RMMI, AIA Colorado, AIA Denver Announce 2006 Leaders/CBCA Honors Businesses for Arts Involvement

Three leading industry associations - the Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute and Colorado and Denver chapters of the American Institutes of America - named their 2006 boards of directors earlier this year.

RMMI Names 2006 Board of Directors

The Rocky Mountain Masonry Institute named its 2006 board of directors, which will be led by President Don Sackett, Acme Brick Co.; Wayne Grosvenor, past president, Grosvenor Masonry Inc.; Erik Absalon, president elect, Basalite Concrete Products; and Brent Broekemeier, secretary/treasurer, Rio Grande Co.

This year's at-large board members are Gary Feiner, TXI; Paul Miller, HRH of Colorado; Tom Murray, Lakewood Brick; Chris Olgeirson, A.P. Eberlein Co. Inc.; Bruce Otten, Best Block Co.; and Michael Schuller, Atkinson Noland & Associates.

Board alternates are Dave Eatherton, Eatherton Masonry; Robert Giacomelli, Chemical Lime Co.; Jerry Klein, Valley Block Co.; Mark Stutz, Robinson Brick Co.; and Matthew Wood, Ash Grove Cement.

AIA Names Colorado, Denver Directors

The Colorado and Denver chapters of the American Institute of Architects also announced their 2006 boards of directors earlier this year.

AIA Colorado's board will be led by Cheri Gerou of Gerou & Associates while Brit Probst of Davis Partnership Architects will serve as president of AIA Denver.

The remaining board of directors for AIA Colorado are Kin DuBois, president-elect; John Yonushewski, past president; Christopher Stumm, treasurer; Stuart Coppedge, treasurer-elect; Mary Morissette, secretary; Probst, Denver director; Miguel Burbano de Lara, North director; Roger Sauerhagen, South director; David Argano, West director; Deborah Faris, associate director.

Nilou Vakil, Assoc. AIA, associate director-elect; Al Slattery, PA, professional affiliate director; Mark Gelernter, Assoc. AIA, university director; Sergey Chudin, SA, student director; Mike Wisneski, government affairs director; Debra Ellis, SDA liaison; Sonia Riggs, ex-officio; and Melanie Sala, director of local chapters.

The remaining 2006 board members for AIA Denver are David Tryba, FAIA, president-elect; Larry King, vice president; Jack Swanzy, vice president-elect; Cedra Goldman, secretary; Steve Schonberger, treasurer; Steven Carr, treasurer-elect; Martha Bennett, past president; Virginia DuBrucq, Tyler Gibbs, Paul Haack, Kevin Hoskins, Randy Johnson and Jerome Odell, directors; Jin Soo Park, Assoc. AIA, associate director; Pomelia Bowers, SDA director; Mark Shaw, PA, professional affiliate director; David Kenney, public director; Matthew Shea, SA, student representative; and Melanie Sala, ex-officio.

Continuum, DAF and Zeppelin Win 2006 CBCA Awards

Continuum Partners, the Denver Architectural Foundation and Zeppelin Development's TAXI project were named last month as winners of 2006 Colorado Business Committee for the Arts awards.

The CBCA's 19th annual program honored companies that recognize the positive impact that arts involvement has on community, culture and performance.

The winners were selected from among three finalists in each category and announced at an awards celebration on Wednesday in the Donald Seawell Ballroom at the Denver Performing Arts Complex.

The following awards were presented:

• Philanthropy Award - Winner: St. Mary's Land and Exploration Co. Other finalists were First Western Trust Bank and Frontier Airlines.
• Innovation Award - Winner: Continuum Partners for its Belmar Development in Lakewood. Other finalists were PianoOne and Wild Oats Supermarkets.
• Workforce Award - Winner: The Denver Architectural Foundation's Cleworth Architectural Legacy Project. Other finalists were Barker Rinker Seacat and Holland & Hart.
• Workspace Award - Winner: Zeppelin Development for its TAXI project. Other finalists were Kaiser Permanente and McStain Neighborhoods.

The 2006 judging panel was comprised of business and cultural leaders, including Michael Brenneman, managing member, Hotel Teatro; Tony Garcia, executive artistic director, El Centro Su Teatro; Barry Hirschfeld, board chairman, National Hirschfeld LLC; Gwin Johnston, president and CEO, JohnstonWells Public Relations; and Robin Rule, owner, RULE Gallery.

To learn more about the Colorado Business Committee for Arts and its awards program, go to www.cbca.org.

New Book Profiles Women Engineers

The Extraordinary Women Engineers Project Coalition launched "Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers" on last month to coincide with Engineers' Week, held Feb. 20-25.

The 256-page book - published by the American Society of Civil Engineers - is the coalition's first product. It highlights the contributions of women engineers to every aspect of modern life.

Through real-life stories, the book offers a fresh perspective on engineering for young women and their parents. It will also serve as the basis for the educational outreach resources that will be developed during the coalition's next phase.

The long-standing under-representation of women in the engineering professions served as the catalyst for the formation of the EWEP, which represents nearly 60 engineering organizations, including government agencies, corporations, professional societies and universities.

The group's goal is to encourage more young women to pursue careers in the engineering field.

For more information on EWEP, go to www.engineeringwomen.org.

Industry Leaders Pushing for Green Building Standard

Three industry associations are allying in an effort to drive high-performance green building practices into the mainstream.

The U.S. Green Building Council, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America will co-sponsor the development of a new minimum standard for high-performance green building.

Proposed Standard 189 - "Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings" - will provide minimum requirements for the design of sustainable buildings. It will be based on USGBC's LEED Green Building rating system, which addresses the top 25 percent of building practice.

Scheduled for completion in 2007, Standard 189P will apply to new commercial buildings and major renovation projects, addressing sustainable sites, water-use efficiency, energy efficiency, atmospheric impact, materials and resources and indoor environmental quality.

Standard 189P will be an ANSI-accredited standard that can be incorporated into building code, eventually becoming a prerequisite under LEED.

USGBC will also begin work on LEED v3.0, which will encompass major advancements in building science and technology, such as LifeCycle Assessment and bioregional weighting.

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