Entries Being Accepted for IDEAS2
CHICAGO-Entries are now being accepted for the revised Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel Awards. All entries are due Dec. 15, 2005.
Sponsored by AISC, this program recognizes those projects where structural steel has been utilized in an innovative manner and recognizes the entire building team: architectural firm, structural engineering firm of record, general contractor, detailer, fabricator, erector, as well as the project owner. Specialty consultants and contractors will be recognized at the discretion of the architect and structural engineer of record. Any member of the project team may submit a project for consideration. Joint submittals from project teams are encouraged.
The innovative use of structural steel may be in: the accomplishment of the building’s program, the expression of architectural intent, the application of innovative design approaches to the structural system or the utilization of productivity-enhancing construction methods.
Also, use of innovative design and construction methods such as 3-D building models, interoperability, early integration of specialty contractors such as steel fabricators, alternative methods of project delivery or other productivity enhancements.
A panel of design and construction industry professionals will judge the entries in three categories according to constructed value in U.S. dollars: Less than $15 million, $15 million to $75 million and greater than $75 million. Both National and Merit honors will be awarded. In addition, a Presidential Award of Excellence for structural engineering or architectural expression may be awarded at the judges’ discretion.
Submission packets can be requested until Nov. 15. There is a $150 submission fee (which is waived for all AISC Members).
All awards will be announced at the 2006 North American Steel Construction Conference in San Antonio, Texas in February 2006. For submission packets, visit: www.aisc.org/ideas2form