Bill to Permit Park Districts to create Building Departments Gets Hearing
The Senate State and Local Government and Veteran Affairs Committee took testimony Tuesday on SB 151 which would authorize a park district’s board of park commissioners to create a building department for building code enforcement purposes.
Interim Executive Director Steve Madewell of Lake Metroparks appeared as a proponent, noting he had originally broached the idea for SB151 to Sen. Grendell. He emphasized that legislative changes would be permissive only.
“This simply includes 1545 park districts on the list of political subdivisions authorized to administer a building department,” he said. “Currently, this list includes municipalities, counties and townships.”
Madewell explained that the bill would not change current requirements of the Ohio Basic Building Code, nor bidding or contracting requirements.
Who Sets and Implements AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities
AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities: Who Sets & Who Implements Them?
Not so long ago Ohio architects suffered from “cradle-to-grave” liability and were selected by competitive bidding. Today, thanks to AIA-Ohio’s dynamic government relations programs, an Architect’s Statute of Repose limits their liability and Qualification Based Selection (QBS) has replaced competitive bidding.
AIA-Ohio is currently playing a substantive role in legislation (HB7) that will establish additional state energy standards. Through AIA-Ohio the architect’s legislative voice has been heard on subjects as wide-ranging as Historic Building Tax Credits, Building Code legislation, and Architect licensing–as well as the licensing of others.
AIA-Ohio is the Ohio architect’s legislative and regulatory advocate; but who sets and who implements its policy? The answer is: YOU!
Consider this example: At one time architects were being sued unfairly in connection with decades old projects. Minimal remaining documentation prevented them from adequately defending themselves. Often their roles had been so negligible or non-existent that courts removed them from the suits, but not before they’d spent thousands of dollars defending themselves. In many cases the defending architects had no insurance because they had retired years before.
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions The Columbus Dispatch reports that a budget stipulation that takes effect Thursday says that local governments can’t use reverse Internet auctions to bid out construction work. http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/01/copy/auctions.ART_ART_10-01-09_B3_7TF87NU.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects Board.
Mr. Fluker will serve a five-year term on the Board. He is an Architect and Principal with City Architecture, Inc., Cleveland. He has previously worked at Burris & Behne Architects, Robert P. Madison International, and the City of Cleveland’s Division of Architecture.
Fluker is a member of The American Institute of Architects, Cleveland Chapter and the Board of Trustees for the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. Previously, Mr. Fluker served on Board of the Partnership for a Safer Cleveland.
Fluker is a 1985 graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and resides in Cleveland with his wife, Jennifer Coleman, who is also an architect, and their son.
Bill to Permit Park Districts to create Building Departments Gets Hearing
The Senate State and Local Government and Veteran Affairs Committee took testimony Tuesday on SB 151 which would authorize a park district’s board of park commissioners to create a building department for building code enforcement purposes.
Interim Executive Director Steve Madewell of Lake Metroparks appeared as a proponent, noting he had originally broached the idea for SB151 to Sen. Grendell. He emphasized that legislative changes would be permissive only.
“This simply includes 1545 park districts on the list of political subdivisions authorized to administer a building department,” he said. “Currently, this list includes municipalities, counties and townships.”
Madewell explained that the bill would not change current requirements of the Ohio Basic Building Code, nor bidding or contracting requirements.
Who Sets and Implements AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities
AIA-Ohio Legislative Priorities: Who Sets & Who Implements Them?
Not so long ago Ohio architects suffered from “cradle-to-grave” liability and were selected by competitive bidding. Today, thanks to AIA-Ohio’s dynamic government relations programs, an Architect’s Statute of Repose limits their liability and Qualification Based Selection (QBS) has replaced competitive bidding.
AIA-Ohio is currently playing a substantive role in legislation (HB7) that will establish additional state energy standards. Through AIA-Ohio the architect’s legislative voice has been heard on subjects as wide-ranging as Historic Building Tax Credits, Building Code legislation, and Architect licensing–as well as the licensing of others.
AIA-Ohio is the Ohio architect’s legislative and regulatory advocate; but who sets and who implements its policy? The answer is: YOU!
Consider this example: At one time architects were being sued unfairly in connection with decades old projects. Minimal remaining documentation prevented them from adequately defending themselves. Often their roles had been so negligible or non-existent that courts removed them from the suits, but not before they’d spent thousands of dollars defending themselves. In many cases the defending architects had no insurance because they had retired years before.
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions
New Law Puts Crimp on Cities’ Use of Reverse Internet Auctions The Columbus Dispatch reports that a budget stipulation that takes effect Thursday says that local governments can’t use reverse Internet auctions to bid out construction work. http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/10/01/copy/auctions.ART_ART_10-01-09_B3_7TF87NU.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects
Governor Ted Strickland has named August L. Fluker Jr., AIA, LEED AP to serve on the Ohio Architects Board.
Mr. Fluker will serve a five-year term on the Board. He is an Architect and Principal with City Architecture, Inc., Cleveland. He has previously worked at Burris & Behne Architects, Robert P. Madison International, and the City of Cleveland’s Division of Architecture.
Fluker is a member of The American Institute of Architects, Cleveland Chapter and the Board of Trustees for the Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity. Previously, Mr. Fluker served on Board of the Partnership for a Safer Cleveland.
Fluker is a 1985 graduate of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and resides in Cleveland with his wife, Jennifer Coleman, who is also an architect, and their son.