Women in the built environment are trailblazers. Many times, they were the only woman in their department, on the leadership team, or the first woman to lead their organization. While you may not have been the first woman, everyone has a unique story to tell. “Being the only” means that everyone has a narrative about their climb to success. Join the Women Executives in Building on August 31, for an opportunity to share your personal journey and learn from the paths of others.

Who Should Attend:  All female C-Suite executives in the building industry, from association executives to corporate leaders and women–owned and operated businesses.

Event format: This is an opportunity for conversation with other C-Suite female executives in a safe, thought-provoking environment.

During our networking session at Building Innovation 2021, many leaders spoke about being their authentic self. How much of yourself can you really share with others at work? For example, if you’re kindhearted, does this come through, or do you pretend to be someone else at work for appearances sake? Does your wardrobe reflect your true self? Is it OK to have a bad day?

Women in the built environment sometimes wear many hats. During this session, we’ll break down some of these walls and talk about authenticity.

The passage of H.R.3684 – the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – ensures daily commutes across metropolitan cities and small towns will be improved. The bill reauthorizes surface transportation programs for five years and invests $110 billion in additional funding. The bill also guarantees $89.9 billion for public transit over the next five years between reauthorizations and new funding. Highways and bridges will be repaired, intersections redesigned, designated bus lanes created, bicycle lanes protected, and commuter rail services expanded.

Join us as our expert panel discusses the fundamentals of upcoming infrastructure projects and how they will affect our daily lives and commutes.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will improve the way Americans travel, as well as how goods and materials are transported. With the current economic state occurring from a multitude of issues, improving our transportation infrastructure is more important than ever.

IIJA has earmarked $25 billion for airports, $66 billion for railways, and $100 billion in competitive grants for projects focused on moving freight. These grants will help unblock delivery channels and clear bottlenecked supply chains. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure will also be addressed with $7.5 billion in funding. Additionally, $5 billion is allocated for electric school buses and cleaner alternatives.

Join our expert panel as we discuss how the funds from IIJA will address the current and future infrastructure needs for Americans, their goods, and the ability to travel.

Join the National Institute of Building Sciences BIM Council, as we discuss the current state of digital delivery and lay the groundwork for future exploration. This webinar will highlight an increasing trend toward collaboration and the impacts of requirements related to information privacy and cyber security. We will hear from leaders and stakeholders from the design, construction, owner, and IT solution partner perspectives. This will also be an opportunity to share your feedback and inform the National BIM Program’s leadership as they review and formulate strategic direction.

As a result of participation in this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Identify current standards and requirements related to information privacy and cyber security as it relates to the built environment.
2. Recognize and state 1-2 key impacts of information privacy and cyber security requirements to the collaborative digital delivery process.
3. Explain how technology has evolved in support of collaborative digital delivery.
4. Identify 3 process areas impacted by requirements supporting information privacy and cyber security.

Rules of Engagement

To ensure we have a collaborative and constructive discussion, the following rules will apply to each part of the series without exception:

• Clear objectives. The objective of this hearing is constructive dialog between AECO, Government Agency, and Technology stakeholders that:
  • propose shared solutions that meet project collaboration and cyber security needs.
• No sales. In line with the objectives stated above, there will be a no tolerance policy regarding the active selling or promotion of specific products or services.
• Adopt tech-agnostic terminology. While we cannot totally avoid referring to our specific technology solutions by name, team facilitators will ensure that stakeholder technology is identified by the generic application is serves for the given scenario.
  • i.e. - “Procore'' should instead be known as the GC’s Project Management (PM) System)
• Protect client and project information. All participants are asked to refrain from using specific project or stakeholder names to protect anonymity and avoid liability.

Audience

All AECO industry

Join the National Institute of Building Sciences in Washington, DC, as we uncover current state challenges and discover opportunities to improve capital project delivery in the digital age. The in-person workshop, with lead facilitation provided by our BIM Council leadership and distinguished partners, will bring together a maximum of 50 hand-selected AECO stakeholders to participate on focused teams. Prior to the workshop, invited participants are asked to join live or watch the recording of a 90-minute webinar and panel discussion covering industry standards and certifications that will drive the team discussions. Participants will represent their design, construction, owner, or IT solution partner stakeholder bias during team breakout sessions that will be structured to help identify key areas of impact for each stakeholder group relative to information privacy and cyber security requirements. Following the breakouts, each team will report the opportunities identified to the larger group for discussion and further validation. To close the session, all validated opportunities will be shared with the National BIM Program Steering Committee to review and recommend future actions by the National BIM Program. An education session will be held at Building Innovation 2022 September 26-28 in Washington, DC, to discuss the findings from the webinar and workshop.

