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Institute Testifies to CongressBrenner to RetireMeet the BoardHAZUS Posters to be in ESRI Map BookEPA Issues Public Health EmergencyFounding Father DiesExecutive Council MeetsStill time for July 16 COBie WebinarCOBie Sessions Announced for
Annual Meeting
July 16
COBie Webinar
July 18-22
SCUP’s 44th Annual, International Conference and Idea
Marketplace
Portland, OR
July 22-25
ASPE National Estimating Academy, Estimator EXPO &
Convention
St. Louis, MO
July 27-30
Energy Codes 2009
Portland, OR
August 4
NIBS G2B Meeting
Washington, DC
August 5
LCM Advisory Committee Meeting
Washington, DC
August 6
SPie Meeting
Washington, DC
August 9-12
GovEnergy
Providence, RI
August 10-12
3rd Annual HAZUS Conference
Raleigh, NC
September 10
WBDG Board and Advisory Committee Meeting
Washington, DC
September 21
FEMA/BSSC CRSC Meeting
Washington, DC
September 23
Consultative Council Meeting
Washington, DC
September 24
Board of Directors Meeting
Washington, DC
September 24-25
AISC Annual Meeting
Braselton, GA
September 27
CEFPI 86th Annual World Conference & Expo
Washington, DC
October 7
World Standards Day U.S. Celebration
Washington, DC
October 7-9
IFMA's World Workplace 2009 Conference & Expo
Orlando, FL
November 1-4
ICC Annual Conference
Baltimore, MD
December 7-10
Institute Annual Meeting & Ecobuild America
Washington, DC
December 9
Consultative Council Meeting
Washington, DC
December 10
Board of Directors Meeting
Washington, DC
Severe Weather Planning for Schools
Published by the Institute’s National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities
Journal of Building Information Modeling (JBIM)
Journal of Building Enclosure Design (JBED)
Call for Nominations on Seismic Strengthening Projects
The Applied Technology Council, the Structural Engineering Institute of the
American Society of Civil Engineers and Engineering News Record are seeking nominations for awards recognizing the top seismic strengthening projects over the last decade.
Submit a nomination.
ASCE established Industry Leaders
James A. Rispoli, PE, FASCE, Booz Allen Hamilton executive advisor and former Department of Energy assistant secretary of energy, will serve as inaugural chair of the American Society of Civil Engineers Industry Leaders Council (ILC). The ILC will strategically advise ASCE on identifying emerging industry trends and engage executive-level leaders from industry, academia, government and non-governmental organizations to identify strategic actions for both the Society and the civil engineering profession.
Read the release.
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Institute Testifies to Congress about FEMA Temporary Housing
  Gerald H. Jones, PE (right), a member of the Institute’s Multihazard Mitigation Council Board of Direction, speaks with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director Craig Fugate following their testimonies to the House Committee on Homeland Security. During the hearing on “FEMA Housing: An Examination of Current Problems and Innovative Solutions,” Jones discussed the role the Institute played in assessing FEMA temporary housing.
Read the release.
Watch his testimony.
Brenner to Retire at the End of the Month
 
National Institute of Building Sciences Vice President William A. Brenner will retire at the end of July. He joined the Institute’s team when the organization first began staffing up in 1978, starting out as a project manager for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Rehabilitation Guidelines project.
In 1980, Brenner told
an old Navy friend, Dave Harris, about a job opening. (Harris joined the staff
and went on to become the Institute’s president for more than two decades.)
Brenner himself left the Institute in 1982 to go into consulting. He became vice
president and partner of Building Technology Inc., a Washington, D.C. consulting
firm, and then senior vice president of CODEWORKS Corporation, a database company.
Read more.
Meet the Board
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The “Meet the Board” section provides readers with the opportunity to get to know more about the 21 individuals who make up the 2009 National Institute of Building Sciences Board of Directors. In this issue, we focus on C. Morgan Edwards and Bill Hardiman. Both were appointed to the Board by the President of the United States to serve in the public interest category. Edwards is a retired executive from Charlotte, N.C. Hardiman is a state senator for the 29th district in Michigan. Read more about
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Institute Board Nominations Due
Don’t forget. Board nominations are due July 24 by 5:00 ET.
