons for an architectural practice to change and offer Integrated Project Delivery services and to adopt BIM. The most obvious reason may be the 3D aspect of designing and documenting a project; however, there are other more compelling reasons, some of which include BIM’s role in an integrated project delivery methodology that embraces 4D (construction sequencing) and emergent 5D (costing and pricing).
This course is presented by professionals in active practice who use BIM every day. The course will explore how BIM is integrated into the workflow from both the Architects’ perspective and from the perspective of the entire Architectural-Engineering-Construction or AEC team.
This course is intended to provide an overview of emerging trends and practices; it will not deal with using software or providing instruction on components, families, work sets, etc. The course is intended for architects, engineers and those in the construction industry who need to keep apprised of latest trends. Each participant will receive an RAIC Practice Builder on Integrated Project Delivery and Building Information Modeling.
The course is divided into two parts:
Part 1: Part 1 provides an introduction to BIM by surveying the current state of the construction industry, its inadequacies, the changing digital environment and what these changes mean for architects and the construction industry. Part 1 will also outline the major software vendors and the needs for office infrastructure (software, hardware, networks, etc.).
Part 2: Part 2 is aimed to present how BIM can assist in Integrated Project Delivery; how BIM can be incorporated into architectural practice; and how developing a practice-based Integrated Project Delivery methodology can improve workflow and quality. Part 2 also discusses how to work with BIM-based consultants to improve project coordination. Finally, the session will describe emerging contracts (alliance agreements) that encompass the entire project team.
Learning Objectives
Participants will: - Understand Integrated Project Delivery and Project Alliances –a better of way of working together; -Understand why architects and the construction industry must change and the steps toward change; - Be exposed to an overview of current emergent trends in BIM development and deployment; - Learn how BIM can help a firm’s sustainable design strategy; -Learn important factors for the implementation of BIM in a design professional’s office.

Presented by:

Allan Partridge, MRAIC
Allan Partridge is currently a Principal with HIP Architects in Edmonton and his firm has been a leader in the implementation of BIM since 2002. Allan has also presented this topic at two Annual Conferences of the American Institute of Architects. It was Allan and his staff who were responsible for the research and writing in developing the Practice Builder.

Mitchell Clark
Mitchell Clark is a Mechanical Engineer with Stantec Consulting in Edmonton, a firm actively involved in the engineering applications of BIM to provide integrated delivery of projects. Mitchell was the lead mechanical modeler for two high-profile Edmonton projects in 2007.

Caesar Ruest
Caesar Ruest is an Applications Specialist with Autodesk Canada and he has been on the forefront of advising on the potential of this new technology to improve the design and construction industry.
 

03T
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 40

This course is a compact introduction to the fundamentals of architectural photography with digital cameras. The program explores camera and lens choices, image composition, perspective and colour control, electronic image manipulation, how and when to use the services of a professional architectural photographer, and how to put architectural photographs to work. Participants will become familiar with pros, cons and technicalities of today’s digital imaging hardware. They will also acquire immediately useable photography skills that will support their professional endeavours in a host of practical ways.

Presented by:

Gerry Kopelow, Gerry Kopelow/Photographics Inc.
Gerry Kopelow is an internationally published author, lecturer, photographer, and training professional. Gerry’s writing and photography have appeared in many periodicals and magazines. His textbooks on photography are distributed worldwide and are respected as definitive works in the field. He has delivered workshops for a wide variety of professional groups and academic institutions across North America.

05T
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 40

The risk associated with architectural practice is increasing. Escalating client demands, unrealistic budgets and schedules. Increasing red tape. Growing technical complexity of buildings. And, on top of it all, owners are intent on transferring their risks to architects.

Presented by:

Brian Watkinson, Architect, Strategies 4 Impact! Inc.
Architect Brian Watkinson, former Executive Director of the OAA, now Principal of Strategies 4 Impact! Inc. is a widely recognized strategist, writer and speaker who is regularly invited to present at industry events.
 

06T
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: Garrison
Maximum Participants: 40

In the specialized area of masonry restoration/conservation, time marches on and best practices in treating older buildings evolve and improve. This presentation explores “current best practices” in masonry restoration, through a case study of the historic Bank of Montreal headquarters in Old Montreal, dating from 1847. Through a comparative analysis of projects undertaken in 1972, 1987 and 2007, we place in perspective various approaches, techniques, methods and results of earlier conservation, the nature of the works and their performance. Great advances are being made, and established wisdoms give way as lessons are learned and innovative prove themselves.

Presented by:

Fernando Pellicer, OAQ DFS Inc., Architecture & Design
Fernando Pellicer, Principal, DFS Inc., architecture and design, with 33 years of professional practice of which the last 22 years have been in the area of building envelope science and heritage conservation, is a recognized expert and lecturer in this specialty.
 

04T
8:30 am – 10:00 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)
Delta Hotel
Room: Victoria
Maximum Participants: 48

The CMHC Housing Awards, held every two years, was created in 1988 as a national forum to share best practices dedicated to improving the quality, choice and affordability of housing in Canada. The Housing Awards under the theme -- Best Practices in Affordable Housing -- recognizes individuals and organizations for their outstanding accomplishments in creating affordable housing and assists them to share these best practices across the country. This session will highlight two housing award winning projects that have created affordable housing. The winners will present their initiatives followed by a discussion with the participants. The session will be chaired by CMHC.