Learning Objectives

As a result of participation in this session, attendees will be able to:

• Recognize and state the key impacts of information privacy and cyber security requirements to the collaborative digital delivery process.
• Explain how technology has evolved in support of collaborative digital delivery.
• Identify 3 process areas impacted by requirements supporting information privacy and cyber security.
• Communicate which key impacts most significantly represent each stakeholder position.

Agenda

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

To ensure we have a collaborative and constructive discussion, the following rules will apply to each part of the series without exception:

• Clear objectives. The objective of this hearing is constructive dialog between AECO, Government Agency, and Technology stakeholders that:
  • propose shared solutions that meet project collaboration and cyber security needs.
• No sales. In line with the objectives stated above, there will be a no tolerance policy regarding the active selling or promotion of specific products or services.
• Adopt tech-agnostic terminology. While we cannot totally avoid referring to our specific technology solutions by name, team facilitators will ensure that stakeholder technology is identified by the generic application it serves for the given scenario. 
  • i.e. - “Procore'' should instead be known as the GC’s Project Management (PM) System)
• Protect client and project information. All participants are asked to refrain from using specific project or stakeholder names to protect anonymity and avoid liability.

Audience

An invite-only event

Travel Information

Event Location: American Institute of Architects Headquarters, 1735 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006
Airports: Ronald Reagan Washington Airport (DCA) 4.1 miles; Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) 35 miles; Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) 26 miles
Hotels: AKA White House .4mi; Hampton Inn .4mi; Courtyard by Marriott .3mi; State Plaza Hotel .4mi; Hilton Garden Inn .9mi; The Hay Adams Hotel .5mi; The St. Regis Hotel .6mi; The Capitol Hilton .6mi
Metro: Farragut West Station (Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines) .4 miles
Parking: Metered Street Parking; Colonial Parking Garage-1800 G Street NW (closes at 5PM)

This session of the Infrastructure 2022 series will focus on clean water, electrical grid and powerline resiliency, and closing the digital divide as it pertains to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, there are an estimated six to 10 million lead service lines across the country. Cities have been taking measures to finance projects that identify and remove the bad lines, but it hasn’t been enough. The U.S. is ranked 26^th in the world for safe drinking water and sanitation by the Environmental Performance Index. Knowing that access to clean drinking water is a basic human right, the IIJA allocated $55 billion to further reach this goal.

In January 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy launched the Building a Better Grid Initiative to make the nation’s power grid more resilient to the impacts of climate change and increase access to reliable and affordable clean energy. The IIJA earmarked $28 billion for resiliency of powerlines and over $60 billion total for clean energy.

Closing the digital divide is more important than ever in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Americans need access to high-speed internet for work, study, and play. Lack of access to broadband infrastructure has become an equality issue in the U.S. The IIJA will work to combat this by delivering more than $60 billion in funds to expand access to high-speed networks throughout the nation.

Presented by Rachel Riopel, AIA, NCARB, Digital Practice Leader, HDR; Nathan C. Wood, Executive Director, CPC; and Connor Christian, PE, Senior Product Manager, Procore Technologies.

Join us as we convene a group of experts and stakeholders in the field of security from various perspectives to discuss the impacts of security regulations on the drive towards BIM enabled project delivery and operations. 

This session of the Infrastructure 2022 webinar series will highlight disaster preparation projects to address worsening natural disasters. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is the largest-ever federal investment in climate change.

The IIJA earmarked $8 billion for wildfire management, $6 billion for drought management, $8.3 billion for water storage and sanitation, and $12.5 billion for flood mitigation. Funds will be filtered through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Department of the Interior to state and local governments.

Join our expert panel, as they discuss community resilience, the role infrastructure plays, challenges and opportunities, and perspectives from researchers, practitioners, federal programs, and policymakers.

Women in the built environment are daring the rest of us to confront stereotypes that lead to harmful hiring practices and personnel policies that reinforce barriers of the past and continue to hold women back. These groundbreakers defy the odds in the male-dominated industries that support the built environment, and they must be aligned to increase awareness and diversity, particularly for young women who may be considering careers in the AECO industry.

In this edition of the Women’s Leadership Forum, the National Institute of Building Sciences will convene female leaders from all sectors of the built environment to a one-day event. Here, we will share successes, challenges, network, and equip females in the built environment with actionable strategies to overcome the hurdles women often face in the workplace, and specifically in the building industry. NIBS will provide the platform.

Women in the industry: Come ready to join forces and empower each other, drive results, and inspire change focused on diversifying the workforce.

This event will be filled with immersive learning for female leaders in the built environment, networking opportunities, facilitated panel discussions, and keynotes.

Presentations

Delta Controls Intro
Green Building Initiative Intro
Social Media and Your Personal Brand
Resiliency A Business Imperative with Profitable Benefits
My Path to Success & the Importance of Technology to the Building Lifecycle
Social Sciences, Natural Hazards Mitigation, and the Built Environment