TUESDAY WORKSHOPS - Microcad Training and Consulting
TUESDAY WORKSHOPS - Microcad Training and Consulting
TUESDAY WORKSHOPS - Microcad Training and Consulting
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THE TRADESHOW<br />
� Earn continuing-education credits<br />
while researching exhibitors’<br />
products on site.<br />
� Visit more than 350 booths filled<br />
with the nation’s leading suppliers<br />
of building technologies, products<br />
<strong>and</strong> services. See page 58 for a<br />
partial list of exhibitors.<br />
� Discover new products making their<br />
debut at the show.<br />
� Test new communications, design,<br />
organization <strong>and</strong> management<br />
software.<br />
� Examine new building materials.<br />
� Save money by taking advantage<br />
of special show deals.<br />
� The exhibit hall is open all three<br />
days from noon to 6:00 pm.<br />
THE CONFERENCE<br />
� Attend over 240 workshops <strong>and</strong><br />
other professional-development<br />
opportu ni ties. Ask your colleagues<br />
<strong>and</strong> they’ll tell you that the workshop<br />
program is the finest <strong>and</strong> most<br />
diverse in the country.<br />
� Earn all your continuing-education<br />
credits <strong>and</strong> AIA LUs in three short<br />
days.<br />
� Take advantage of 20 workshop<br />
tracks covering all aspects of the<br />
design <strong>and</strong> construction industry.<br />
� See pages 14–25 for this year’s<br />
tracks <strong>and</strong> schedules.<br />
SOCIAL EVENTS<br />
� Drop in during your lunch hour or<br />
stop by the show after work.<br />
� Enjoy nightly cocktail receptions in<br />
the exhibit hall.<br />
� Attend special association <strong>and</strong><br />
college alumni/ae receptions.<br />
(See page 12.)<br />
� Celebrate design at the annual BSA<br />
Gala <strong>and</strong> Design Celebration.<br />
The Build Boston exhibit hall, photo © Tony Scarpetta<br />
EARN ALL THE<br />
CONTINUING-EDUCATION<br />
CREDITS YOU NEED<br />
FOR THE YEAR<br />
� Architects, interior designers, l<strong>and</strong> -<br />
scape architects, engineers, facility<br />
managers <strong>and</strong> other professionals<br />
may earn continuing-education<br />
credits in Build Boston workshops<br />
<strong>and</strong> by self-reporting project<br />
research conducted at the show. See<br />
page 59 for details.<br />
� Architects should look for workshops<br />
with a “CR” or “HSW” in the credit<br />
column of the “At-a-glance grids”<br />
on pages 14-25. Those indicators<br />
identify workshops as general<br />
continuing-education or Health,<br />
Safety <strong>and</strong> Welfare (HSW)<br />
credit opportunities.<br />
SPECIAL DISCOUNTS<br />
� Free admission to the exhibit hall<br />
if you register by October 24. See<br />
page 60 for details.<br />
� Select any three workshops <strong>and</strong><br />
save.<br />
� Day-long packages offer even<br />
greater savings.<br />
� Groups can take advantage of<br />
special admission packages.<br />
To include your firm as a “group”,<br />
contact 800-544-1898.<br />
IDP TRAINING UNITS<br />
Earn IDP training units at Build Boston<br />
workshops that provide AIA Learning<br />
Units. Each hour of Build Boston<br />
continuing-education credit earns one<br />
AIA Learning Unit Hour <strong>and</strong> each AIA<br />
Learning Unit Hour earns 0.25 IDP<br />
<strong>Training</strong> Units. When submitting your<br />
IDP training report, you must include<br />
an AIA transcript documenting<br />
completion of AIA Learning Units. If<br />
you are not an AIA member, the AIA<br />
will provide you with a member-type<br />
number that allows you to record<br />
AIA-approved continuing education<br />
sessions including sessions at Build<br />
Boston. To receive your member-type<br />
number, send an email to IDP@aia.org<br />
with your name, address, email,<br />
phone number, highest degree (BA,<br />
BS, BARCH, MARCH, DARCH, other),<br />
school, graduation date <strong>and</strong> NCARB<br />
customer ID number. Don’t forget to<br />
include your AIA number or membertype<br />
number when you register for<br />
Build Boston.<br />
REGISTER ONLINE!<br />
Go to www.buildboston.com/register.<br />
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