Projects to be highlighted:

Art Zoccole Aboriginal Patients’ Lodge
Lu’ma Native Housing Society
Vancouver, British Columbia

This is a 22-unit urban Aboriginal non-profit apartment building providing affordable, culturally sensitive housing with support services such as daycare, lodge coordinator and transportation. Seven of the units are a dedicated Aboriginal Patients’ Lodge assisting women, children and their families travelling to Vancouver from rural and remote Aboriginal communities for health care services. This unique project is the direct result of an identified need and an interest to respond to that need by Lu’ma Native Housing Society, the First Nations Chiefs’ Health Community, the British Columbia Women’s Hospital and Health Canada.

Eva’s Phoenix
Levitt Goodman Architects
Toronto, Ontario

Eva’s Phoenix is an innovative new type of transitional housing for youth. The project entailed the renovation of a fire truck repair shop built in the 1930’s by the municipality of Toronto. The conversion provides housing for 50 youth at one time, with a stay at the facility of up to one year. Ten “houses” with five bedrooms each are organized along a central “main street.” Complementary community facilities include a shared recreation room, laundry, small food market and workshops where young people are taught job skills such as data management, wood working and printing.

07T
8:30 am – 10:00 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: St. John
Maximum Participants: 70

The design of a new hospital or health care facility has impacts that reach far beyond the opening day. Codes and Standards around the world continue to designing in features to facilitate the reduction in spread of infections to construction techniques to protect the vulnerable building occupants, architects make decisions whose impacts will be felt for decades. This session will explore the changing and unique needs of health care facility design and construction.

Presented by:

Gordon D. Burrill, P.Eng., SASHE, Teegor Consulting Inc.
Gordon has 20+ years experience in planning, design, construction, operations and maintenance in health care facilities. In 2004, Gordon founded Teegor Consulting Inc., a consulting firm specializing in health care facility codes, standards, construction and operations.

08T
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 150

A discussion on the unity of our discipline by challenging a set of false dichotomies within the architectural discourse today. Topics covered in the course of the presentation will include the Academy and Practice, Simplicity and Complexity, Highbrow and Lowbrow, Local and Universal, and Tradition and Modernity.

Presented by:

Talbot Sweetapple, NSAA, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited
TALBOT SWEETAPPLE
B.A., B.E.D.S., M. Arch, MRAIC, NSAA, NHAA

Talbot was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland in 1971. In 1989, he attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Philosophy. In 1992, he attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). In 1993, he enrolled at the Faculty of Architecture at the Technical University of Nova Scotia (TUNS) where he received a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies in 1995 and graduated with a Masters in Architecture as a Sexton Scholar in 1997. He was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects Medal and Certificate for Highest Academic Standing in his graduating class, and was awarded a traveling fellowship to study architecture in Italy.

As part of the Co-op Program, Talbot worked at Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture and Urban Design and abroad at the office of Shin Takamatsu in Berlin, Germany. In 1997, he joined the firm of KPMB in Toronto where he gained experience in the design of institutional buildings.

In 1999, Talbot returned to Halifax to accept a position with Brian MacKay-Lyons Architecture Urban Design as design project architect for the Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science Building. While at there, Talbot contributed to projects that have won numerous awards and have appeared in many international publications.

In 2005, Talbot partnered with Brian MacKay-Lyons to form MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects Limited. With Talbot’s interests in large scale public architecture and constant search for design excellence, the partnership was a natural fit. The firm now enjoys many exciting international public commissions.

Talbot’s ability to integrate client and user needs with award winning architectural design has been highly successful. As project architect, Talbot worked on the award winning Dalhousie University Faculty of Computer Science Building and the Academic Resource Centre (ARC+) at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He has gained international experience through his involvement as partner in charge for the Canadian High Commission and Official Residence in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is also the Partner in Charge for the University of Prince Edward Island’s School of Business, and the recently completed Brock University Plaza2006.

Since 1996, Talbot has taught design and technology studios at Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Architecture. He has also taught at Syracuse University, the University of Arkansas and, in 2004, along with Brian MacKay-Lyons, was appointed to the Ruth and Norman Moore Chair at Washington University at St. Louis. Currently, he is the visiting professor at the Peter Behrens School of Architecture in Düsseldorf, Germany.
 

09T
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: St. John
Maximum Participants: 70

Owners and the design sector are demanding more and more from sustainable design. Unfortunately, many times the Owner’s expectations are far different Green design may be a new wave for future buildings, from the Architect’s. Green design may be a new wave for future buildings, but problems arise when clear expectations are not expressed from the outset. Architects must take a lead role in shaping the Owner’s green visions into a reality that matches their expectations.

Presented by:

Bob Van Arsdall, XL Design Professional
Bob Van Arsdall is the senior business management consultant with XL Design Professional. He worked in engineering for 14 years before joining XL. He speaks frequently to national and international audiences on the business on design. He has as MBA from NC State University.

11T
2 h 00 – 5 h 00
AANB 3.0 hours (formation dirigée)
Crowne Plaza
Salle: Garrison
Nombre maximum de participants: 40

Dans le secteur spécialisé de la maçonnerie restauration/conservation, le temps passe et les meilleures pratiques sur la manière de traiter les bâtiments plus anciens évoluent et s'améliorent. Cette présentation explore "les meilleures pratiques en vigueur" dans la restauration de maçonnerie, par une étude de cas de l’édifice historique du siège social de la Banque de Montréal, datant de 1847 situé dans le Vieux-Montréal. En faisant une analyse comparative des projets entrepris en 1972, 1987 et 2007, nous mettons en perspective diverses approches, techniques, méthodes et résultats de conservation effectués précédemment, la nature des travaux et leur performance. Nous faisons des progrès, et des méthodes reconnues qui étaient utilisées par le passé cèdent parfois la place à des méthodes innovatrices.

