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2010-10-03 The AIA Secretary has extended the deadline for members to report their 2009 education requirements. In an email to CACE members and Component Presidents, Institute President George H. Miller FAIA and Paul W. Welch, Hon AIA, Acting Executive Director,...
AIA Ohio Presents 2010 Awards
2010-10-02 At a ceremony Friday evening at the Glass Pavilion of the Toledo Museum of Art, AIA Ohio recognized the recipients of the 2010 AIA Ohio Honor Awards. The awards, presented by Jury Chair Craig Dykers AIA of Snohetta, Honor Awards Committee Chair John...
AIA Ohio Convention – Toledo
September 30 - October 2, 2010 On behalf of the Covention Committee, the Board, and the staff and officers, we would like to welcome our many members, members from neighboring Indiana and Michigan and guests to the AIA Ohio 2010 Convention in Toledo. We hope that...
Budget Watchers: Consider Local Government Consolidation & Tax on Services
Three veteran state budget observers agreed Wednesday that Ohio’s multiple layers of local government should be on the chopping block as lawmakers seek to close next biennium’s looming budget gap... and one suggested extending the sales tax to services such as...
New Anti-Strickland Ads Focus on OSFC Report
Two groups launched new attack advertisements against Gov. Ted Strickland this week, attacking him on a recent inspector general’s report and his push to delay the final year of a planned income tax cut. Let Ohio Know said it is running a new radio ad in all major...
Labor Day Salvo Follows Non-Union Lawsuit against School Facilities Commission
The state’s leading voice for non-union labor says Gov. Ted Strickland and his hand-picked Ohio School Facilities Commission are violating the law by allowing so-called “project labor agreements” on state-funded construction projects, while Attorney General Rich...
ArchiTypes Fall 2010
ArchiTypes An Official E-Newsletter of AIA Ohio - Fall 2010 IN THIS ISSUE Legislative News 2010 Convention Update Ohio Architects Board News AIA Ohio Handbook of Architects Update QUICK LINKS aiaohio.orgwww.aia.orgAIA Ohio Board Member List 2011 SLATE OF...
School Facilities Commission Response to IG Draws GOP Objections
The two non-voting Republican legislative members of the Ohio School Facilities Commission (OSFC) raised vocal objections during Thursday's meeting after the commission approved a response to an inspector general's report that accused OSFC. Director Richard Murray of...
Bias is inexcusable
Commission exec has duty to help schools get best possible deal on projects Thursday, August 19, 2010 02:56 AM Whether state law frowns on favoring union contractors or is silent on the issue, to engage in such a bias when spending public dollars is a bad policy...
Higher construction bids at state deaf, blind schools blamed on union-only clause
Friday, August 20, 2010 02:51 AM BY BILL BUSH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The architecture firm that designed improvements for the state deaf and blind schools said the Ohio School Facilities Commission signed off on cost estimates four times, then decided to add a...