The three-year terms begin in December 2009. People may nominate one or more
candidates, but a separate nomination form must be completed for each. In
preparing the election ballot, the Board Nominations Committee will give equal
consideration to single and multiple nominations. Membership in the Institute is
not a requirement for nomination or election.
Download the nomination form.
Award
Nominations Wanted
It’s not too late to nominate someone special. Each year,
the National Institute of Building Sciences recognizes individuals and
organizations that have made an exceptional contribution to the nation and the
building community. Award nominations are due July 24.
Download the
nomination forms:
Member Award or
Honor Award.
Look what HAZUS Can Do When Designing for
Disaster
National Institute of Building
Sciences Multihazard Loss Estimation Program Director Philip J. Schneider shows
members of the National Building Museum’s exhibit planning team the types of
maps HAZUS can create. The Museum is putting together an exhibit called
Designing for Disaster, which may incorporate HAZUS maps. The project’s
planning stage is expected to take more than two years and involves an advisory
council of almost thirty industry experts, including the Institute. The
resulting exhibit will last for six months at the Building Museum and may be
followed by a regional tour. Pictured, clockwise from left: National Building
Museum Curator Chrysanthe B. Broikos, Museum Concepts Principal Cissy Foote
Anklam, National Building Museum Director of Exhibitions and Collections Cathy
Crane Frankel, Exhibitions Consultant Carolynne Harris and Schneider. Learn more
about the
National Building Museum.
HAZUS Posters to be included in ESRI Map Book
Two HAZUS posters will be used in conjunction with the 2009 ESRI International User Conference this week in San Diego. The posters will appear in Volume 24 of the ESRI Map Book published each year
for the conference, and made available to the 15,000 participants in attendance. The featured posters are
HAZUS Evaluation of 1906 Magnitude Earthquake in Today's Environment: Displaced Households; and
HAZUS Evaluation of 1906 Magnitude Earthquake in Today's Environment: Economic Loss.
Learn more.
EPA Issues Public Health Emergency for Libby, Montana
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson recently declared a public health emergency for Libby, Montana. As a follow-up, EPA is disseminating its guidance document entitled
Protect Your Family from Asbestos-Contaminated Vermiculite Insulation and launching a renewed public awareness campaign to notify the public about vermiculite insulation and its potential to be contaminated with asbestos fibers. EPA wants to ensure that the general public, and those individuals whose jobs routinely put them in attic spaces, such as electricians, plumbers and other contractors, are aware of the potential risks of exposure.
View the document.
Death of a Founding Father Shocks BIM Community
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AEC3 Consultant Jeffrey Wix, recipient of the first ever buildingSMART Recognition Award, died in Oslo Saturday, July 4, following a brief illness.
An engineer with extensive experience creating integrated information communication technology (ICT) solutions for the building construction industry, Wix focused on development strategies for industry and government.
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buildingSMART International Executive Council Meets
 buildingSMART International President Patrick MacLeamy (left) emphasizes a point during the June buildingSMART International Executive Council meeting in Washington, D.C. Pictured clockwise from left are:
MacLeamy, International Technical Coordinator Francois Grobler, Treasurer Jøns Sjøgren, French Chapter Representative Alain Maury, Norwegian Chapter Representative Øivind Rooth, Secretary Christopher Groome, German Chapter Representative Rasso Steinmann, and, North American Representative Deke Smith. Not pictured is John Mitchell, alternate from the Australian Chapter.
Still time to Sign up for July 16 COBie Webinar
Don’t miss out on this last-minute opportunity to sign up for a COBie (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange) webinar scheduled for tomorrow, July 16. The webinar will provide updated information about the new standard for design and construction data exchange and the latest on Version 2 of the standard, which was issued last month.
Reserve your webinar seat now. Want to be sure to learn about upcoming events in a more timely fashion? Contact Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee Chairman
Bill Brodt and ask to be added to the COBie
notification list.
COBie
Sessions Announced for Annual Meeting
The Facility Maintenance and Operations Committee announced that four COBie sessions will take place at the
National Institute of Building Sciences Annual Meeting. COBie sessions will include a COBie2 International Certification Result and Demo, an Equipment Layout Information Exchange Demo, a Specifiers’ Properties Information Exchange Demo, and an Energy Information Exchange Demo. Learn more about the
Annual Meeting.
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