Presenté par :

Fernando Pellicer, OAQ DFS Inc., architecture & design
Fernando Pellicer, Associé principal, DFS Inc., architecture & design, possède 33 ans d'expérience professionnelle dont les 22 dernières années dans le secteur des sciences de l'enveloppe du bâtiment et de la conservation du patrimoine, est un expert et un conférencier reconnu dans cette spécialité.

12T
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: St. John
Maximum Participants: 70

Architects have a pivotal role to play in ensuring that communities are designed to ameliorate the effects of disasters and equipped with the tools for effective assessment of disasters. So what is the architect’s role in the three stages of disaster assistance (relief, recovery, rebuilding)? What are the procedures for field damage assessment of structures, and how can architects work with local and state government officials in structuring and delivering disaster assessment service? Presentations will draw from a range of experiences, including rebuilding after the 2004 Florida huricanes, managing the AIA Kansas disaster assistance program, and the ongoing activity in the Gulf Coast after the impact of Hurricane Katrina.

Learning objectives:
• Discuss the importance of disaster preparedness in promoting sustainability, livable communities, and how architects can help in the recovery after disasters through damage assessment, rebuilding, and community design and planning
• Apply skills to the efforts of Government agencies and relief organizations that provide disaster-recovery assistance
• Assess specific damage to structures in several disaster types (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis)

Presented by:

Terrance Brown, FAIA, Senior Architect, ASCG Incorporated
Terrance Brown, FAIA is a Special Advisor and former chair of the Chair of the AIA Disaster Assistance Committee. He is a Richard Upjohn Fellow and 2001 AIA National Vice-President. Brown is also the AIA liaison to the Federation of Pan-American Architect Associations and is the 2004 AIA Whitney Young Award recipient.

Terry is nationally recognized as an international expert on successful recovery from disasters. His involvement in the AIA’s response to disasters began in Guatemala in 1973. As relief organizations rallied to provide material for reconstruction, they also wrestled with ways to teach natives in a country with multiple languages how to rebuild their homes using safer and stronger methods. Brown was among volunteers who came up with a wordless illustrated “comic book” showing uneducated farmers how to create seismic-resistant houses with simple, inexpensive materials. Since then, he has helped numerous cities, regions, and states in the U.S. and internationally, start their recovery from a major disaster.

In his capacity of Chair of the AIA Disaster Assistance Committee Terry continues to conduct numerous training sessions for architects and components in disaster preparation and response.

10T
2 h 00 – 5 h 00
AANB 1,5 heure (formation dirigée)

Delta Hotel
Salle: Victoria
Nombre maximum de participants: 48

EQuilibrium est une initiative de logement nationale pilotée par la Société canadienne d'hypothèques et de logement (SCHL). Elle réunit les secteurs public et privé dans le but de créer des maisons et, par la suite, des collectivités devant répondre à la demande croissante relative aux habitations inoffensives pour l'environnement. Thomas Green, de la SCHL, ainsi que deux membres des équipes EQuilibrium dirigées par des constructeurs feront part de leur expérience dans la réalisation de maisons ultra-éconergétiques et à faible incidence sur l'environnement qui procurent à leurs occupants un cadre de vie sain et qui produisent autant d'énergie qu'elles en consomment annuellement.

Presented by: SCHL

13T
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 150

The RAIC promotes green design knowledge as an identifier of its members. Consistent with this direction was adoption of the 2030 Challenge, which entails a commitment to design with increasing energy efficiency such that by the year 2030 all new buildings are carbon neutral in their operations. The challenge to conventional practice is significant.

What are the opportunities that arise from changes to design practice implemented to achieve these targets? Research at Natural Resources Canada CETC Sustainable Buildings and Communities has identified one approach to carbon neutral buildings. Architect Stephen Pope will present the path in discussion with the audience.

Presented by:

Stephen Pope, OAA, MRAIC NRC, CETC Sustainable Buildings and Communities Group
Stephen Pope is a research architect with NRCan. He is the former manager of the C-2000 Program for Advanced Commercial Buildings, and past OAA Councillor for Sustainable Design.

14T
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 40

The profession of architecture has become a commodity in the minds of many, weakening the profession as a whole. If architecture is to have a significant impact on society and the environment, individual practices must be stronger. The business engine of professional practice is widely misunderstood and its misuse or neglect by practice leaders is a limiting factor in building stronger practices. This session will analyze the component parts of the business engine, review industry benchmark data and explore “tune up” options.

Presented by:

Rick Linley, Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Incorporated
Rick graduated with a Masters of Architecture in 1984 from the University of Manitoba. He is a member of 6 provincial associations, a past president of the MAA, a fellow of the RAIC, and holds the designations of Project Management Professional and is a LEED Accredited Professional. Rick is a principal and COO of Smith Carter Architects and Engineers Inc. He is a Sessional Professor of “Professional Practice” at the University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture and has published several articles on practice related issues.

15T
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 40

A study of the importance of effective daylighting in non-residential applications and an examination of the use of translucent glazings to achieve ideal, diffuse daylighting. Program will cover values of daylighting together with problems associated with direct beam sunlight (glare). Two new tools are presented to achieve high quality daylighted spaces simply and affordably, without sacrificing aesthetic standards. Highly accurate simulations are used to compare different approaches such as tints, frit, light shelves and translucent glazings. A new category of glass translucents is introduced that integrate seamlessly with other elements of the building façade.

Presented by:

Dr. Doug Milburn, Advanced Glazings Ltd.
Following post-doctural studies at University of Waterloo, Dr. Milburn founded Advanced Glazings Ltd., innovator in high-performance glazings for architectural daylighting. Dr. Milburn sits on the advisory committee for Lawrence Berkley’s daylighting labs.

16T
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom C
Maximum Participants: 40

St. Gabriel’s Church has been designed to emphasize that when we gather to worship, we do so within the greater context of creation. It embodies the eco¬theology of Thomas Berry and the belief we must work that towards establishing a mutually-enhancing, human-earth relationship. This presentation will demonstrate how an award winning, sustainable building project that has achieved LEED® Gold Certification, can serve as a catalyst for the transformation of not only the local community, but far beyond its anticipated sphere of influence.

Presented by:

Roberto Chiotti, MTS, OAA, MRAIC, LEED – Larkin Architect Limited
In addition to obtaining his professional architectural degree in 1978, Roberto Chiotti completed his Master of Theological Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College, University of Toronto, in 1998 with a specialty in Theology and Ecology obtained through the Elliott Allen Institute for Theology and Ecology at St. Michael’s. In 2003, he became a LEED Accredited Professional. He has been a principal of Larkin Architect Limited since 1994. Their recently completed St. Gabriel’s Passionist Church as achieved LEED Gold Certification, has been widely published, and is also the recipient of the 2007 City of Toronto Green Design Award and a 2007 international design award from the AIA’s Interfaith Forum on religious Art and Architecture.

17T
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom D
Maximum Participants: 40

Evidenced based design, research, the integrated design process; sustainability, the emerging best practices hospital, healing environments, and workplace design are all part of the current wave impacting architects. Learn first hand about tools and processes that can help architects anticipate where the future is going, and how they can set a course to achieve sustainable/healthy design. This presentation explores the application of these concepts to two very different building types – a new corporate campus of 317,000 square meters for West Jet in Calgary and a new 40 acre green field hospital in Northern Alberta.

Presented by:

Bruce Raber, MRAIC, Stantec HEALTH
Bruce Raber is Practice Leader for Stantec HEALTH. As a “designer-healer”, he is a strong advocate in the role that architecture plays in delivering healthy design in today’s social and economic conditions.

Enzo Vicenzino, MRAIC, AIA, Stantec
Enzo Vicenzio is a Principal and the Practice Leader for the Stantec Calgary office. He has practiced architecture in the US and Canada completing projects in commercial, institutional and retail sectors.

18F
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: St. John
Maximum Participants: 40

This is the inaugural of a new program specifically aimed at architects focused on the subject of insurance and insurance policies. Most of us know we have a range of types of insurance that we purchase including Professional Liability Insurance. However, few of us have ever had the opportunity to learn much about insurance, even though it is an essential aspect of our business.

The program will first include a primer on insurance and the key issues and terms that an Architect in practice needs to understand to help be conversant about insurance in general, followed by a more detailed discussion on professional liability insurance.

Presented by:

Stephen J. White, FCII, John A. Little, B.A., LLB and John Hackett, B.Arch., OAA, FRAIC

Stephen J. White FCII, Principal, Somerset Insurance Consulting

Stephen has spent over 30 years in the insurance industry in Great Britain and Canada. He has worked in the underwriting field, but the majority of his experience is in the insurance brokerage industry handling including large property and liability risks for major corporations.

He is now the principal of his own consulting firm that specializes in major claim and litigation management, coverage expertise and other specialized insurance services.

Stephen has taught insurance related subjects over the past 20 years for a number of professional organizations including the Insurance Institute of Ontario. He has worked with Pro-Demnity Insurance Company assisting them with in-house Continuing Education events and in the development and presentation of “Insurance 101” …a program specifically designed for Architects.

He is entertaining and highly informative in his approach, and the breadth of his experience and familiarity with insurance in general and professional liability insurance in particular ensure an informative and valuable session.

John A. Little B.A., LLB., Partner, Keel Cottrelle LLP

John was called to the Ontario Bar in 1976 and is presently a partner at Keel Cottrelle LLP in Toronto.

He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on the defence of architects facing professional liability claims. He regularly acts on behalf of Ontario architects through the Pro-Demnity Insurance Company and is particularly familiar with and sensitive to the realities of architectural practice and the exposure of architects to liability and insurance issues. He provides “risk management” assistance to Pro-Demnity respecting contracts and liability concerns faced by architects and he is also retained directly by architects.

John has spoken on legal matters affecting architects for the Ontario Bar Association, the Ontario Association of Architects and Pro-Demnity Insurance Company who provide a mandatory insurance program to Ontario architects.

He is a member of the Advocates Society, The Toronto Lawyer’s Association and the Canadian bar Association where he is a member of the Construction Law Section.

He has partnered with Stephen White in the presentation of “Insurance 101” where he adds his special familiarity with architectural practice to the discussion.

John C.A. Hackett B.Arch., OAA, FRAIC
Vice President, Practice Risk Management, Pro-Demnity Insurance Company

John Hackett joined Pro-Demnity Insurance Company in March 2004 as its first Risk Manager, responsible for developing a pro-active loss mitigation program as well as advice and assistance to architects respecting liability and insurance concerns.

In his previous 35 year career in private practice with Carruthers Shaw and partners and its predecessor firms, he served as project manager or principal-in-charge of many institutional projects, including municipal buildings, police and court facilities, libraries, recreational buildings and educational facilities in Ontario, several other Canadian provinces and Bermuda.

He is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and at various times has held memberships in the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta associations of architects. In 2002 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and currently serves as a member of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes.

19F
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: Restigouche
Maximum Participants: 30

The OAA publication Mastering the Business of Architecture contains lots of the basics about running a practice and managing projects. But there are some important pieces missing, many of which have surfaced since it was published. Your presenter was part of the Editorial Board for the manual and will review practical application of some of the key concepts and, more importantly, introduce you to some of those missing pieces.

Participants in this session will: -review the key business concepts in the manual including the use of the Work Breakdown Structure as a project management tool – its original purpose – and as part of a pricing strategy -NEW – learn strategies for managing scope creep without “nickel and dime-ing” -NEW – explore strategies for shifting from commodity-based to more profitable value-based fees -NEW – consider the impact of Integrated Project Delivery on the architect’s traditional leadership role.

Presented by:

Brian Watkinson, Architect, Strategies 4 Impact! Inc.
Architect Brian Watkinson, former Executive Director of the OAA, now Principal of Strategies 4 Impact! Inc. is a widely recognized strategist, writer and speaker who is regularly invited to present at industry events.

20F
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: Miramichi
Maximum Participants: 30

The workshop provides an introduction to the integrated design process, both in theory and in practice. The workshop explores the differences between IDP and conventional design, and how IDP can result in more cost effective, efficient, integrated and elegant projects. We will look at how the traditional project management process needs to shift and adapt to enable IDP, and also how the roles and responsibilities of project team members are delineated in IDP.

The workshop will draw on the experiences of participants to explore the range of ways that IDP is used in practice, and the successes and challenges associated with different applications. It will also provide participants with the opportunity to learn and practice some basic skills fundamental to effective participation in IDP.

Presented by: Canada Green Building Council

21F
9:00 am – 10:30 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 80

As the role of spectacle in design has taken precedence over design’s pragmatic (or conceptual) operation, architecture has become more a question of the architects’ style of “brand” than a framework for human experience. The work of our studio challenges this trend by beginning with the architectural projects’ generative conditions, its program or brief, site and construction technologies to generate architectural content. We are interested in exploring how architecture can challenge how we live in and experience the world. This session will address critical programming, the urban experience, the mutual intensity of landscape and architecture, as well as the constructional technologies to achieve design strategies.

Presented by:

Julie Snow, FAIA, Julie Snow Architects
Julie Snow leads a studio-based practice in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The work of the studio is characterized by refined detail, lightness, and spatial clarity. With a diverse and unique body of work, the practice explores the potential of conventional, as well as exceptional programs.

22F
9:00 10:30 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Aberdeen
Maximum Participants: 18

Drywall has been used in both interior and exterior applications for decades. It is a low cost material that offers fire resistance and ease of installation and finishing. Despite its benefits, it has two innate weaknesses: its facers will delaminate from the gypsum core when exposed to sufficient levels of moisture and it will support mould growth under the right conditions. The development of paperless wallboard technology offers architects a viable choice when contact with moisture during the construction process and after project completion is possible. This session will focus on how proper application of this technology can greatly limit an architectural firm’s liability, compress construction schedules, reduce costly remediation, and help build a more sustainable building.

Presented by:
Chris Davidson, Georgia Pacific Canada
Chris Davidson has 16 years of construction experience and been the architectural manager with Georgia Pacific for more than 8 years. He is a member of Construction Specifications Canada and has been a Certified Technical Representative for 5 years.

23F
9:00 am – 10:30 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 40

Change happens!
We will look at the three key vectors of change over the next decade discussing their importance in changing service delivery models.

Change Happens!
We will look at techniques for designing for change including circulation strategies, modularity and standardization, and discuss material durability, principle-based design and the relationship between economic and environmental performance.

This session looks at current trends in managing change in healthcare and post-secondary design and some of the key vectors of change over the next 10 to 20 years. Addressing this scenario from the architect's perspective, the session discusses ways in which architects can provide leadership putting in place strategies to allow for design flexibility that can effectively respond to change.

Presented by:
Craig Applegath, FRAIC, Cohos Evamy Integrated Design, Architecture
Much of Craig’s 20 years experience has been focused on complex institutional and healthcare projects. As a leader in the evolution of healthcare design, Craig has lectured internationally on issues of sustainability and health care design.

24F
9:00 am – 10:30 am
1.5 hours (Self-Directed)

Delta Hotel
Room: Victoria
Maximum Participants: 48

In this presentation, the presenter will explore a theoretical position on what she terms “The Compressed Feminine in Architecture.” This work is rooted in art-historical rationale and examines architecture of prehistoric Aegean cultures with an eye to uncovering gender associations found in sacred constructions via columns, arches and domes. An exhibition of sculpture and artwork accompany this presentation.

Presented by:

Peggy Woolsey, Art Teacher and Student of the History of Architecture
Ms. Woolsey is a teacher of art and student of the history of architecture. This presentation of her personal and scholarly research is the culminating project for her Masters in Education at the University of New Brunswick.

25S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 90

This course is a natural follow-up for the Architectural Photography the Digital Way workshop. Participants will learn how to significantly increase the quality of interior and exterior architectural photos by imaginative electronic manipulation rather than by applying an unwieldy arsenal of auxiliary photographic lighting. Participants will receive instruction in how to apply Photoshop controls to extend tonal range, enhance colour and correct perspective distortion. Participants will learn how to remove unattractive elements (utility poles, etc) and how to add attractive elements (blue sky, clouds, etc) to their photos Participants will learn how to properly prepare digital images for desktop printing, for display prints, for Web applications, and for submission to professional journals and magazines.

Presented by:

Gerry Kopelow, Gerry Kopelow/Photographics Inc.
Gerry Kopelow is an internationally published author, lecturer, photographer, and training professional. Gerry’s writing and photography have appeared in many periodicals and magazines. His textbooks on photography are distributed worldwide and are respected as definitive works in the field. He has delivered workshops for a wide variety of professional groups and academic institutions across North America.

26S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom B
Maximum Participants: 40

P3’s first surfaced in a big way in Canada around the turn of the Century and are now seeing increasing use as a project delivery model by at least 4provinces, many municipalities and our Federal Government. Participants in this interactive session will: understand the attraction to P3’s for public clients learn the various forms of P3’s in use in Canada discuss the opportunities P3’s may present for architects learn the new risks P3’s create for architects and why P3’s are NOT just a “big firm” issue understand the importance of developing a P3 strategy for your practice to seize opportunity and manage risk.

Presented by:

Brian Watkinson, Architect, Strategies 4 Impact! Inc.
Architect Brian Watkinson, former Executive Director of the OAA, now Principal of Strategies 4 Impact! Inc. is a widely recognized strategist, writer and speaker who is regularly invited to present at industry events.

27S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: Petitcodiac / St. Croix
Maximum Participants: 140

Sustainable Design is becoming accepted as a key component in the Sustainable Design is becoming accepted as a key component in the fight to slow Climate Change. It is an important initiative that will profoundly impact the way buildings are designed and used. Architects are helping promote the process and evaluation or adherence to “Green” rating systems such as “LEED”, “Green Globes” and “Go Green” is increasingly a project requirement.

Being in the vanguard of those effecting change and enthusiasm for the objectives may blind the architect to some of the challenges to be faced in pursuit of recognition of their efforts afforded by the rating systems.

Notwithstanding the importance of the objectives and as worthy as these programs may be, architects must be aware of the potential pitfalls and effectively manage the inherent risks so they remain leaders, not victims of these initiatives.

This program will involve advice about the kinds of issues that architects and their consultants need to be aware of respecting Sustainable Design and the rating systems. It will include a forum where participants can discuss examples of reported “real life” circumstances that illustrate how the laws of unintended consequences and unforeseen circumstances can impact architects pursuing sustainable design and accreditation of their achievement under the rating systems.

The goal is to help architects arm themselves to face the challenges of a greener tomorrow for their practices.

Presented by:

Ujjval K. Vyas, Ph.D., J.D., LEED AP, John A. Little, B.A., LLB
and John Hackett, B.Arch., OAA, FRAIC

Ujjval K. Vyas Ph.D., J.D., LEED AP, Principal, Alberti Group LLC
Ujjval Vyas is a practicing attorney and principal of Alberti Group LLC, Chicago, a consulting firm that focuses on emerging practices in the construction industry with particular emphasis on sustainable building and performance contracting.

He has taught at schools of architecture at the undergraduate and graduate level in the United States and Canada, as well as serving as a director of the Institute of Architecture and the Humanities, Chicago.

He has served as a National and Chicago Chapter member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), as a Director of the Green Building Initiative, is an affiliate member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and is a member of the Canadian Club of Chicago.

He has organized or participated in a number of conferences and forums focused on the risk management issues associated with “Green Building” as it has emerged in North America, including as moderator for a recent two day event “Managing Risk in Sustainable Building…Policy, Performance and Pitfalls” that was co-sponsored by Alberti Group and The Real Estate Center of DePaul University.

Ujjval has assisted Pro-Demnity Insurance Company in the development and presentation of “Going Green…A Cautionary Tale” to two “sold out” audiences in Toronto and Ottawa in 2007 as well as at the OAA Conference in May 2007.

John A. Little B.A., LLB., Partner, Keel Cottrelle LLP
John was called to the Ontario Bar in 1976 and is presently a partner at Keel Cottrelle LLP in Toronto.

He practices civil litigation with an emphasis on the defence of architects facing professional liability claims. He regularly acts on behalf of Ontario architects through the Pro-Demnity Insurance Company and is particularly familiar with and sensitive to the realities of architectural practice and the exposure of architects to liability and insurance issues. He provides “risk management” assistance to Pro-Demnity respecting contracts and liability concerns faced by architects and he is also retained directly by architects.

John has spoken on legal matters affecting architects for the Ontario Bar Association, the Ontario Association of Architects and Pro-Demnity Insurance Company who provide a mandatory insurance program to Ontario architects.

He is a member of the Advocates Society, The Toronto Lawyer’s Association and the Canadian Bar Association where he is a member of the Construction Law Section.

For “Going Green…A Cautionary Tale”, John will introduce a number of “Case Studies” involving claims against architects that have arisen respecting “Green Building” and facilitate discussion among attendees respecting the issues.


John C.A. Hackett B.Arch., OAA, FRAIC
Vice President, Practice Risk Management, Pro-Demnity Insurance Company

John Hackett joined Pro-Demnity Insurance Company in March 2004 as its first Risk Manager, responsible for developing a pro-active loss mitigation program as well as advice and assistance to architects respecting liability and insurance concerns.

In his previous 35 year career in private practice with Carruthers Shaw and partners and its predecessor firms, he served as project manager or principal-in-charge of many institutional projects, including municipal buildings, police and court facilities, libraries, recreational buildings and educational facilities in Ontario, several other Canadian provinces and Bermuda.

He is a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and at various times has held memberships in the Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta associations of architects. In 2002 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and currently serves as a member of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes.

He served on the organizing committee of the Toronto Area Chapter of the Green Building Council.
 

28S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 80

It must be remembered that the process of architectural production must extend beyond the completion of a project. This workshop will be divided into two parts.

The first part will review what architectural magazines look for in publishing projects, as well as what are the other curatorial initiatives that a firm can pursue. Community service, advocacy, self-published material, curatorial efforts are some of the many issues that will be discussed.

The second half of the session will include an interactive workshop that offering a tailored discussion, critique and advice on the various promotional materials and initiatives introduced by the various participants. The goal of the seminar is to improve the clarity in which you present your work to the public, general public and clients.

Presented by:

Ian Chodikoff, M.Arch., MAUD, OAA, MRAIC, Editor, Canadian Architect
Ian Chodikoff is an architect and the editor of Canadian Architect magazine. He holds graduate degrees in architecture and urban design from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University respectively. Over the past two years, he has helped facilitate a series of charrettes and initiatives with the city of Toronto and the Design Exchange with the goal of improving the built environment in several priority neighborhoods across Toronto. In 2008 he will be presenting a project exploring the effects of multiculturalism on Toronto’s suburban communities entitled Fringe Benefits: Cosmopolitan Dynamics of a Multicultural City. Ian has lectured in various schools and cities across North America, served on numerous juries and has written in a variety of magazines and journals on issues ranging from planning to sustainability.

29S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
3.0 hours (Self-Directed)

Delta Hotel
Room: Aberdeen
Maximum Participants: 30

1st half - Aligned with the joint exhibition/publication “Building New Brunswick/Bâtir le Nouveau-Brunswick”, the presentation will summarize the 500+ year architectural history of the province from First Nations structures through to contemporary buildings. The focus will be on relationships of buildings to the broader spheres of global cultural connections and provincial identity.

2nd half- The work of British immigrant architects John Cunningham and Matthew Stead in the 19th century New Brunswick is virtually unknown outside the province. Yet each produced cutting edge designs for buildings that were comparable to the efforts of better known contemporaries in both central Canada and the east cost of the United States.

Presented by:

John Leroux, Architect & Art Historian
John Leroux is an architect and art historian who has pursued various disciplines of design and cultural studies over the past 15 years. He is curator of the architectural exhibition “Building in New Brunswick/ Bâtir le Nouveau-Brunswick” which will be featured at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 2008.

Gary Hughes, Curator of History and Technology at the NB Museum
Gary Hughes is Curator of History and Technology at the New Brunswick Museum where his responsibilities include architectural plans and maps, military, industrial, scientific and labour history and material culture.
 

30S
8:30 am - 12:00 pm
AANB 3.0 hours (Core)

Crowne Plaza
Room: Garrison
Maximum Participants: 40

The research conducted by SIGDERS at the NRC resulted, in 2004, in the CSA 123.21-04 Standard Test Method for the Dynamic Wind Uplift Resistance of Mechanically Attached Membrane Roofing Systems. The next revision of the National Building Code of Canada should incorporate this new standard. The testing equipment developed by SIGDERS was recently transferred to an engineering firm specializing in product testing, and it is presently in operation. The presentation content will provide the background on SIGDERS research projects, how to incorporate this provision in a specification, discussion between static and dynamic wind test and the testing protocol.

Presented by:

Yves Bradet, Soprema Inc. / Dominic Mercier
Yves Bradet T.P. is the technical department manager for Soprema. He has more than 24 years of experience in the roofing and building industries. He is a member of Construction Specifications Canada (CSC), RCI - The Institute of Roofing, Waterproofing, and Building Envelope Professionals, International Code Council and the Special Interest Group for Dynamic Evaluation of Roofing Systems (SIDGERS). He is also a member of the National Building Code Task Group on Roofing, Dampproofing and Waterproofing Standards. He has lectured on building envelope technology at Dalhousie Technical University (Halifax), Conseil de l’enveloppe du bâtiment du Québec(CEBQ), RCI and the National Research Council (NRC).

Dr. Baskaran, NRC
Dr. Baskaran is a Group Leader and Senior Research Officer at the National Research Council of Canada, Institute for Research in Construction (NRC/IRC). He has been immersed for 20 years in researching the wind effects of building envelopes through wind tunnel experiments and computer modeling. He also acts as adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. He is a member of ASCE, SPRI RICOWI, ICBEST and CIB technical committees. His work in the area of wind engineering and building envelopes has received national and international recognition. He has an outstanding research record with more than 150 publications in refereed journals and conference proceedings. He has received several honors and awards. Being a professional engineer, Dr. Baskaran received his master’s degree in engineering and Ph.D from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Both research topics focused on the wind effects on buildings and earned best dissertation award from the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers.

34S
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
3.0 hours (Self-Directed)

Delta Hotel
Room: Carleton
Maximum Participants: 18

Contract Administration represents over 25% of any design service fee, but is rarely discussed. StatsLog was developed nearly 25 years ago, and has a user base that includes some of Canada’s largest architectural firms. Whether your data is entered by a receptionist, a partner, or site representative, StatsLog will reduce the amount of time to produce your signature-ready documents and updates the list automatically. Attendees are invited to bring along their Laptops and participate in a hands-on session. At the end of this session each attendee will have: downloaded the StatsLog programs, created at least one custom contract administration form, access a sample project, entered data and printed one of each form and report available in StatsLog. At the completion of the session each participant will be entitled to use (at no charge) a fully licensed unrestricted version of the StatsLog program until January 30th, 2009.

Participants are asked to bring samples of their contact administration forms, their logo (if applicable) and their letterhead.

Presented by:
Michael Copas
In 1984, Michael co-developed StatsLog, a software product for contract administration. Since then he’s been a consultant, guest lecturer and trainer at trade shows, universities, and private training institutes.

Jason Peter Brown
Jason has been a lead programmer for StatsLog since 1998 where he has been actively involved in the promotion of good contract administration practices through development, training and technical support.

31S
8:30 am - 10:00 am
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Grand Ballroom A
Maximum Participants: 40

LEED Canada NC 1.0 with the 2007 addendum provides opportunities to use cement and concrete in LEED certified buildings. The primary opportunities include thermal mass, durability, storm water management and energy efficiency. This presentation will review these opportunities with practical examples that are available to architects today, as well as new materials, such as “smog eating concrete” and “ductal concrete” that present opportunities for innovation.

Presented by:

John Archer, Cement Association of Canada
John Archer joined the Cement Association of Canada in 2007 following careers at the NRC, CHBA, and CMHC. John taught at the Schools of Architecture at McGill and Carleton.

33S
8:30 am  -10:00 am
AANB: 1.5 hours (Core)
Delta Hotel
Room: Victoria
Maximum Participants : 48

In 2007, the new airport terminal in Kuujjuaq received an award of excellence from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction in the Green Building category. The jury commented that the building was a direct response to the northern site and the Inuit context and demonstrated exceptional interdisciplinary harmony. The airport terminal was designed to unite functionality and optimum use of space, fit in with the site and reflect Inuit culture, be on the cutting edge of northern construction techniques, and obtain gold certification. The quest for LEED certification combined with Inuit culture served as a catalyst for improving northern design principles and, by pushing those principles further, led to innovations.

Presented by:

Alain Fournier, Architecte, Fournier Gersovitz Moss et associés, architectes

Mr. Fournier has worked with the Inuit of Nunavik and Nunavut since 1983. He has designed more than a hundred buildings of various types in Canada’s Far North. He has extensive knowledge of Inuit culture and the Inuit environment and is extremely well versed in northern construction techniques.

32S
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Carleton
Maximum Participants: 40

To document the progress of the Hartland Community School and to experiment with virtual reality technologies, images were captured, virtual reality panoramas were generated between July 2006 and March 2007, and delivered to the client within an intuitive interface; resulting in 14 sets of 35 panoramas. Direct benefits of these technologies include: recording the status of the work and saving time for project participants; indirect benefits include: avoiding legal disputes, comprehensively and graphically representing the construction operations for training purposes, and strengthening collaboration among project participants.

Presented by:

Dr. Lloyd Waugh, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, UNB
Dr. Waugh is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. His work on the use of panorama photography is an extension of his research on the use of information technology for the construction industry.

Bob Daigle, P.Eng., Director, Construction Services, Province of New Brunswick
Bob Daigle is the Director of Construction Services at the New Brunswick Department of Supply and Services. NB DSS managed the services of both the designers and contractors for the Hartland Community School project. As well, NB DSS was the primary client for the panoramas.

Brent Anderson, Project Manager, Building Division, Springhill Construction
Edward Goguen, AANB, Architect, Design Architect

35S
10 h 30 - 12 h 00
AANB: 1,5 heure (formation dirigée)

Delta Hotel
Salle: Victoria
Nombre maximum de participants: 70

En 2007, la nouvelle aérogare de Kuujjuaq s’est mérité le Prix d’excellence de l’institut canadien de la construction en acier, catégorie bâtiments verts. Le commentaire du jury : « Pour une réponse directe au site nordique et au contexte inuit, illustrant une harmonie interdisciplinaire exceptionnelle… » L’aérogare a été conçue pour allier fonctionnalité et utilisation optimale de l’espace, s’intégrer au site et refléter la culture inuit, être à la fine pointe des techniques de construction nordique et être conçue de manière à obtenir la certification OR. La quête de la certification LEED et la culture inuit ont tous deux agi comme catalyseur afin d’améliorer les principes de conception nordique et ainsi, en les poussant plus loin, produire des innovations

Présenté par :

Alain Fournier, Architecte, Fournier Gersovitz Moss et associés, architectes
M. Fournier travaille avec les Inuit Nunavik et du Nunavut depuis 1983. Il a réalisé plus d’une centaine de bâtiments de toutes sortes dans le Grand-Nord canadien. Il possède une vaste connaissance de la culture, inuite, de leur environnement et une grande maîtrise des techniques de constuction nordique.

36S
2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
AANB 1.5 hours (Core)

Delta Hotel
Room: Governors Ballroom
Maximum Participants: 150

The past decade has witnessed enormous maturing of the theory and practice of green building. But the context is changing – and changing fast. This session will draw on the accumulated experience of the past to both frame and explore emerging aspirations and practices. It will explore how and in which ways architectural practice can engage the uncertainties of a new environmental context through regenerative and living systems design. An important aspect of this session will be a cross-generation discussion to elicit the views and priorities of an emerging generation of architects.

A discussion moderated by Dr. Ray Cole:
Featuring Bob Berkebile, Hon. FRAIC and several Intern Architects and Students